All posts tagged "black"
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Kirkland's Contribution
Just a couple of hours before the 2009 DC Black Pride ''Pure Love'' Kickoff Party moves into high gear, some members of the community will...
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Woman on the Verge
When the June/July issue of The Advocate magazine featured ''Forty under 40,'' an exhaustive list of young GLBT people, running through the worlds of business,...
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Crystal Clarity
Two decades ago, Crystal Waters was just another bored D.C. government employee. On a lark, she turned to recording music, and in short order, the...
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Something for Everybody
It's no wonder that Khalid ''KP'' Parker, president of DC Black Pride, is a little tired. Have you seen the lineup of everything that's been...
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Pure Love on the Runway
The Superfly Fashion Show, DC Black Pride's official fashion show event, starting at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 22, will feature a genuine commitment ceremony...
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Body Language
If you talk about contemporary dance in Washington, dancer and choreographer Helanius Wilkins is bound to enter the conversation. Since 2001, his EDGEWORKS Dance Theater...
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Eboné Bell
Last December, Eboné Bell quit her day job as the advertising manager at the Chronicle of Higher Education. She wanted to focus full time on...
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Brian Watson
During his elementary school years, you wouldn't find Brian Watson on the busy playground with the other kids during recess. Instead he preferred to stay...
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Wilson's Return
It was just about this time last year that members of DC Black Pride (DCBP) got the news that Daryl Wilson would be running a...
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Poison Pews
African-American leaders, students and activists gathered for nearly two hours inside Howard University's Howard Thurman Chapel in Northeast D.C. recently to discuss homophobia in African-American...
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Black Pride's Plan
Looking at the recently released lineup for the 19th Annual DC Black Pride celebration, it's obvious that the mood is all about reinvention, filtered through...
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Grassroots & Gigabytes
In the streets or online, you may already know Michael Crawford. Did he ask you to ''get out the vote'' for Barack Obama while serving...
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BLAGOSAH Blooms
Danielle Cooper still recalls how she felt when she received an acceptance letter to D.C.'s Howard University, among the nation's most renowned historically black colleges...
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Radically Relevant
This year, 2008, marks two bittersweet 20-year anniversaries: World AIDS Day, first observed Dec. 1, 1988, and Us Helping Us, People Into Living Inc., incorporated...
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The Next Step
He is the most gifted political figure in two generations. He ran a smart, disciplined and innovative campaign that made the most of his charisma,...
