Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s leading advocate for change and reconciliation under a Black majority rule and the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner, died Sunday in Cape Town at the age of 90.
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Buffalo Gunman Pleads Guilty in Race-Fueled Supermarket Massacre
A white man who earlier this year traveled to a Buffalo, New York, grocery store and killed 10 African Americans, including Black Press writer Katherine Massey, pleaded guilty to 25 criminal counts Monday and will spend the rest of his life in prison.
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D.C. Youth Football Team Reaches Goal, Raises $25K to Get to Championship Tourney in Florida
A D.C. youth football team has raised $25,000 needed to travel to Florida to participate in a national championship tournament.
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CDC Wary of New COVID Variant on the Rise
A new coronavirus variant known as XBB has surfaced in the U.S., currently making up 3.1% of new infections nationally, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Black Mayors Association Back Denver Airport CEO for FAA Administrator
The African American Mayors Association on Wednesday endorsed Phil Washington, the chief executive officer of the Denver Airport, as the next Federal Aviation Administration administrator.
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Youth Football Team in Ward 7 Seeks $25K for Fla. Trip to National Championship
A youth football team in D.C.’s Ward 7 is seeking $20,000 to participate in the national championship in their division in Kissimmee, Fla.
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D.C. School Teachers, Mayor Bowser Reach Tentative Deal
The Washington Teachers’ Union and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, ending negotiations that had been drawn out over several months.
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Robert Glasper’s 10th Anniversary Black Radio, Just What We Needed
Robert Glasper is unquestionably a brilliant musical talent. He’s a multi-Grammy Award-winning pianist, composer, and producer. He also is a founding Kennedy Center Hip-Hop Culture Council member and has performed […]
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Cecilia ‘Cissy’ Marshall, Widow of Thurgood Marshall, Dies at 94
Cecilia “Cissy” Marshall, a former NAACP legal secretary and widow of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, died Tuesday Nov. 22. She was […]
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D.C. to Celebrate 13th Annual Small Business Saturday
D.C. will hold its 13th annual Small Business Saturday this weekend as a part of the day’s national recognition.
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Commanders Host 20th Harvest Feast at FedEx Field
The Washington Commanders Charitable Foundation hosted its 20th annual Harvest Feast on Tuesday at the Legends Plaza at FedEx Field in Landover, Md.