National Bar Association (NBA) President Daryl Parks, the attorney representing the family of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, unveiled 40 young Black lawyers as the nation’s top young barristers of color at the NBA’s annual convention this week. The group was labeled “2012 Nation’s Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40.” The NBA, the oldest group […]
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AFRO Staff Writer
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Six Passengers Find Sewing Needles in Sandwiches on Delta Air Lines Flights
Six different passengers aboard four separate U.S.- bound Delta Air Line flights from Amsterdam found an unsavory ingredient in their sandwiches: inch-long needles. Though some of the objects were spotted before they caused any damage, passenger James Tonges didn’t realize it until the object had already pierced the roof of his mouth. “It was on […]
Posted inMusic Reviews
Mosno Al-Moseeki Bridges the Gap Between East and West with Latest Album
Refusing to be placed in any category, Mosno Al-Moseeki is a master of effortlessly commanding the stage and the mind. Taking listeners around the globe and back through his music, the Sudanese artist can’t help but infuse the colorful rhythms of his native country with that of the Western culture he found upon moving to […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Green Party’s Black Caucus Disappointed Over Third-Party Presidential Nominee
The nomination in Baltimore by the Green Party of Massachusetts physician Jill Stein for the presidency of the United States drew the ire of the members of the party’s Black caucus this week. The Green Party, a third-party that is centered around environmnental protection and non-violent change, made the announcement July 14 at the Holiday […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
100 Mid-Atlantic Companies Recognized
The Center for Business Inclusion and Diversity recently honored 100 minority and women-owned businesses as top companies for the mid-Atlantic Region in 2012 at a luncheon in Adelphi. Produced in conjunction with The Pinder Group, LLC and greiBO media, the banquet brought together minority and women entrepreneurs at the Marriott Inn and Conference Center on […]
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Refuge for Baltimore’s Kids
It’s a sunny day in East Baltimore’s Patterson Park and Taj Logan, 12, and his buddies are playing outside. Squeals and giggles float on gentle breezes. Camp Vincent is in session. The camp, sponsored by St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore, provides fun and a daytime summer refuge for children 5 to 12 who don’t […]
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Parents of Drowning Victims Unable to Attend Burial
Two of the three victims in what police are calling an accidental triple drowning were buried without the presence of their parents in Seaford, Del. on July 15. The parents of Yamoul Dona,7, and Christopher Toto Gabriel,11, were unable to come from Haiti, birthplace of all three drowning victims, to attend the joint funeral on […]
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Previous 12 Months Hottest On Record
Recent heat waves scorching the country have helped make the last 12 months the hottest in the last century, according to scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The hot temperatures have created perfect circumstances for wildfires to rip through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Wyoming. The weather has also worsened the extreme […]
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Lower Infection Rate, Better Immune Systems for Young Children with Pets
Children who are born and raised in families with cats or dogs have stronger defenses against infectious diseases, according to recent studies done in Finland. The study, published in the medical journal Pediatrics, found that the amount of contact with the germs of pets in infancy directly relates to the strength of the immune system. […]
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Power Outages Worsen U.S. Blood Shortage; Officials Call for Gay Men to be Accepted As Donors
The storm that slammed the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area June 29 did more than cause a few hot uncomfortable nights for residents without air conditioning. According to Red Cross officials and other blood bank organizations, the storm also severely impacted the blood shortage already affecting patients in need of donations. “We are asking […]
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Eastern Shore Tragedy
On a bright Saturday afternoon, three best-friends—non-swimmers—are believed to have ventured into a cool creek that dissects their community for refuge from triple-digit temperatures, but never made it out. The youngest, Yamoude Dona, was seven, Christopher Toto Gabriel, 11, and Vladimir Petron Jacotin, 12, were cousins. Yamoude and Christopher went to the same church, the […]
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Jermaine Johnson, 31, Picked to Lead Waverly Main Street
The businesses that call North Baltimore’s Waverly community home now have a new director. The Waverly Main Street Board of Directors welcomed Jermaine Martez Johnson late last month as he took his position as chief development advocate of all companies located around the Greenmount commercial corridor. Johnson takes over the position from Ebony Edwards and […]