Following a week that identified bed bugs at Miner Elementary in Northeast, and citations by the D.C. Health department that shuttered luxury food depot Dean & Deluca and a Whole Foods – both in Georgetown – concerns have grown among city officials and residents that the District may soon be overrun with pests. Minor Elementary […]
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Man Robs 2 D.C. 7-Eleven Stores Over Holiday Weekend
The Metropolitan Police Department is currently searching for a man who robbed two convenience stores in the middle of the night over the President’s Day weekend. According to police reports, a man armed with a shotgun walked into a 7-Eleven convenience store in the 5500 block of South Dakota Avenue, NE and demanded money from […]
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Madame Tussauds and the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation Celebrate Black History Month
To celebrate Black History Month, Madame Tussauds D.C. and the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) are partnering to bring Black History Month to life. Madame Tussauds will be showcasing prominent African American figures including Frederick Douglass, Marion Barry, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, and Muhammad Ali at the Kennedy Recreation Center, located […]
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ASALH Black History Month Luncheon
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the founders of Black History Month, is scheduled to host its 91st annual Black History Month Luncheon — the nation’s premier Black History Month event – on Feb. 25 at noon at the Washington Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth Street, N.W. Rep. James E. […]
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D.C. 2017 Black History Film Festival
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Office on African American Affairs and actor Lamman Rucker are scheduled to present the 2017 Black History Film Festival on Feb. 26 at the Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U Street, NW from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, visit fultoncommission5.wixsite.com/bhff.
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D.C. Parks and Recreation Event Gets Residents Moving
By Kristi Love, Special to the AFRO (Updated 02/17/2017) Hundreds of D.C. residents gathered at a local recreation center to once again celebrate their Valentine’s Day with a dance. The annual line dancing event, sponsored by the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation on Feb. 10 at the Turkey Thicket Recreation Center in Northeast D.C., […]
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D.C. Police Shoot Middle-Aged Man After He Stole a Purse
D.C. police shot and wounded a robbery suspect after he stole a woman’s purse and attempted to flee the scene in Southeast, D.C. on Feb. 7, the Metropolitan Police Department said. The race of both parties could not be established by the AFRO before press time. According to a press release, Eric Cuthbertson, a 50-year-old man […]
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Crawford Remembered as Committed D.C. Public Servant
Hazel Reid Crawford, a Democrat who represented Ward 7 on the D.C. Council and served as a senior official in the Nixon administration, died Feb. 10 at the age of 78. H.R. Crawford represented Ward 7 on the D.C. Council from 1981-1993. (AFRO File Photo) “I am saddened to hear of Council member H.R. Crawford’s […]
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Todd Introduces Black History Bill
A D.C. Council member wants residents to remember the contributions of Black citizens and has sponsored a bill that will do just that. “The Commission on African American History and Culture Establishment Act of 2017” would establish a commission on Black History and Culture through the Mayor’s Office of African American Affairs and would organize […]
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Black Engineers Gather in D.C. to Network, Increase Opportunity
The Black Engineer of the Year Awards’ (BEYA) 31st annual STEM Conference drew major corporations and organizations that are keen on recruiting Black engineers and with more than 10,000 registered participants – a record number – there were plenty to choose from. BEYA – which, according to a sign at the conference, could also stand […]
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D. C. Black History Month Celebrations Focus on Progress
The retiring head of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and Human Rights called for a new effort to stop the Trump administration from reversing decades of progress made by people of color at a Masonic Black History Program in the District of Columbia. Wade Henderson spoke at a Masonic Grand Lodge celebration about the […]
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Congress’s Attempt to Nullify Assisted-Suicide Bill Unlikely to Succeed
Along with other D.C. officials and residents, Ward 8 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Mary Cuthbert wants Congress to stay out of District affairs. (Courtesy photo) Incensed by congressional Republican interference in the affairs of the D.C., city leaders and residents are taking matters into their own hands to confront Congress regarding the District’s Death and Dignity […]