Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Creates Public Service Program For HBCU Students To Serve The District
The program will host seniors from two D.C.-based HBCUs to work with participating government agencies for one year....
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D.C. Intersection To Be Renamed After Negro League’s First Female Pitcher
The trailblazing pitcher came to play in the Negro Leagues after being rejected by the white all-women's baseball league....
Quavo Stands Against Gun Violence in Washington, D.C. After Takeoff’s Untimely Death
Migos rapper Quavo has joined the fight against gun violence after witnessing his nephew Takeoff’s murder in 2022, The Associated Press reports. The Grammy-nominated artist spoke...
First Black Woman-Owned Beer Company In DC Seeks $20K Funding To Realize Brick-and-Mortar Vision
The first Black woman-owned beer company in Washington, D.C., Urban Garden Brewing, is raising $20K to support opening a location....
Public Enemy and Ice-T Set to Headline National Celebration of Hip-Hop in Washington, D.C.
Public Enemy and Ice-T will headline The National Celebration of Hip-Hop in Washington, D.C....
DC Street Vendors File Lawsuit To Fight The City’s ‘Clean Hands Law’ That Blocks Licensing
Debt is weighing street vendors in the District of Columbia (D.C.) down....
Double Standard? D.C. Police Sergeant Charged with Murder of Black Man Sleeping in His Car
Since when is sleeping in your car a crime?...
JPMorgan Chase Invests $6 Million for Tech Training D.C. Area’s Black Students
Black and minority students at five school districts in the Washington, D.C. region will be beneficiaries of a $6 million commitment by JPMorgan Chase to...
Washington Redskins Face Largest Home Game Protest Over Name And Mascot
At the last home game of the season for the Washington Redskins, more than 100 protesters came out to fight against the disrespectful name....
B.E. Entrepreneurs Conference: Black America’s Most Historic Entrepreneurs
When BLACK ENTERPRISE presented the A.G. Gaston Lifetime Achievement Award honoring entrepreneurial excellence at its Second Annual Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference in 1997, our editors...