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Hello. Hola. Bonjour. Ciao. Guten tag. Meet Madame Lillian Evanti, who spoke five languages fluently and sang in even more. Born Lillian Evans in 1890, she grew up in a well-educated, affluent family ...

Your recent column about the Reach at the Kennedy Center rang a bell for me. I believe that Mary Cardwell Dawson’s National Negro Opera Company staged several performances on that Water Gate barge.

There’s little question that African Americans have been a significant part of Washington, DC’s civic life and identity since the city was first declared the new national capital in 1791. Sign up for ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they created a ...