For Her Next Round, Toni Tipton-Martin Orders Up a Book of Cocktails
Atholene Peyton, an African American home economics teacher, predated Tom Bullock as a published cocktail manual author by a decade.
Toni Tipton-Martin's new book, Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs and Juice, explores the contributions of African Americans to American cocktail culture.
Tipton-Martin's extensive collection of old cookbooks by Black authors served as a foundation for her research on African American contributions to cocktail culture.
US school marks Black History Month with fried chicken and watermelon
Officials at a New York middle school have apologized after serving students fried chicken, watermelon and waffles on the first day of Black History Month.In a letter to parents, officials at Nyack middle school, an hour outside New York City, apologized for the inexcusably insensitive meal, which played off historically racist stereotypes.
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Black History Month in DC: A Guide to Local Events - Washingtonian
Black History month begins on February 1, and there's a lot happening around DC to commemorate it.Here's a look at some of the local events you can check out: Ari Voxx at DC9940 Ninth St., NW To celebrate the first day of Black History Month, DC native Ari Voxx will perform at DC9 nightclub, along with NXNES and Jaylin Conner.
How Black communities turned the map into a tool for justice
African American communities have used maps throughout history to protest racism and affirm the value of Black life.
The Living Black Atlas highlights the neglected history of Black mapmaking in America, showcasing how Black people have used mapping to document their stories.
Oklahoma restricted how race can be taught. So these Black teachers stepped up.
Teachers in Oklahoma are creating alternative educational programs, such as Black History Saturdays, to provide unvarnished lessons in African-American history due to a new law that restricts how race and gender can be taught in public schools.
The new law has made teachers afraid to touch on race and racism in their classrooms, fearing that it could lead to complaints and job loss.
Black History Saturdays is one grassroots initiative that aims to provide a space for families to learn about African-American history in a safe and inclusive environment.
Oklahoma restricted how race can be taught. So these Black teachers stepped up.
Teachers in Oklahoma are creating alternative educational programs, such as Black History Saturdays, to provide unvarnished lessons in African-American history due to a new law that restricts how race and gender can be taught in public schools.
The new law has made teachers afraid to touch on race and racism in their classrooms, fearing that it could lead to complaints and job loss.
Black History Saturdays is one grassroots initiative that aims to provide a space for families to learn about African-American history in a safe and inclusive environment.
Oklahoma restricted how race can be taught. So these Black teachers stepped up.
Teachers in Oklahoma are creating alternative educational programs, such as Black History Saturdays, to provide unvarnished lessons in African-American history due to a new law that restricts how race and gender can be taught in public schools.
The new law has made teachers afraid to touch on race and racism in their classrooms, fearing that it could lead to complaints and job loss.
Black History Saturdays is one grassroots initiative that aims to provide a space for families to learn about African-American history in a safe and inclusive environment.
Virginia's GOP governor deleted MLK Day & Barack Obama from its history curriculum
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) won his 2020 election by promising to ban anti-racist curriculum from schools.So he had his secretary of education consult conservative think tanks when rewriting the state's history and social studies curriculum.But now progressive racial groups have protested notable exclusions - like the deletion of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, former President Barack Obama, and Juneteenth.
Flamin' Hot': Biden to Host Screening of the (Kind of) True Story of the Spicy Chip
President Biden will step on the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday not to meet a foreign dignitary or sign a bill, but to celebrate a sort-of-true story about Flamin' Hot Cheetos.The president and Jill Biden, the first lady, will be on hand for a screening of Flamin' Hot, a new film about Richard Montanez, who worked as a janitor at Frito-Lay and rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a marketing executive.
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Atlantic Festival 2023: Kerry Washington and Jake Tapper Are Among This Year's Headliners - Washingtonian
The annual ideas forum will feature Nancy Pelosi, Jake Sullivan, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, among many others.The Atlantic Festival, the magazine's annual ideas forum, will feature Nancy Pelosi, Jake Sullivan, and Kerry Washington, among other live interviewees.The festival, now in its second year at the Wharf, will take place on September 28 and September 29.
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13 Black-Owned Local Businesses Are Coming to the Former St. Elizabeths Campus - Washingtonian
When Le'Greg Harrison was 9 years old, he biked around the former St. Elizabeths psychiatric hospital campus to see if the scary stories were true.Harrison grew up hearing rumors about the largely abandoned facility from other neighborhood kids-including one that Jeffrey Dahmer hid out there.Thirty years later, Harrison is part of a movement that's bringing new life to the campus in Southeast DC: A temporary 23,000-square-foot retail and community complex opens there this week.
