The Washington, DC Independent Film Festival is an an award winning event that showcases a variety of feature, short, animation and documentary films by local, national, and international filmmakers. Many of the festival films have gone on to the Academy Awards, Sundance, Toronto and Cannes, where some have taken prizes. At each […]
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Celebrating 5 years running on March 12, 2016, the Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K are packed with live entertainment on course that will keep you rockin’ all the way across the finish line.
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Let the church say, \”Amen\”. Have you been to church lately? Perhaps or maybe not. Many people are caught in the crossfire and torn between the role of the church as it pertains to Justice and the State. The old age law, separation among church and state, does that still exist? If so, why are politicians
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It was a cold and brisk night in the District on February 27, 2015 when Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the legalization of marijuana for recreational and medical use. How fitting to complement the overwhelming vote of Yes for initiative 71; it just sticks together like RAW papers. One year later, the flowers are budding across
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A sense of accomplishment fell over the land as we inaugurated the first Black president of the United States of America. Legions of spectators took over the Washington Mall to witness this most historic event. The realization of Dr. King\’s dream was taking place right before the American viewing audience. Grown men wept, children smiled
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Louisiana State Penitentiary is called Angola, named after its previous institution which was a slave plantation. The Angola 3 consisted of former Black Panther Party members Robert King, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox. These three men were prison inmates that were accused of killing a correctional officer in 1972 in which they were sentenced to
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Trinidad Neighborhood Association held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 23 at 7:00pm. In attendance was the Assistant Fire Chief, Edward Mills III, Officer Chandler from 5th District Metropolitan Police Department, a representative from Best Kids organization, Constituent Services Coordinator at Council of the District of Columbia Wesley Dawson, Ward 5 Community Liaisons from the
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One of the great benefits of living in the District of Columbia is that you never have to do the same leisure activity twice. From time to time I\’m inspired to visit the museums, and that particular Spring day I brought along my niece who was nine at the time. We visited the Holocaust Museum
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Who to vote for in the 2016 Presidential election seems to be the million dollar question these days. Hopefully, the people will show up at the polls as they did to receive their lottery tickets in hopes to be the next millionaire. Have you ever stopped to wonder why the Black vote is so important? Perhaps
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During the Civil War era there were brave African Americans that chose to fight in the Civil War. They were called the Buffalo Soldiers. Over two hundred thousand serviceman fought in that war. In 1866, six all African American army units were formed to serve in the war. The troops were led by white in
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