These two women have consistently demonstrated their dedication not only to the Black community but to all constituents, regardless of their leadership roles. Harris announced her candidacy for the presidency on July 27. A Howard University alumna and proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Harris has a long history of public service. She […]
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Nine hip-hop Christmas songs for the holiday season
By Ama Brown AFRO Editorial Assistant From the fun to the sentimental, this week, the AFRO has compiled a list of classic hip-hop songs to fill the air with holiday cheer. While we love Mariah Carey, in the 50th year of hip-hop, the time is now to highlight the work of the beat riders and rhyme […]
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson officially the first Black woman on SCOTUS
By Deborah Bailey, Alexis Taylor and Nadia Reese AFRO Editorial Staff On April 7 the world watched as a Senate vote confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States. The announcement that a Black woman would finally sit on the highest court in the land was made by the first […]
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Despite Misleading Attacks, the Choice is Clear: Re-elect Mosby
By AFRO Editorial Staff Early voting in Maryland begins June 14 and Baltimore is faced with one of its most critical elections in many years, especially when it comes to issues of law enforcement and criminal justice. Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has been under constant attack by her two opponents; Ivan Bates, a […]
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Make Verletta White Permanent Balto. County School Superintendent
By AFRO Editorial Staff Verletta White and S. Dallas Dance are not the same person. While they both improperly failed to disclose side jobs with the Education Research & Development Institute while working for the Baltimore County Schools system, Dance as superintendent and White as school system’s chief academic officer, only Dance was convicted of […]
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Reporting on African Americans During Times of War
The AFRO is marking Black History Month by highlighting African Americans during times of war. Since its founding in 1892, the AFRO has strived to present all facets of African American life. From the reign of terror that were lynchings in the early 1900s to the heroics of the Tuskegee Airmen to the first Black […]
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Republicans’ Convenient Memory Loss on Trump’s Racist Language
“I’ve got a president of the United States whose office I respect, who talks about the country’s origins of my fellow citizens in the most despicable manner. You don’t remember? You can’t remember the words of your commander in chief?” New Jersey senator Cory Booker asked Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen during a hearing on […]
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St. Luke 2:1-20
“Every American has the right to be treated as a person. He should be able to find a job, educate his children, vote in the elections and be judged on his merits as a person. This is the fixed determination of our party and our nation. So long as I am your President, I intend […]
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Simeon Booker—A Significant Reporter of the 1950-1970’s Civil Rights Wars Has Passed Away at 99
America lost one of the most courageous journalists ever to put pen to paper. Simeon Booker died Dec. 10 at an assisted-living community in Solomons, Maryland. He was 99 years old. Commentary Cartoon – Kofi Tyrus Booker was part journalist, part historian, part philosopher – a gifted writer who covered the Civil Rights Movement, exposed […]
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Trump’s Quest to Unwrap the President Barack Obama Legacy What is it Really?
Recently Trump reportedly revived the birther theory that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States – a ridiculous assertion that Trump had previously raised in his attempt to disqualify Obama from becoming our president. Once the Trump assertions were proven time and again invalid, Trump finally admitted the U.S. citizenry of Barack […]
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Is Enduring 3 More Years of Trump Leadership Possible?
Donald Trump is wrapping up his first year as our 45th President in the White House and we’re left to ask this head-scratching question: How can Americans be expected to endure an additional three years of thisflawed, racist, unscrupulous individual? Since Trump took office in January, he hasproven time andagain to be void of being […]