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Check Out Starchitect David Adjaye's Next DC Building - Washingtonian
David Adjaye, the superstar architect behind the National Museum of African American History and Culture, has proposed designs for a roughly 650,000-square-foot multi-use development in St. Elizabeth's East Parcel 15.The project, called Sycamore & Oak, imagines residential units, office space, a hotel, outdoor areas, and a pavilion for performances and community gatherings.
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Vanilla Beane, DC's Hat Lady, Passes Away at 103 - Washingtonian
Today, the District mourns a local fashion icon.Vanilla Beane, the milliner who was affectionately known as DC's Hat Lady, has passed away at the age of 103.Beane was known around town for her acclaimed Manor Park shop, Bené Millinery & Bridal Supplies, where she sold glamorous custom-made hats for more than 40 years.
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A Gig at LEGO Is DC's Hottest Job Opening - Washingtonian
For government types who happen to love Lego, the perfect job awaits: T his morning's Playbook brings news that the toy-brick behemoth is hiring a government and public affairs director in DC.
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Sean Sherman Is Awarded the 2023 Julia Child Award
This year's recipient of the Julia Child Award, recognizing those who have had an impact on the American culinary scene, is Sean Sherman, a chef, author and the co-founder of the nonprofit North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS) and its Indigenous Food Lab.The award has been given by the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts since 2015, and comes with a $50,000 prize.
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Happy holiday weekend, everyone!Who's thrilled about the long weekend?Show your excitement with live music and camping at Delfest, or explore artist Robert Houle's new colorful retrospective at the Smithsonian.Best Things to Do This Weekend
National Memorial Day Concert.Before you head to the parade on Monday, experience an evening of grand live music at PBS'sâ¯National Memorial Day Concert .
Lawmakers push for ethnic social studies courses in Texas public schools
AUSTIN, Texas A group of diverse lawmakers are drawing attention to a bill that would require Texas school districts to offer ethnic social studies courses.House Bill 45 would add Mexican American and African American studies as courses students can take to satisfy their social studies requirement.
Lawmakers push for ethnic social studies courses in Texas public schools
AUSTIN, Texas A group of diverse lawmakers are drawing attention to a bill that would require Texas school districts to offer ethnic social studies courses.House Bill 45 would add Mexican American and African American studies as courses students can take to satisfy their social studies requirement.
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Happy weekend, everyone!Let's continue to ring in the new year with more fun things to do around town this weekend.From last-minute art galleries to new stage plays, you'll find something exciting to bring cheer to your 2023.Best Things to Do This Weekend
"Vermeer's Secrets" at the National Gallery of Art.
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Happy December, everyone!Jump-start the new month with seasonal good vibes at a holiday boat parade or winter festival.Best Things to Do This Weekend
District's Holiday Boat Parade.At the 30th annual District Holiday Boat Parade this weekend, you can watch a parade of more than 60 bedazzled boats float along the Washington Channel.
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5 After-Hour Museum Events to Check Out This Summer
Didn't get a ticket to National Gallery Nights this spring?The National Gallery of Art's popular post-work event wraps up this week, but there are still opportunities to visit more DC museums beyond the typical times.Here are five institutions opening their doors for after-hour events this summer.Phillips After 51600 21st St. NW Once a month, head to the Phillips Collection after 5 PM to partake in artsy activities and drink some beverages.
From the days of chattel slavery until the modern Black Lives Matter movement, Black communities have developed innovative ways to communicate to fight back against oppression.EFF's Director of Engineering, Alexis Hancock, documented this important history of codes, ciphers, underground telecommunications and even dance in a blog post that became one of our favorite articles of 2021.
3 concerts to catch in D.C. over New Year's weekend
Lyfe Jennings is coming to City Winery.(Lyfe Jennings) Singer Lyfe Jennings has cemented his status as an R&B heavyweight and then some.His debut album, "Lyfe 268-192," released in 2004, introduced listeners to his sensually raspy voice through songs that covered love from many angles.
How the Fantastic Four took Double Dutch to new heights
The Fantastic Four in 1981.Courtesy of Fantastic Four Dutch settlers may have brought Double Dutch to America, but it was Black girls who put it on the map, says Lauren Walker, president of the National Double Dutch League."Double Dutch is Black girl magic.It came from a union of young girls in their community getting together to socialize, and to engage in each other's dreams and ambitions."
