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By D. Kevin McNeirSpecial to the AFROkmcneir@afro.com On Monday, Nov. 17, the House Rules Committee considered 13 D.C.-related bills, considered as threats by city officials to Home Rule – the law which has allowed the District to self-govern since 1975.  Ahead of the vote, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement which criticized the […]
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The Enoch Pratt Free Library recently debuted the DeWayne Wickham Room of Maryland Journalism in honor of the cofounder of the National Association of Black Journalists and founding dean emeritus of Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism and Communication.
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By Victoria MejicanosAFRO Staff Writervmejicanos@afro.com Charles Jackson French wasn’t supposed to be remembered. In a segregated United States Navy that intentionally kept him out of combat, French did the impossible. He saved 15 men by tying a rope around his waist and carrying a raft of his injured shipmates, swimming them to safety through shark-infested […]
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Milestones Enrichment Center (MEC) owners Traci Cowan and Valencia Skeeter held the grand opening of their new and improved child care facility in Laurel, MD on Nov. 1, with the event drawing a robust crowd of families and community supporters.
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By D. Kevin McNeirSpecial to the AFROkmcneir@afro.com Juanita “Busy Bee” Britton, founder of Washington, D.C.-based BZB International, will mark her 35th anniversary as host of a holiday tradition, dubbed “the largest African American Department store on the East Coast,” beginning Black Friday, Nov. 28.  Busy Bee, a nickname she earned during her childhood and to […]
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