Natalie Randolph has arrived. The camera crews, the masses of reporters and the sold out crowd said so. Believed to be the nation’s only female head coach of a boy’s varsity high school football team, Randolph led her Coolidge Colts in an attention-crazed debut Friday night against the Archbishop Carroll Lions that didn’t go quite […]
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Tuition-Free Private School Debuts in Ward 8
During opening ceremonies last week, officials at the newly established Bertha B. Williams Academy (BBWA) in Southeast Washington, D.C., said they look forward to the facility eventually becoming a model for similar efforts across the country. Until then, “It will be an exemplary model academy for poor students like those who live east of the […]
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Local Student Awarded 2010 Crimson Summer Exchange Fellowship
Annika Campbell was among 18 students selected to participate in the prestigious Crimson Summer Exchange Program in China. Annika lives in Fort Washington, Md., and is a rising senior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Crimson Summer Exchange Program “brings the experiences and passions of undergraduate and graduate students at world universities to lead and mentor […]
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Celebrated Architect Prepares To Restore Howard Theater
The American 1930s may be remembered as the era of big bands, the birth of true jazz and a time of economic discourse. Critics finally began to take Black art and literature seriously and African-American entertainment establishments flourished across the nation. Washington, D.C. -based architect Gary Martinez will work to merge the soul of the […]
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Black Leaders Claim Beck March Tarnishes King’s Legacy
According to two noted political observers, the Washington rally planned for this weekend by the often-raucous cable TV commentator Glenn Beck has nothing to do with restoring honor to the nation’s capital. “It’s taking a slap at the movement in a way consistent with what the tea party has done,” said Ron Walters, retired University […]
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School’s In
Thousands of students in Washington, D.C. and Prince George’s County returned to school this week. Though concerns remain about the impact of the economy on services and class sizes, the new school term began without much of the glitches that marred last year’s annual influx.
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Ex-Offenders Seek Clean Employment Slate
The box next to the question on job applications that asks whether a person has ever been convicted of a felony could soon become a thing of the past under a measure proposed by a Washington, D.C. councilman and supported by advocates for ex-offenders. With few exceptions, the bill—introduced by D.C. Councilman Harry Thomas Jr.—would […]
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Opponents Contend, Thomas Needs More than Name Recognition
While the races for mayor and D.C. City Council chairperson have heated up several degrees in anticipation of the Sept. 14 primary, the contest in Northeast Washington’s Ward 5 has also begun to simmer. Incumbent Councilman Harry Thomas Jr. is faced with five contenders, three of whom told the AFRO in interviews this week that […]
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Wilson High Moves to UDC Campus during Renovation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The University of the District of Columbia will have about 1,500 extra students at its northwest Washington campus this year. Mayor Adrian Fenty and D.C. school officials announced Friday that Wilson High School students will study this school year at UDC’s Building 52. The high school building in Tenleytown will undergo a […]
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National Faith Leaders Raise $1.4 Million for D.C. King Memorial
On June 17, seventeen of the nation’s most influential ministers launched the Faith Based Countdown to Completion campaign to raise the remaining $13 million for the Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial. The ministers jointly responsible for having raised $1.4 million for the memorial are challenging other ministers nationwide to join their cause. […]
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D.C. Museum Faces Detour on the Road to New Facility
The African American Civil War Memorial and Museum, located on 12th Street, N.W., has begun a transition to the Grimke School Building – which is adjacent to the Civil War Monument – after receiving a $5 million capital improvement grant from the city. Although museum officials hoped to enter the new 10,000-square-feet facility by September, […]
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Local Educator Shoots for the Stars with ‘Project Promise’
One of the winning programs in the 2010 ING Unsung Heroes awards competition was submitted by Dr. Alesia Slocumb-Bradford, a teacher at Jefferson Middle School in Washington, D.C. She is one of only 100 winners across the country that are going back to school with a $2,000 ING Unsung Heroes grant, which identifies her as […]