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The Afro-American, March 5, 2016 - March 11, 2016
Presiding Elder Evelyn Dunn
Bishop John R. Bryant
African Methodist Episcopal members and clergy celebrated the retirement of Bishop William P. DeVeaux and his wife, Patricia Ann Morris DeVeaux on Feb. 19 at Reid Temple AME Church in Glenn Dale, Md. The couple has served as presiding officers of the Second Episcopal District that covers Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia. Bishop DeVeaux has served as an A.M.E. bishop for almost 20 years.
Pam DeVeaux and Bishop William Phillips DeVeaux
Rev. Margaret Young
Rev. Jo Ann Browning and Rev. Grainger Browning
Shirley Cason Reed
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.)
Rev. Gregory L. Edmond
Presiding Elder Ronald E. Braxton Step Team for Ebenezer A.M.E. Church Charlene Hutchinson and Linda Morton
Dana DeVeaux
Eddie Scott
Wind Ensemble of Divine Dance Institute
The Melvin Deal-African Heritage Dancers & Drummers
Photos by Rob Roberts
Hattie N. Washington
Karsonia Wise-Whitehead and Jim Harper III
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) held its annual luncheon on Feb. 20 at the Renaissance Hotel in Northwest D.C. The luncheon paid homage to the memory of the organization’s founder Carter G. Woodson, unveiled a new commemorative stamp for A.M.E. church founder Richard Allen and continued its mission of making and keeping history relevant in the lives of Blacks. The Omega Fraternity donated $20,000 to ASALH at the luncheon.
ASALH Executive Director Sylvia Cyrus, Ronald A. Stroman III, ASALH President Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham and Jon Jarvis, National Park Service
Keynote speaker Karsonya Wise Whitehead, associate professor Loyola University
Ms. Senior D.C. Wendy Bridges and Miss U.S. Ambassador Ebony Andrews
Rohulamin Quander and AFRO D.C. General Manager Edgar Brookins Jon Jarvis, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham and Ronald Stroman III
Dorothy Bailey, awards committee, David Levering Lewis, Living Legacy honoree, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, artist Charles Bibbs, Living Legacy honoree, NCNW Chair Ingrid Saunders Jones, Living Legacy honoree and Louis Charles Hicks Jr., Living Legacy honoree
Bowie State University ROTC Cadets with raffle committee Co-Chairs Cheryl Gresham and Lovie Tarver
Northern Virginia Delta Chapter Kapp Epsilon Psi Military Sorority
Pamela Hart Vines
Veronica M. Chapman
Omega men
Photos by Rob Roberts
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