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**FILE** Comedian Dave Chappelle during a visit to the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in 2017 (WI photo)

Dave Chappelle Declines Offer to Rename Building at Duke Ellington HS in His Honor

by WI Web Staff June 21, 2022June 21, 2022

World-renowned comedian Dave Chappelle turned down an offer to rename a building at his alma mater, the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in northwest Washington.

Comedian Dave Chappelle accepts the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Oct. 27 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The show will air on PBS in January. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Dave Chappelle Attacked Onstage By Armed Man During Performance

by Stacy M. Brown May 4, 2022May 4, 2022

**FILE** Comedian Dave Chappelle during a visit to the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in 2017 (WI photo)

Duke Ellington School of the Arts Expresses Support for Dave Chappelle

by Sam P.K. Collins December 1, 2021

Dr. Calvin W. Rolark Sr. and Denise Rolark Barnes (Roy Lewis/ The Washington Informer)

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Happy Birthday, WI!

by WI Guest Author October 27, 2021December 21, 2021

Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle: ‘Am I Canceled or Not?’

by Stacy M. Brown October 26, 2021December 21, 2021

Comedian Dave Chappelle accepts the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Oct. 27 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The show will air on PBS in January. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

VIEWPOINTS

by WI Guest Author October 20, 2021December 21, 2021

Dave Chappelle

Editor's Column

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Dave Chappelle’s Jokes on Transgender Community Don’t Merit the Backlash

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor October 20, 2021December 21, 2021

Carlene Reid is a candidate for the Ward 8 position on the D.C. State Board of Education. (Courtesy photo)

D.C. ELECTION ROUNDUP: Education, Not Politics Motivates Reid’s Candidacy

by James Wright Jr. January 22, 2020December 21, 2021

Comedian Dave Chappelle accepts the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Oct. 27 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The show will air on PBS in January. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Chappelle Too Good for ‘Cancel Culture’

by WI Guest Author November 6, 2019December 21, 2021

Comedian Dave Chappelle accepts the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Oct. 27 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The show will air on PBS in January. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Dave Chappelle Receives Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

by WI Guest Author October 29, 2019December 21, 2021