By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com From Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Madame C.J. Walker, Oprah, Beyoncé, Michelle Obama and others, it does not take Women’s History Month, to know that Black girls have always rocked, yet the District got an extra reminder when the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosted the three […]
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National League of Cities Pushes for Federal Government to Invest in Infrastructure
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Mayor Muriel Bowser and over 2000 municipal leaders met this week during the National League of Cities (NLC) Congressional City Conference held this week in Washington. Bowser, who is chair of the NLC’s Housing Taskforce, pushed for federal corporation in improving infrastructure and housing for all. “Washington D.C. is […]
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40-Year-Old Mother Killed by FBI 10 Most Wanted Fugitive
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Police and family members alike are searching for answers, motive and more after Natina Kiah, a mother of four and security guard at a D.C. homeless shelter, was stabbed to death on March 5. After admitting to his crime when pursued hours later, officers believe that Kiah’s murderer is […]
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Mayor’s Office Announces 10 Years of Enrollment Growth for D.C. Public Schools
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The mayor’s office announced that there was an increase in enrollment in D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) for the tenth consecutive year. The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) offered audited enrollment numbers that show a 1.6 percent increase in enrolled students, or 1,479 additional students, culminating in […]
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People Talk Candidly About Living With Kidney Disease
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Stephanie Dixon, was a mother of two children living and working in Manhattan in 2001. She had survived 911, but the stress of the event had taken its toll. There was a curfew in the city and she had to go through blockades to get to her own house. […]
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Women Discuss Gender Balance
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Two iconic, women, change agents spoke on the theme “Women In Politics and the Law” during Howard University’s 2019 International Women’s Day celebration last week at the school’s Interdisciplinary Research Building, located at 2201 Georgia Ave Northwest, Washington D.C. The panel included Hauwa Ibrahim, Ph.D., human rights lawyer and […]
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UNCF Celebrates 75 Years
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) celebrated 75 years of providing financial opportunities for young Black scholars attending college this week in Northwest, D.C. The annual national “A Mind Is…” gala is a tribute organization’s signature slogan, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.” Since 1944, UNCF along […]
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Students Bring Historic Performances from Southeast to the Kennedy Center
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Children from the Department of Recreation’s Southeast Tennis and Learning Center (SETLC) are entertaining and educating audiences from ‘East of the River’ to the Kennedy Center with their 13th annual “Blacks in Wax” performance, with this year’s theme, “Young, Gifted and WOKE.” On Friday, March 15 at THEARC in […]
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D.C. to Selma: A Pilgrimage for the People
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com On March 7, 1965 one of the most violent days of the Civil Rights Movement occurred as peaceful marchers were brutally attacked and beaten by state troopers and men as they tried to cross along the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma, AL to the state capital of Montgomery. That […]
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Busboys and Poets Opens in Anacostia
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Despite the history laid within the asphalt of its streets and a bustling culture, D.C.’s historic Anacostia neighborhood in Southeast, has in recent years experienced a pall of bad reputations from violence and crime. However, as many District neighborhoods have undergone in the past, Anacostia is experiencing a resurgence […]
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Duke Ellington Mural Expected Back On U Street This Spring
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The District of Columbia is known for many things: politics, Go-go, cuisine and culture. On historic U Street, public art is also another staple of the community and one of the District’s most important pieces of art is being returned to its rightful place. The Duke Ellington mural, which […]
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Power of the Pen Panel Becomes Master Class for Writers and Seekers
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Three of arguably the most important and prolific writers of our time sat down on March 5 at Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium for the “Power of the Pen” panel discussion to chat about writing, research, work and loving our Blackness. But the evening quickly morphed into a master class […]
