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MARYLAND (WBFF) — Former United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, Erek Barron, was honored in the State Senate on Tuesday, as he was recognized by lawmakers as the first Black US Attorney to serve in Maryland. Barron resigned last week amid the Trump Administration’s changes to the Department of Justice, after serving in […]
Reidsville’s Jason Ross honored as among the top Black head coaches in the US Greensboro News & Record Source link
PRINCE WILLIAMS COUNTY, Va. — Retired Master Gunnery Sergeant Carroll Braxton is walking, talking, Black history. Born in 1924 in Manassas, Virginia, Braxton was one of the first Black U.S. Marines. He enlisted in 1943 after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order allowing people of all races to join the military. The U.S. […]
On this day, 40 years ago, NASA astronaut Guy Bluford embarked on STS-8, making history as the first African American to venture into space. He went on to participate in three more shuttle missions, accumulating over 688 hours in space. In a 2013 interview with NASA, Bluford admitted that it took him some time to […]
CNN — The USS Beloit, a littoral combat ship, was commissioned Saturday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with African American trailblazer Maj. Gen. Marcia Anderson as the ship’s chosen sponsor. Anderson is nationally recognized for being the first Black woman to achieve the . . .
President Joe Biden on Monday honored acclaimed filmmakers, singers, writers and others who have made their mark on American culture, awarding the prestigious National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals to 39 recipients.Filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee and Ken Burns and singers Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah were among 20 recipients of National Medals […]
The District’s shadow U.S. Representative Oye Owolewa (D) has been named one of the 2024 US Black Chamber of Commerce Power 50 under 40 awards. On Oct. 11 at The Mayflower hotel in Northwest starting at 6 p.m., Owolewa will be honored alongside actor Michael B. Jordan, basketball player Angel Reese, Houston Texans quarterback CJ […]
Directed by Lamar and longtime collaborator Dave Free, the video is filled with Easter eggs and features appearances by prominent West Coast figures, including the track’s producer Mustard, Tommy the Clown, Compton-born NBA star and former Toronto Raptors player DeMar DeRozan, and TDE’s Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith. window.__DATA__ = {“type”:”Page”,”props”:{“theme”:{“animations”:{“presets”:{“fadeIn”:{“from”:{“opacity”:”0″,”transform”:”translate3d(0, 0, 0)”,”transition”:”opacity 0.75s linear 0.25s, […]
On the mornings of February 5 and 8, 2024, two Montford Point Marines, Brig. Gen. Albert Bryant Sr. and Pfc. John Henry Chaney, were laid to rest. Bryant was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, in plot 7-A alongside American legends such as Joe Louis and James Doolittle, while Chaney was buried next […]
To reach Waverly B. Woodson, Jr.’s final resting place, you start on Eisenhower Drive. At the end of Marshall Drive, you make a half turn around Patton Circle, and there, tucked in the southeast corner, you’ll find grave no. 1172, a simple marble headstone like 400,000 others at Arlington National Cemetery. Not far away, along […]