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A D.C. Council member is calling for changes in oversight at Duke Ellington School of the Arts just days after a News4 I-Team investigation raised questions. ....
Two young women accuse Mark Williams, a former teacher at D.C. public arts school Duke Ellington, of grooming them for sex while they were students. ....
Dave Chappelle did what any alumnus does he went back to his alma mater. He was in Washington, DC, at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, where nearly 600 students ....
Today (June 10th) marks the 17th anniversary of the death of the great Ray Charles. Charles died of liver disease in his Beverly Hills home at the age of 73. His health had been in decline since the previous summer. Charles, whose real name was Ray Charles Robinson, was born in Albany, Georgia, on September 23rd, 1930, and lost his sight to glaucoma at age seven. He is best remembered for bridging the gap between R&B and gospel, with jazz, country and pop. Some of Charles' biggest hits included "Hit The Road, Jack," "Here We Go Again," "I Can't Stop Loving You," "What I'd Say," "I Got A Woman," "America The Beautiful," and "Georgia On My Mind." Among his many other honors, Charles was one the first artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. Just prior his death, Ray Charles said that he planned on making music until he died: "I'm a Duke Ellington, man. I'm a Co ....