The Bea Gaddy Family Center is throwing a Thanksgiving Day dinner this year and 3,000 people are invited. “Every year we get about 1,000 volunteers who help with our Thanks […]
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From Omar Little to Chalky White, a Young Actor Reflects
As season four of the critically acclaimed HBO series Boardwalk Empire rolled into its ninth episode, the AFRO sat down with actor Michael K. Williams and talks life, past present, and future. […]
NFL Launches Partnership with Baltimore’s Douglass High School
Frederick Douglass High School’s football program can boast of more than just an unblemished record- eight wins and no losses– so far this season. They are getting a little help […]
Baltimore Mayor Unveils Fix for Preservation Tax Credit Inequity
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has unveiled a fix for a city administrator’s nightmare: A tax credit that resulted in a windfall for developers and tax increase for city homeowners. Rawlings-Blake […]
Rare African American Artifacts to be Showcased at Lewis Museum
Imagine gazing at verses of poetry written in the 18th century by African American poet Phillis Wheatley. Or browsing through an 1832 account of how runaway Harriet Jacobs hid in […]