A crowded field of candidates and uncertain voter turnout promises to make the April 26 election of a new D.C. City Council member an exciting and boisterous process, some political observers say. “When you have special elections it’s pretty much a free-for-all,” said former councilman Vincent Orange. Orange was one of 11 candidates that met […]
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Marcus Chambliss: A Civil War Veteran, Who Escaped from Slavery
Caryne Moses is an 11th-grade student at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md. She wrote the following essay—which has been edited for readability—about her great-great-grandfather, Civil War veteran Marcus Chambliss (1842-1922), for an assignment in her world history class. My great-great-grandfather, Marcus Chambliss, is connected to historical events in the United States in […]
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Barry: Schools Funding Inequities Corrected
District of Columbia City Councilman Marion Barry, D-Ward 8, said recent emergency legislation will bring parity to the allocation of school building funding that was missing under former Mayor Adrian Fenty and former D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee. In a press release, Barry said he and his staff have attended dozens of meetings, toured […]
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City Officials Claim Ignorance of UDC Deficit
Controversy over a budget deficit announced by the District’s only government-run university is steadily brewing, causing anxiety among students. City officials say they were surprised by the University of the District of Columbia’s recent request for an additional $8 million to $10 million to offset the expense of operating the fast-growing Community College for the […]
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GOP’s Anti-Home Rule Campaign Continues to Mount
The indignities heaped upon the District of Columbia by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives are piling up, political observers said. The assault against the city’s autonomy began when the GOP, as one of its first orders of business, stripped the District of its vote in the Committee of the Whole. And in one of the […]
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D.C. Schools Voucher Program Causing Political Split
The political wheels in the District of Columbia are churning up once again as House Republicans take jabs at Home Rule. Having stripped the congressional representative of voting power on the floor, and barring her from testifying on a bill that affects the District, Republicans have also introduced legislation to re-impose the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship […]
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Black Photographers Group Celebrates Its History
The Exposure Group African American Photographers Association is celebrating its history and presenting “In the Beginning: 1978 Evolution of POSITIVE IMAGE,” an in-depth discussion with the founding members of Positive Images, later renamed The Exposure Group African American Photographers Association. The event, which is dedicated to late founding member Harlee Hoover Little Jr., will focus […]
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Giant Food Kicks Off Year-Long 75th Anniversary Celebration
Local officials, long-time community partners, members of the founders’ families, and Giant team members and customers gathered to commemorate the supermarket chain’s diamond anniversary at the Tivoli Giant in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10. D.C. City Councilmember Jim Graham (Ward 1) addressed the crowd and congratulated Giant on their milestone. On behalf of the D.C. […]
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Local AKA Member Celebrates 75 Years in Sorority
Dressed in a lovely shade of light pink with a crown placed like royalty upon her perfectly coiffed hair, Ophelia Pinkard was recently honored at a celebration that recognized her 75 years of active service in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. With her adoring husband, John H. Pinkard, Jr., by her side, Pinkard and more than […]
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Reading is Fundamental and NASA to Make Reading an ‘Out of this World’ Experience
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and NASA teamed up for an African-American History Month celebration to get students over the moon about reading on Feb. 8 at Ferebee-Hope Elementary School in Southeast Washington, D.C. Leland Melvin, a former astronaut and NASA’s associate administrator for education, shared his experiences traveling in space and read-aloud, {The Moon Over […]
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Montgomery County Seeks Volunteers for Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
Montgomery County’s Long Term Care Ombudsman Program is seeking area residents interested in enhancing the quality of life for nursing home residents as long-term care advocates with the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services. Volunteers will be assigned to make regular visits to residents in nursing homes and assisted living facilities at convenient […]
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Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. a District Attorney
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) today introduced the District of Columbia District Attorney Establishment Act of 2011, the sixth bill in her “Free and Equal D.C.” series, to establish an Office of the District Attorney for the District of Columbia. The office would be headed by a district attorney elected by D.C. residents, to prosecute […]