The Area
(Washington, DC) — African-Americans are being urged by the National Urban League to get out and vote at election time. The organization views it as a way to counter state laws it says threaten the educational and economic progress made by blacks. The 101-year-old civil rights group has made “Occupy the Vote” the theme for […]
I have lived in the Washington, DC area for nearly a decade and one of the most interesting things I have discovered about this city is go-go music. A few months ago, I overheard a conversation in which the terms gospel and go-go were used… together. What I know of go-go is that it is […]
A Prince William County Jail inmate was able to smuggle a gun into his cell. Eighteen-year-old Brandon Braxton is accused of smuggling a handgun in to county jail by putting it up his rectum. Prince William County Police say Braxton was arrested last month on robbery charges and apparently hid the gun before being transferred […]
Music legend Smokey Robinson reached out to a new generation of performing artists Friday, telling them they were starting out as he did: “with a love for doing something creative.” Robinson, 72, visited Duke Ellington School of the Arts, named for the jazz great whose music Robinson said was the first he heard in his […]
FAIRFAX, VA (March 1, 2012)- Hundreds of seniors at historically black colleges and universities that are members of UNCF(United Negro College Fund) will be able to graduate on time, thanks to a $1 million gift from Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation (LCEF) to the UNCF Campaign for Emergency Student Aid (CESA). UNCF, the nation’s largest and […]
Discussions are underway to bring the Washington Washington Football Team back to its home in D.C. Although the team bears D.C.’s name, the franchise moved its stadium to Maryland in 1997 and hasn’t had a presence in the District since then. But The Washington Post reports that District officials are mounting the most serious effort […]
Father Marcel Guarnizo of Gaithersburg’s Saint John Neumann Catholic Church is buzzing around the blogosphere after he denied communion to a lesbian parishioner at her mother’s funeral. Huffington Post reports: As The New Civil Rights Movement blogger David Badash is reporting, Father Marcel Guarnizo of Gaithersburg’s Saint John Neumann Catholic Churchreportedly covered the bowl containing the […]
The 2012 Radio One DC Media Appreciation Day Awards Lunch will be held Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 from 11am until 12:30pm. This year, honorees will be Aisha Karimah, Community Affairs Director at WRC-TV (NBC-4) and Tony Perkins, Weather Anchor and News Anchor (WTTG-TV). The special affair will be held at the stations new facility located […]
LARGO, Md.—Rear Admiral Barry C. Black (retired), the first African-American to serve as the Chaplain for the United States Senate, will deliver an address, Call of Duty: Leadership, Legislation, Lifestyle, at Prince George’s Community College’s 18th Millennium Management Lecture Series, March 6, 2:30 p.m., Accokeek Hall, Room 300. The gathering is one of the college’s […]
The Radio One Family Comedy Tour rolled through Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium over the weekend and comedians Marcus Wiley from the Yolanda Adams Morning Show, Griff, Chinnita Morris, Veda Howard and Praise 104.1 Inspirational Comedian contest winner E-Boogie all shut it down! Log onto myfamilycomedy.com for more information about this amazing tour.
(Annapolis, MD) — Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley says he plans to sign the just passed same-sex marriage bill into law on Thursday. That’s when Maryland will officially join seven other states and the District of Columbia in having such a law on the books. Meanwhile, opponents of the legislation are already organizing efforts to put […]
(Bethesda, MD) — Metro will hold a public forum tonight to discuss its 2013 budget plans, which include the possibility of fare hikes. The transit agency says its “open forum” will get underway at 6 p.m. and a public hearing will be held afterwards at 7 p.m. at the Bethesda Chevy Chase Regional Services Center. […]