D.C. school officials rejected the ACLU's claim that Ron Brown Prep would begin enrolling female students. The organization is battling to get females admitted to a school designed for males of color from low-income families.
by Sheilah Belle Well, well, well. Look at who I ran into while in Atlanta early in the morning! Yes, T.C. Carson who is well known for portraying Kyle Barker on the hit sitcom Living Single. However his talents go before the hit FOX sitcom, as he is also a respected singer, television actor, has […]
Faced with D.C.'s sky-rocketing rent and surges in the price of living, Tyree's mother lost her job. The family was forced to make the difficult decision to move into the shelter, which houses around 243 people.
Sometimes, we all need someone to lean on. A group of employees from a Washington coffee shop provided just that in a touching photo that’s gone viral. KPTV reports that Pierce Dunn and Evan Freeman from the Dutch Bros. coffee shop in Vancouver, WA were photographed praying with a grieving customer who lost her husband the evening before. […]
While dancing may not be answer in all cases, we wish more officers would make efforts to defuse situations instead of drawing their weapons or escalating tensions.
DC reporter Charnice Milton killed in shooting http://t.co/vzrDPPq3Rn #RIP pic.twitter.com/fcSXqWdbSB — FOX 5 DC (@fox5newsdc) May 28, 2015 A vibrant, black woman journalist with a mild form…
Marsha D. Sumner, a native Washingtonian and celebrated local gospel radio announcer for two decades, died on Saturday, January 24th after a brief illness. She was 69. Sumner, who was born on April 20, 1945, attended DC public schools and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, where she excelled in sports and received an […]
Yours truly, The Belle was in D.C. this week and while there I got a chance to see the beginning building stages of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. While they have a ways to go, it was great seeing such a structure that represents MY Heritage, on such a prime location […]
Happy Founder’s Day to the Ladies of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, 101 years of service to the community. Delta Sigma Theta, is a non-profit…
As more information continues to emerge about the Navy Yard Shooter, officials say, their investigation continues. However reports now say that six weeks before he killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard, Aaron Alexis, 34 called police to his hotel room in Rhode Island and said he was hearing voices in the closet and […]
Police have confirmed that the Navy Yard Shooter is confirmed dead. He has been identified as Aaron Alexis, 34. Additionally at least 12 people are now being reported dead, following a shooter who opened fire Monday morning in a rampage at a Navy yard in the nation’s capital, putting government buildings on lockdown and sending […]
Bernice King is celebrating the 50th anniversary of her father Martin Luther King Jr.‘s March on Washington, and she checked in on “The James Fortune…
