By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. News Editor Washington D.C. residents are still reeling after four separate shooting incidents during the week beginning on April 25 in a surge of violence spanning several sectors of the city, according to Metropolitan Police. Four persons were hospitalized and one death occurred due to the spurt of violence that […]
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Rev. Dr. Anika Wilson- Brown makes HERstory as Union Temple Baptist Church’s first female lead pastor
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. Editor Making HERstory is what Rev. Dr. Anika Wilson-Brown has been doing quietly for the past two years as Senior Pastor of Union Temple Baptist Church in Southeast Washington. Rising out of the shadows of her well known and regarded parents, now the Pastors Emeriti Willie and Mary Wilson, Wilson-Brown […]
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Jim Vance Media Program hosts awards ceremony at Archbishop Carroll: Students bring a bright spotlight during difficult D.C. weekend
By Deborah Bailey, D.C. News Editor The campus of Archbishop Carroll High School shone like a diamond in the midst of a difficult weekend for the District of Columbia. The young media scholars gathered in the school’s auditorium brought the city a welcome reminder of the talent and giftedness of the city’s youth in spite […]
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First Black secret service agent has sentence commuted during Second Chance Awareness Month
By Deborah Bailey, D.C. News Editor This week, the Biden Administration celebrated America’s second annual “Second Chance Awareness Month” by announcing White House pardons for three citizens who the president said “have demonstrated their commitment to rehabilitation and are striving every day to give back and contribute to their communities” and commutation for 75 additional […]
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Howard University’s president announces retirement
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. Editor After almost a decade as Howard University’s president, Wayne A. I. Frederick has announced his retirement, effective June 2024. Frederick, a triple Howard University graduate, will transition from the world-renowned HBCU in a manner allowing the board ample time to search for his successor. “We appreciate that Dr. Frederick […]
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Nation’s capital sees small uptick in reported COVID-19 cases
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. Editor Washington D.C. has experienced a slight increase in Covid-19 rates as the new BA.2 strain takes hold in the District. At the beginning of April, the Covid-19 threat level increased to medium, the first time the threat level increased from a ranking of low since January. BA.2 now accounts […]
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Violent start to D.C. weekend as four injured in gun violence
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. Editor A gunman who shot four persons in Northwest Washington DC Friday has been found dead in an apparent suicide according to DC Police. The four victims; one man, two women and a female child are all being treated for their injuries. One of the shooting victims is retired from […]
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Bruce Johnson, legendary news anchor dies at 71
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO DC Editor Longtime WUSA Anchor and fixture in the DC Community, Bruce Johnson, 71 died on April 3 of heart failure at a hospital in Delaware. His wife, Lori, posted news of Johnson’s passing on her Facebook page Sunday night, asking the public to respect their request for privacy. Johnson anchored […]
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James Clyburn, US Congress Majority Whip Visits students at Bowie State University
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO DC Editor US Rep. James Clyburn (D-S. Carolina) got off of Capitol Hill last week and visited with students on the campus of Bowie State University. During a forum held in the Student Ballroom, Clyburn answered questions from students about the recent rash of HBCU bomb threats reported at Bowie State […]
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Three sculptures from acclaimed artist Elizabeth Catlett coming to the National Museum of African American History and Culture
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO DC Editor The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is currently displaying the work of DC native and world-renowned artist, Elizabeth Catlett (19151-2012). The acclaimed 20th-century sculptor and graphic artist now have three of her best-known depictions of the Black American Experience inside the museum. Three 5–foot […]