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Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
May 8 2008

Chance encounter with old-fashioned art leads to new business

Once upon a time, setting the family table was a very exacting exercise with cutlery, dishes and napkins arranged just so. Today that preciseness is basically a relic except at county fairs around the state.

May 8 2008

Mothers weep for slain sons at Mother’s Day Breakfast

It was a sight that moved the audience to tears at the Crystal Park Casino in Compton, California.

May 8 2008

Full disclosure of dad’s estate demanded

The family of music legend Ray Charles is gearing up for a battle over their father’s estate, which they allege has been tied up in legal disputes between the estate’s management and his family members. 

May 1 2008

The threeancient empires flourished during West Afrika’s golden era, while there were others in later periods.

Before Europeans were firmly entrenched in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Afrikans built great empireson the west coast of the continent. High culture and advanced technology were commonplace. The boundaries of their territories were much larger then they are today. When the Europeans divided Afrika during the Berlin Conference in 1884-85, the sizes of the various cultural territories were vastly reduced.

May 1 2008

Three others wounded

Detectives are puzzled over the double slaying of a man and a woman that occurred 11 p.m. on Sunday night.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”