Ada Limon, the New U.S. Poet Laureate, Talks About Poetry's Role in Recording the Pandemic, Her Favorite Nature Spots and the Last Thing That Made Her Cry
As host of the podcast The Slowdown, she focuses on new ways to make poetry accessible.You hear that rush and pull of the ocean, and you're lulled into a new rhythm for poetry.How often do you write a week?Read more: The First Native American U.S. Poet Laureate on How Poetry Can Counter Hate How does it feel to become poet laureate during a wave of book-ban attempts?
What sports fans need to know about the latest NFL game announced in Germany
The former US President Barack Obama called former German Chancellor Angela Merkel a friend when she came to Washington, D.C. in June 2022, and the two paid a visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.It didn't take long for the two to reunite this time in central Berlin.
Clarence Page: Who is to be held accountable for Emmett Till's death, now that the witnesses are gone?
The last survivor of the historical horror widely known as "the lynching of Emmett Till" has died, leaving behind an infuriating amount of unanswered questions.Carolyn Bryant Donham died in hospice care Tuesday night in Louisiana at age 88.She is remembered by history mostly as the 21-year-old woman who accused Till, then a 15-year-old Chicagoan visiting his Mississippi relatives, of behavior that violated the old Jim Crow South's irrational but strictly enforced racial etiquette - and it cost him his life.
Emmett Till and his mother honored with congressional medal
WASHINGTON - The House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.The bill, which passed the Senate in January, is meant to honor Till and his mother - who had insisted on an open casket funeral to demonstrate the brutality of his killing - with the highest civilian honor that Congress awards.
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Florida school principal fired for showing students Michelangelo's 'pornographic' David sculpture
A school principal in Tallahassee, Florida has been fired following parental complaints about a lesson on Michelangelo's masterpiece David (1501-04), deemed "pornographic" by one aggrieved parent.The now-former principal, Hope Carrasquilla, informed the Huffington Post that, due to a "series of miscommunications", a customary letter informing parents of students at Tallahassee Classical School about this feature of the sixth-grade art history curriculum was not sent out, further contributing to parents' outrage.
'Shout Sister Shout!' celebrates the legacy of Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The life and music of trailblazing singer/guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe is the subject of the musical "Shout, Sister, Shout!" at Ford's Theatre.(Photo by James J. Kriegsmann/Wikimedia Commons) The story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe - the singer and guitarist often called the godmother of rock-and roll - was untold for so long that any attempt to bring it to life had to be seismic.
Donors Pledge $55 Million for Smithsonian's New Museum of American Women
Without a building or even a determined site, leaders for the Smithsonian's proposed American Women's History Museum have spent the past two years drumming up anticipation and support from donors.On Monday, the institution announced more than $55 million in gifts that will help solidify its financial future, though it has yet to receive final Congressional approval.
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Will the National Zoo Change Its Advance Reservation Entry Pass System? - Washingtonian
DC Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton is asking the National Zoo to reevaluate-and possibly change-its entry policy.On Tuesday, she wrote a letter to the zoo's director expressing concern over the current system, which generally requires visitors who are not paid zoo members to reserve passes in advance.
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Summer Solstice Events for Savoring These Long Summer Days - Washingtonian
Braid yourself a flower crown, dance barefoot, or crack open a cold one-we're approaching the summer solstice on June 21, marking the official first day of summer and the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
Six leading national figures named as members of the Order of Merit
Television presenter and author Baroness Floella Benjamin is among six leading figures chosen by the late Queen to become members of the Order of Merit and appointed by the King.Among the distinguished group are a molecular biologist and a geneticist both recipients of the Noble Prize, an award-winning architect, a former nurse who led the way in sickle cell treatment and a leading historian.
How can museums honor both the extraordinary and the everyday?
Museums are full of artifacts left by "the first and the famous," says curator Ariana Curtis.Museums can better represent diverse stories, she argues, if they also include stories of everyday life.About Ariana Curtis Ariana Curtis serves as the first curator for Latinx Studies at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
Meet Alana Mayo, the young, Black, queer studio executive who greenlit 'Till'
Alana Mayo speaks at the Austin Convention Center on March 14, 2022, in Austin, Texas.Anna Webber/Getty Images for AMC Alana Mayo is 38 years old.She's Black, queer and a movie industry trailblazer who took over Orion Pictures in 2020.The storied studio once produced such movies as Platoon, Dances With Wolves and the Silence of the Lambs, but it went bankrupt in 1991, was bought by MGM and more or less languished.
Artist Sam Gilliam, photographed in 2016 in Washington, D.C. Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images One of the most important and influential abstract visual artists in the U.S. has died: Sam Gilliam, a great colorist whose work influenced generations of artists, was 88 years old.