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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.

Students from Thurgood Marshall Academy learn about rights advocacy from ACLU lawyers and keynote speakers during a recent field trip. (Courtesy of TMA)

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D.C. EDUCATION BRIEFS: Rights Advocacy

by WI Webstaff March 7, 2018October 31, 2020

From left: Duke Ellington School of the Arts Chief Executive Officer Tia Powel Harris, Peggy Cooper Cafritz, co-founder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and former president of D.C.'s school board, Ellington freshman Makeal Exum, comedian Dave Chappelle and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser lift hands in celebration at the Northwest school on Sept. 29, after Chappelle was presented with the Key to the City and gifted the school with an Emmy he received for an appearance on "Saturday Night Live" earlier this year. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

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Peggy Cooper Cafritz, Founder of Duke Ellington School, Dies

by WI Guest Author February 19, 2018October 31, 2020