Any small business that survived the Covid-19 pandemic should be applauded. Any minority-owned, small business that survived needs to be applauded and acknowledged! The DC Voice would like to salute any small business...
On July 8, 2021, Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American in the nearly 100 years of the competition to win the 2021 Scripps National spelling bee champion! Let’s all take a moment to celebrate her...
The Black Dispatch, June 10, 1921 “Dr. Arthur Jackson, ex-president of the State Medical Association, was shot down by a white boy about sixteen or seventeen years old, according to eyewitnesses. He was...
Don’t celebrate too fast if the House votes for DC Statehood today, just 6 short days removed from DC Emancipation Day. It’s just a high-stakes game of 3 card monte. Another Democratic shell game to lure us...
April 16, 1862 marks the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Over 3,000 enslaved persons were freed eight months before the Emancipation Proclamation liberated slaves in the South. The District also has...
If any culture can make proclamations to “take their country back” or decry the impact of being overrun by immigrants – it would be Native Americans. Even that term is a slight to a great nation of...
Any conversation about income disparity, affordable housing, food deserts, or high infant mortality usually centers around three wards; 5, 7, and 8. It’s said with such frequency and flippancy that it belies the...
Sunday, March 7th marks fifty-six years to the day when Hosea Williams of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and John Lewis, Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), led a group...
International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Groups come together...
There were several common themes throughout the Ward 5 ANC meetings this month. The DC Voice Zoomed and WebEx’d through Ward 5 ANC meetings 5A, 5B, 5C, and 5E over the past 2 weeks. This is a short recap of some...
I’ve been a hockey fan practically all my life. My father’s love of sports drove him to watch every form of competitive sport. The one that stood out the most to me was hockey. At the time I thought it was a...
I’m going to pull the thread one more time. Writing about the slave trade in D.C. led me to the story of Philp Reed. His marker at Harmony Memorial Park was beside Solomon Northup, the author of 12 Years a Slave...
The DC City Council passed a resolution to honor Officer Eugene Goodman. January 6, 2022, will be recognized as Officer Eugene Goodman Day in the District of Columbia.
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