Category: Washington D.C. News

More than 60 years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the combination of massive resistance and growing residential segregation has rolled back the decision’s achievements. But did integration work? And as the nation marches back into segregated housing, education, and communities, the return of Jim Crow laws – or separate, but equal, accommodations […]

For all of his accomplishments — and there are many — the late Democratic Congressman Louis Stokes of Ohio didn’t go on and on with his children about the important things he was doing up on Capitol Hill. “He didn’t come home and talk a lot about it,” his son, Chuck Stokes, told the AFRO. […]

Residents of Ward 8 recently assembled to hear D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser deliver her State of the District Address and they were mildly impressed with what they heard but had concerns. In D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s third State of the District Address she outlined the city’s plans to decrease unemployment, increase affordable housing and advocated […]

Over 30 bishops of the United Methodist Church traveled from across the country to praise a deceased colleague who was a trailblazer and didn’t hesitate to speak out against and acted to change injustices. Bishop Felton May was the first Black bishop of the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Courtesy photo) On Feb. […]

Child advocate Stacey Patton understands clearly the indignities of child abuse and the long-lasting impact violence has on the mental and emotional development of children – particularly Black children. Stacey Patton read from her new book ‘Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won’t Save Black America’ recently in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shantella Sherman) But […]

Members of the Black Women’s Roundtable recently convened its annual meeting to lobby against the passing of the Trump budget and the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, with the support of Black female members of the U.S. Congress. On March 30, about 50 participants in the Black Women’s Roundtable conference gathered […]

Anyone who has ever been on Capitol Hill knows it isn’t exactly a beacon for diversity. Now, as first-ever director of the Black Talent Initiative at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Don Bell, 27, says his top priority is lobbying Hill lawmakers to hire more Black people in key staffing roles. Don […]

The Metropolitan Police Department’s new social media tactic to help publicize missing person cases sparked national attention last month when a Instagram user compiled some of the department’s missing person fliers and claimed 14 Black girls went missing in a period of 24 hours. Missing 12-year old Trinity Smith was found in good health by […]

When a conversation on the arts in the District of Columbia comes up, the neighborhoods that usually generate the most discussions are Brookland in Ward 5, the H Street corridor in Ward 6, the downtown sector in Ward 2 and Georgetown, also located in Ward 2. Rarely does Ward 8 get a mention but that […]

Get out your dancing shoes and wear your masks. It’s time to raise money for scholarships for students attending our great Mississippi HBCUs. On April 8, from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at Martin’s Crosswinds, 7400 Greenway Center Drive Greenbelt, Md. 20770, a fundraiser will be held to provide scholarships to students from four Mississippi […]

The Metropolitan District of Columbia Chapter of the Links, a service organization serving local District of Columbia communities for 38 years, is holding a ceremony to honor the winners of its young writer’s contest, April 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Armour J. Blackburn University Center, Howard University. The event will consist […]