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Tag: Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Second-year teacher Blake Pierre’s 2024 painting “Kristos” was one of the many featured artworks at the “Ellington Works: 50 Years and the Next” exhibition. Inspired by Christ-like figures and mythology related to Christ, the portrait interprets the psychological process of enlightenment in human beings. (Jada Ingleton/The Washington Informer)
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Duke Ellington School of the Arts Celebrates 50th Anniversary With a Collaborative Exhibit

Avatar photo by Jada Ingleton September 18, 2024September 18, 2024

Duke Ellington School of the Arts celebrated its 50th anniversary with an exhibition featuring works by current and former students and teachers, highlighting the legacy of the institution and its commitment to providing transformative education and access to the arts.

**FILE** Comedian Dave Chappelle during a visit to the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in 2017 (WI photo)
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Dave Chappelle Declines Offer to Rename Building at Duke Ellington HS in His Honor

by WI Web Staff June 21, 2022June 21, 2022
Students from Thurgood Marshall Academy learn about rights advocacy from ACLU lawyers and keynote speakers during a recent field trip. (Courtesy of TMA)
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D.C. EDUCATION BRIEFS: Rights Advocacy

by WI Webstaff March 7, 2018October 31, 2020
From left: Duke Ellington School of the Arts Chief Executive Officer Tia Powel Harris, Peggy Cooper Cafritz, co-founder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and former president of D.C.'s school board, Ellington freshman Makeal Exum, comedian Dave Chappelle and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser lift hands in celebration at the Northwest school on Sept. 29, after Chappelle was presented with the Key to the City and gifted the school with an Emmy he received for an appearance on "Saturday Night Live" earlier this year. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
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Peggy Cooper Cafritz, Founder of Duke Ellington School, Dies

by WI Guest Author February 19, 2018October 31, 2020

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