Acapella music fans in the know have probably already heard King’s Return a time or two. The brothers who came to international fame sharing their songs recorded in a stairwell are Gabe Kunda, Vaughn Faison, J.E. McKissic, and Jamall Williams. Refusing to be pinned down to one style of music, the singers have demonstrated mastery […]

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Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, a dancer who came into national prominence after his appearance on the reality show “So You Think You Can Dance” has died. Most recently known as the DJ on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” he died by suicide, according to his wife and a representative. The performer and father of three was just […]

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The Religious Freedom and Business Foundation held a conference about how companies can do a better job including faith in the workplace.  Held at Utah Valley University just outside of Salt Lake City, attendees gathered considered what it means to bring one’s whole self – spiritual beliefs and all (or even none) – to work […]

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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 with her family when she passed away in Falls Church. She was 94. Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat, was born in Maui to immigrant parents. Her father […]

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Just in time for the holidays, D.C. native Brittany Freeman closed on her very own home in the District.

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Just in time for the holidays, DC native Brittany Freeman closed on her very own home in the District. In celebration of the milestone, she received a gift basket from Mayor Muriel Bowser to commemorate her journey as part of Bowser’s Black Homeownership Strike Force (BHSF), dedicated to creating 20,000 new Black homeowners by 2030.  […]

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The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will open a new exhibition called “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” to explore Afrofuturist expression and culture as it relates to music, activism, art, and more. The 4,300-square-foot display, which is scheduled to debut next spring, will feature Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther costume, which […]

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The man accused of killing three members of the 2022 Cavaliers football team and injuring two others on campus Sunday night (Nov. 13) in Charlottesville, Virginia, is in custody. Former UVA walk-on football player Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr. has been charged with three counts of second degree murder and three counts of using a handgun in commission […]

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A year ago last month, 46 first time homeowners at the Talbert Town Homes, a newly constructed residential neighborhood in Ward 8, were forced to move due to severe and yet unresolvable structural issues in their homes. 

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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s ambitious plan to add 20,000 Black homeowners to the District by 2030 will benefit from by her successful bid for a third term as mayor. Her proposed 2023 budget contains $26 million to support the effort.

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