Researchers from Georgetown University’s Center on Poverty and Inequality are sounding the alarm for young Black girls worldwide who they say are losing their childhood due to attitudes that perceive them as “less innocent and more adult-like than their White peers, especially in the age range of 5-14.” (Courtesy Image from the report cover) The […]
Author Archives: Alexis Taylor
AFRO Staff Writer
Posted inNational News
Morehouse College Names Harold Martin Jr, New Interim President
A new president has been appointed to lead Atlanta’s historic Morehouse College following the sudden death of interim president William “Bill” Taggart. Harold Martin Jr., an alumni of the prestigious men’s college, was chosen by the Morehouse College Board of Trustees to return to his beloved alma mater as its interim leader. Harold Martin Jr, New […]
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Tenn. Lawmakers Seek to Strengthen Relationship with State HBCUs
Tennessee’s historically Black colleges and universities will soon have a team of advocates and an executive director in the state’s capital of Nashville. Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam’s signing of the new Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities officially created an office within the Tennessee Higher Education Commission to represent those institutions. “Governor Bill Haslam’s signing of the HBCU initiative […]
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Stanford Report:Years after Jim Crow, Black Folks Still Trapped in Bleak Racist Nightmare
The picture of Black life painted by Stanford University’s Center on Poverty and Inequality is bleak at best. Decades away from the Jim Crow Era ushered in by centuries of chattel slavery, African Americans are still trapped in the nightmare born out of the American Dream. In the annual “State of the Union” report published in […]
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University of Md. Again Targeted by Racist Flyers
Racist flyers were recently found on the University of Maryland College Park campus, the third such incident in three months at the institution and part of a wave of similar propaganda found at college campuses across the nation. University of Maryland College Park (Courtesy Photo) On March 13, flyers found across the campus encouraged Caucasian […]
Posted inBaltimore News
New Psalmist Remembers King, Honors President Obama
Thousands poured into Baltimore’s New Psalmist Baptist Church to celebrate the legacies of both Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Barack Hussein Obama on the evening of Jan. 15. Hundreds packed New Psalmist Baptist Church to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Photo by Alexis Taylor) Led by Bishop Walters S. […]
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African-American Authors Take 2016 Spotlight
While your days of assigned reading might be long gone, a good book is still the quickest way to explore the world, contemplate new ideas, or discover the life lessons of sages both past and present, especially around the holiday season. Whether you crave the traditional experience of turning a page or prefer the help […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Baltimore Police Need Options to Deal with Mentally Ill
When police officers encountered “Christopher” he was standing in the street, “speaking religious verses and arguing with himself” –naked. In response to what police believed was “mental illness,” three officers attempted to handcuff him for the ride to a hospital for evaluation. The Department of Justice report on the Baltimore Police outlines the department’s failings […]
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Kanye West Opens Worldwide Pop-Up “Pablo” Clothing Stores
Fans around the world are scrambling to buy their own “Life of Pablo” attire this weekend, made available by rapper-turned-fashion mogul, Kanye West. In this Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, file photo, Kanye West accepts the video vanguard award at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. West announced on Twitter […]
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Successful Takedown of Fla. Man Found Eating Victim Deepens Divide Over Police Brutality
Officers used every strategy available to arrest an armed Florida man caught eating the face of a victim in a triple-stabbing that left an unsuspecting couple dead. 19 year-old Austin Kelly Harrouff Repeated shocks from a stun gun, a K-9 police dog, and the pure strength of several officers were used to pry 19 year-old Austin […]
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Deborah Cox to Star in Stage Version of ‘The Bodyguard’
Deborah Cox will soon step into Whitney Houston’s famed role as Rachel Marron in the American debut of “The Bodyguard,” a musical based on the 1992 movie. In this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 photo, cast member Deborah Cox poses during the party for the opening night performance of “Jekyll & Hyde” The Musical at the […]
Posted inHealth
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Aims to Reduce Drowning Deaths in Black Community
The women of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority are on a mission: no rest until the cycle of death by drowning in the Black community is broken. Sigma Gamma Rho has hosted more than 72 swimming clinics and events in efforts to cut statistics related to swimming deaths in the Black community. (Courtesy photo) The list […]
