D.C.’s largest high school is named for the U.S. president who instituted segregation in the federal government. Now, the D.C. Council supports efforts to rename the school.
The effort has gained steam in recent days after Princeton University’s leadership voted to remove Woodrow Wilson’s name from its public policy school.
President Woodrow Wilson enlisted the flock to keep the grass trimmed during World War I.
The school’s diversity task force has begun ramping up a public campaign, starting with a forum on Tuesday.
A full century ago, President Woodrow Wilson was sworn in for his first term. But those 1913 festivities were plenty different to what we’re experiencing today, when President Obama will take the oath of office for his second term.
On the day we observe the first anniversary of the 2011 earthquake, we also look back at three historical happenings at one of the building’s most badly damaged by the temblor—the Washington National Cathedral.
DCist is proud to be the official media sponsor of Cultural Tourism DC’s free event this Saturday, Sept. 29: WalkingTown DC offers a wealth of free walking tours all day long to get Washingtonians out and discovering new things about their city and neighborhoods. The Temperance Tour, hosted by volunteer Garrett Peck, author of The Prohibition Hangover, begins at the Cogswell Temperance Fountain at 7th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW at 1 p.m. and wraps…
In the wake of the tragedy at Virginia Tech earlier this year, it’s been reported all over the world today that two 17-year-old students were shot in an incident at Delaware State University last night. Both students, a male and a female whose names have not been released, were originally from the Washington, D.C. area. The male student is in stable condition, but the female’s injuries are listed as serious. The campus remained locked-down today…
>> Following on the heels of MC Hammer and salsa legend Willie Colon, rock ‘n’ roll pioneer and TV commercial pitchman Little Richard brings his falsetto scream to a free outdoor concert, with openers D.C. female soul vets, the Jewels. 7 to 9 p.m. at at Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. >> Emmanuel Jal, a “lost boy of Sudan” who is the subject of his own upcoming documentary, War Child, will perform his…
FRIDAY: >> The city’s free concert series follows MC Hammer with a rare appearance by salsa legend Willie Colon, 7-9 p.m. at Woodrow Wilson Center. >> President Nixon’s White House counsel John Dean will be at Politics and Prose to discuss his book, Broken Government, which examines “the institutional damage he believes the Republican Party has inflicted on the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government during the Bush administration.” 7 p.m. He’ll also be…
