Antoinette Scott

Crushing the Game: Margaret Gorman Cahill

DCPS GRADS - When Margaret Gorman Cahill was 16, she had an epic summer, winning a ton of popularity contests in Atlantic City. One year later, the...

Crushing The Game - Eunetta Boone

Eunetta Boone has blazed a trail in television programming. With her authentic story lines, relatable characters and witty dialogue, she helped make...

Rabbi Alexander Goode

Rabbi Alexander Goode died a WW2 hero. He was one of the famed "Four Chaplains, a quartet of military men-of-the-cloth, aboard a U.S. ship, who sacrif...

Crushing the Game: Astronaut Fred Gregory

DCPS GRADS - Anacostia High School's Fred Gregory learned to fly more than 50 different types of aircraft before joining NASA where he became the f...

Joe Rosenthal

Photographer Joe Rosenthal took a picture that history will never forget--a shot of U.S. marines hoisting the American flag over the bloody battlefiel...

Crushing the Game: Franklin McCain

DCPS GRADS - Eastern High School's Franklin McCain stood up by sitting down! He was one of the Greensboro Four whose actions in North Carolina spark...

Jason Reynolds

When it comes to connecting with young people through story, DC author Jason Reynolds has the "right" touch. Jason writes books for young readers to h...

Crushing the Game: Russell Williams, Jr.

DCPS GRADS - Russell Williams, Jr. is Wilson High School graduate and a Hollywood legend whose wizardry as a sound engineer earned him two Academy...

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Crushing the Game - Jean Toomer

Nearly 100 years ago, author Jean Toomer wrote, Cane, which told stories about Black life in white America. His book was loved and reviled and is co...

General Benjamin O. Davis Jr.

General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. war hero, Tuskegee Airman and defender of human and civil rights is one of the most important and decorated African A...

Crushing the Game - J Toomer.mp4

Eunetta Boone

Eunetta Boone has blazed a trail in television programming. With her authentic story lines, relatable characters and witty dialogue, she helped make...

Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett has always had a knack for making money. As a student at Wilson High school, he built and sold a prosperous business, paving the way...

Richard Smallwood

Richard Smallwood's gospel music is moving and soul stirring... just ask the Broadway cast that sang one of his song after its final curtain.

Crushing the Game - Ed Brooke

Ed Brooke was the nation's first U.S. Senator elected to office by popular vote and he used his position to change the game for all Americans!

Crushing the Game - Yasmeen "Bheti" Williams

Singer Yasmeen Bheti Williams, has used her voice as a member of Sweet Honey in the Rock, to share and express the richness of Black life and as a...

Gladys Spellman

Activist and educator Gladys Noon Spellman thrived on ushering in change. From teacher to Congresswoman, she made a difference and shook up the sy...

Samira Wiley

Samira Wiley works it! Her portrayal of a woman in a dystopian future and another who was one behind bars have made this young actress a Hollywood...

Jean Toomer

Nearly 100 years ago, author Jean Toomer wrote, Cane, which told stories about Black life in white America. His book was loved and reviled and is co...

Margaret Gorman Cahill

When Margaret Gorman Cahill was 16, she had an epic summer, winning a ton of popularity contests in Atlantic City. One year later, the Western High...

Crushing the Game - Marvin Gaye

Whether it's Marvin Gaye's early music or the seminal sounds of change that defined the latter years of his career, this D.C. native's extraordinary...

Fred Gregory

Anacostia High School's Fred Gregory learned to fly more than 50 different types of aircraft before joining NASA where he became the first African A...

Chita Rivera

Chita Rivera is one of the most celebrated dancers to have ever strapped on dancing shoes. She grew up in LeDroit Park and went to Dunbar High Schoo...

Yasmeen "Bheti" Williams

Singer Yasmeen Bheti Williams, has used her voice as a member of Sweet Honey in the Rock, to share and express the richness of Black life and as a...

Ron Nessen

Ron Nessen, journalist and author, has had a career that placed him in the middle of some of recent history's most notable moments. Vietnam, the Whi...

Crushing the Game - James Europe

With a combination of musical talent and war-time grit, composer and soldier James Europe led his men, the Harlem Hell Fighters, in war and introduc...

Marvin Gaye

Whether it's Marvin Gaye's early music or the seminal sounds of change that defined the latter years of his career, this D.C. native's extraordinary...

John Astin

You might not know his name but chances are you've seen him act! John Astin, a Wilson High School graduate, has appeared in 40 films and literally h...

James Reese Europe

With a combination of musical talent and war-time grit, composer and soldier James Europe led his men, the Harlem Hell Fighters, in war and introduc...

Franklin McCain

Franklin McCain was one of the Greensboro 4, a quartet of college students who broke the color barrier when they stood up for equality and access b...

Duane Moody

Opera, funk, hip hop, jazz, R&B -- Duane Moody performs all kinds of music in this musical journey of his life and career.