NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded an apology from the “Hamilton” cast member who gave Mike Pence an onstage earful about equality. Actor Brandon Victor Dixon told the Republican vice president-elect after the curtain call Friday night that the Broadway hit’s multiracial and multicultural cast is concerned about the Trump administration. […]
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Bernie Sanders at Johns Hopkins University: Problems & Solutions
Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made a stop at Johns Hopkins University Nov. 17 to discuss his book, problems facing this country and his solutions. Sanders is currently on a book tour of universities across the county to promote his new book, “Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In.” Sanders opened with reading excerpts from […]
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Ford, UAW-Ford Donate $6 Million to Motown Museum Expansion
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. and UAW-Ford are investing $6 million in the $50 million expansion of the Motown Museum in Detroit. The investment by the automaker and its collaboration with United Auto Workers members will fund a state-of-the-art performance center and other programming. An artist rendering of the planned Motown Museum expansion shows […]
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Wake Forest University Naming Dorm for Poet Maya Angelou
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Wake Forest University is naming a new residence hall in honor of famous former faculty member Maya Angelou. Wake Forest University is naming a new residence hall in honor of famous former faculty member Maya Angelou. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File) The private university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, said Friday the five-story […]
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Trump’s Staff Picks Disappoint, Alarm Minority Groups
President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for leadership posts threaten national unity and promise to turn back the clock on progress for racial, religious and sexual minorities, civil rights leaders and others said Friday after his nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general. Comments attributed to Trump’s picks, also including alt-right architect Stephen Bannon as senior […]
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Two Defendants Plead Guilty in Rape, Murder of Baltimore City College Student, Arnesha Bowers
Two of the three men accused in the brutal rape and murder of a 16-year-old Baltimore City college student pleaded guilty Nov. 9, while the third, a juvenile charged as an adult, is headed for trial in the coming weeks. Arnesha Bowers, 16, was found in the basement of her grandmother’s Northeast Baltimore home in […]
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AFTERTHOUGHTS ON A DEBACLE
TriceEdney WireService — For Liberals or Progressives, the 2016 presidential election is nothing less than a DEBACLE. Since Trump’s victory, political and social uncertainty remain top-trending topics. Trump now holds us in suspense, looking to his cabinet appointments as predictive of his method of governance. Trump has a majority of the nation and a large […]
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Franklyn Baker Named New Head of United Way of Central Maryland
Franklyn Baker was named the new president and CEO of United Way of Central Maryland, a non-profit focused on aiding low-income families in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Carroll, Harford and Howard counties as well as Baltimore City. Franklyn Baker is replacing Mark Furst as the head of United Way of Central Maryland. (Courtesy photo) Baker previously […]
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Prince George’s County Officials Break Ground on New Affordable Housing
As part of Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker’s Transforming Neighborhood Initiative program, county leaders and community residents celebrated the groundbreaking of Columbia Run Townhomes in the Glassmanor area of Oxon Hill, Md., on Nov. 18. There were several county, business and community officials attending the groundbreaking, included Councilmember Obie Patterson (D); along with Rev. […]
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TV Academy Gets First Black CEO in its 70-Year History
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A veteran producer is the newly elected chief executive of the Television Academy and the first African-American to hold the post in the organization’s 70 years. This undated photo provided by courtesy of the Television Academy shows Hayma “Screech” Washington. The veteran producer is the newly elected chief executive of the […]
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Baltimore Native Takes to the Links at UMES
The crowd is silent as he lines up the shot. He lines up his shot, takes aim and swings followed by the crowd’s claps. For DeAndre Diggs, it’s just another day on the golf course. DeAndre Diggs is finding success at UMES’s golf management program. (Courtesy photo) The Baltimore native’s days are much different than […]
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The Baltimore High School Football Wrap-Up
Welcome to the Afro’s weekly sports wrap-up. The Matchup Wrap-up: In the first round of the 2016 Maryland High School Football MPSSAA – 4A playoffs, The Mergenthaler Vo-Tech Mustangs outscored the hosting Sherwood Warriors 30-20 in an out-of-league matchup. The Mustangs now hold an overall record of 9-2 and will put their postseason on the […]