Local animal advocacy organization Open the Cages Alliance (OTCA) presents the 2012 Vegan Living Program, a series of educational events for the “vegan-curious” – those interested in vegan lifestyles. Most of the twelve Vegan Living Program sessions will take place on Sundays in April and May at Cyclops Books, 30 W. North Avenue in Baltimore. […]
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Manning Marable Posthumously Wins Pulitzer Prize for Controversial Malcolm X Biography
The late Manning Marable never got a chance to see the publication of his controversial biography on civil rights leader Malcolm X, but the historical account lives on. On April 15, Marable was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize in the history category for his 2011 release, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, according to the […]
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AFRO Interviews “Think Like a Man” Creator Steve Harvey and Leading Actor Michael Ealy
AFRO: Michael, do you think women should ‘think like a man’? ME: I don’t think it’s about ‘thinking like a man.’ I don’t think women need to change. When you hear ‘think like a man,’ it sounds like we’re saying ‘stop being a woman.’ But why would I say that, I love women, I want […]
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Police Need Help in Locating 17-Year-Old Missing Black Teen–John C. Wood
Baltimore County Police are asking for the public’s help in finding 17-year-old John C. Wood of the Parkville area of Baltimore County. John C. Wood is a Black male with black hair cut in a military style. He has brown eyes, is 5’7” tall and weighs 135 pounds. He has a medium complexion and was […]
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Bowie State Softball Splits Series with Elizabeth City State
Bowie State University (BSU) women’s softball team lost only its second Central Interscholastic Athletic Association (CIAA) game of the year as they split wins and losses with the Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) Lady Vikings in two games on April 14 in Elizabeth City, N.C. The Lady Bulldogs won game two with a 5-3 victory, […]
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Norfolk State Sweeps Morgan State in Two-Game Softball Series
Norfolk State University (NSU) sophomore pitcher Jamie Schulle gave up just two runs in 12 innings of action as the NSU softball team made light work of Morgan State University (MSU) with two victories (7-0, 13-7) on April 14 in Norfolk, Va. Schulle pitched her fourth shutout of the season in the first game, striking […]
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Howard Scores Five First-Place Finishes at Coppin State Meet
The Howard University track and field team made a great impression among its fellow Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) foes by taking first place in five different events at the 12th Annual Don Webster Invitational Track and Field Meet on April 14 hosted by Coppin State University in Baltimore, Md. Senior Jami Hardy flew by competition […]
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Police Shooting of Mentally Ill, Unarmed Man in Alabama Triggers March
Demonstrators in Headland, Ala. gathered April 14 in an effort to draw national attention to the death of an unarmed, mentally ill man who was shot by police during an attempt to subdue him in January. The death Jan. 31 of Patrick Humphrey, a 33-year-old schizophrenic, was the result of unnecessary use of lethal force, […]
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Texas A&M Corps of Cadets to be Led by First Black Student Commander
Marquis Alexander, a Marine Corps reservist, is set to become Texas A&M University’s first Black and first veteran to be the student commander of its 2,100-member Corps of Cadets. “I’m not going to lie. There is a sense of pride that’s there,” Alexander, 22, told the Associated Press. “I look at it as encouragement to […]
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Once Whitney Houston was Discovered, Emergency Advice Delayed
A personal assistant for Whitney Houston repeatedly hung up on hotel staff in the frantic moments following the discovery of Houston’s body in a hotel bathtub, according to just-released tapes of the Feb. 11 911 call for help. The personal assistant is not identified in the tapes released April 12 by the Beverly Hills Police […]
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Connecticut Repealing the Death Penalty
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) said April 12 he plans on signing a bill abolishing the death penalty after the state House of Representatives voted 86-63 April 11 to repeal the law. “I’m pleased the House passed the bill, and when it gets to my desk I will sign it,” said Malloy in a statement. […]