https://hunewsservice.com Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! Sat, 08 Mar 2025 19:23:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hunewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-407787_352128264798897_1461219382_n-1-32x32.jpg https://hunewsservice.com 32 32 https://hunewsservice.com/howard-university/meet-montu-the-man-who-sells-books-roadside-in-dc/ Fri, 27 Dec 2024 17:49:49 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=18580 Over the years, Howard University students have gotten to know the shops of lower Georgia avenue: Negril, McDonald’s, and Sankofa. But there’s also the one-man bookstore run by Montu, a Baltimore resident who’s been selling books roadside since 1985. NewsVision reporter Juan Benn Jr. had the opportunity to talk with him and learn why he does it.]]> https://hunewsservice.com/multimedia/video/wandas-on-7th-is-here-to-stay/ Fri, 01 Dec 2017 11:43:25 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/wandas-on-7th-is-here-to-stay/ Local Business Owner Survives, Thrives through Gentrification Wanda Henderson, owner of Wanda's on 7th salon, is a proud fixture in the gentrified Shaw neighorhood of Washington, D.C. Gentrification remains a problem for many black-owned businesses in Washington D.C. More specifically, it raises issues with owners in the Shaw Howard Metro area around Howard University. Wanda's On 7th, was an early victim but known survivor of gentrification and its effects.  NewsVision reporter Judayah Murray talks to unsung hero Wanda Henderson, a stallwart of the community, and owner of Wanda's on 7th salon.  ]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/traveling-on-sweet-georgia-avenue/ Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:58:24 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/traveling-on-sweet-georgia-avenue/ One of the primary student projects that will be featured in the Visual Communications News Lab's The Word is titled “Sweet Georgia Avenue.” Students will extensively report on Washington, D.C.’s Georgia Avenue. The purpose of the project is to document the life and culture of Black people, as well as other people who live, work, and walk on Georgia Avenue. Another important goal of the project “Sweet Georgia Avenue” is to provide live reporting content (audio, photographic, and video) for HU- School of Communication’s DC Gentrification Project. In recent years, Washington and Georgia Avenue has changed because of urban gentrification.]]> https://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/businesses-on-georgia-avenue-nw-adjusting-to-walmart/ Sat, 03 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/businesses-on-georgia-avenue-nw-adjusting-to-walmart/