A Chicago jury May 11 convicted William Balfour of murdering family members of R&B singer Jennifer Hudson. The jury of six men and six women found Balfour guilty of three counts of first-degree murder, home invasion, residential burglary, aggravated kidnapping and possession of a stolen vehicle in the October 2008 killings. Balfour was accused of […]
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Posted inWashington D.C. News
Things Your Mother Told You
My grandmother was quite dignified and often came up with lofty axioms to keep us on a narrow path; birds of a feather flock together, association brings assimilation. Every now and then a ringer would slip in, such as ‘when love lights on a cow turd it always sticks,’ her not so delicate description of […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Eddie-O-AFRO!!!
For those who don’t recognize this phrase, it was the twice-weekly call that let the neighborhood know the AFRO paper boy or girl was in the block. Or maybe you thought his name was “Diddy AFRO” as did Brenda Payne Durrington. She and her sister have been part of the AFRO since they were little […]
Posted inPrince George's County News
Coppin State University Dean and Professor Make Top 100
Coppin State University’s Dr. Marcella Copes and Ms. Tenyo Pearl are among Maryland’s Top 100 Women being honored by The Daily Record. Since 1996, has recognized more than 1,000 high-achieving Maryland women who are making an impact through their leadership, community service and mentoring. The winners are selected by an outside panel of business leaders […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Morgan’s Annual Spring Concert
Morgan State University’s Modern Dance Ensemble put on a phenomenal show April 28 at its 35th Annual Spring Concert, under the direction of Dr. Lantha Tucker. Tucker started this dance ensemble 35 years ago and has brought many young men and ladies together through dance over the years. She has done a fantastic job at […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Absence of Care Gives Presence to Solutions
A senior trip to Guatemala was an eye-opening journey for Adrienne Perry who learned that oral health care does not exist for many adults and children. Dentistry, a foreign concept in many rural areas of the Central American country, would become a quest for the young traveler from Conyers, Ga. That discovery also reverberated closer […]
Posted inCollege
UDC’s 4×400 Meter Relay Team Highlights Trip to College Park
The University of the District of Columbia’s track and field team highlighted its trip to University of Maryland-College Park with a first place finish in the 4×400 meter relay race at the Kehoe Twilight Meet on May 3. Junior Calister Jones, sophomore Kaydian Jones, freshman Kimoy Mais and senior Kaneesha Hollis teamed up to form […]
Posted inHealth
Possible AIDS Preventive Pill Cleared by Food and Drug Administration Panel
A pill that could help prevent the spread of AIDS—and, critics say, inadvertently sanction unprotected sex—was approved by a federal food and drug advisory panel. The use of Truvada, a drug already approved to manage the virus that causes AIDS, was cleared for use as a preventive compound by the Food and Drug Administration’s antiviral […]
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
NY Post Writer Defends N-Word Use in Column on Jay-Z, Brooklyn Nets
In the wake of a storm of criticism, a New York Post writer is defending his use of the N-word in a May 4 column that linked rapper Jay-Z’s music to his co-ownership of the new Brooklyn Nets National Basketball Association (NBA) team. In his “Equal Time” column, writer Phil Mushnick blasted the franchise, which […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
African Ancestry, Changing the Realism of Reality TV
African Ancestry, a Washington D.C.-based company which over the past 10-years has accumulated a collection of indigenous African DNA and proprietary DNA matching analysis created by Dr. Rick Kittles to help people discover their African roots, continues to break new ground in genealogy programming. During its 10-year existence, the company has helped over 100, 000 […]
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Norfolk State Wins Men’s MEAC Track and Field Championship; Hampton Takes Women’s Title
The Norfolk State University (NSU) men’s track and field team won its seventh straight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championship after dominating at the Irwin Belk Track on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C. May 3 through May 5. NSU earned 145.50 total points for the lead, […]