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Author Archives: Aria Brent

Posted inBaltimore News

Increase in youth violence leaves young people across the nation in grief

by Aria BrentMarch 9, 2023March 13, 2023

By Aria Brent, AFRO Staff Standing over the body of Deanta Dorsey, shot and killed on Jan. 4 in Baltimore, the friends he made in his short lifetime could only […]

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Darryl Odum, first Black person to work in higher management of construction industry, dies

by Aria BrentFebruary 10, 2023February 12, 2023

By Aria Brent, AFRO Staff Writer Darryl Odum was born July 26,1947 in Baltimore, Md. A product of Baltimore Public Schools, Odum attended PS#148, Garrison Junior High and Carver High. […]

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Mera Kitchen Collective creates a community with international cuisine

by Aria BrentFebruary 10, 2023February 10, 2023

By Aria Brent, Special to the AFRO Food is something that is so personal all the while being extremely universal. Regardless of where you’re from, how it’s prepared or what […]

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Say their names: communities across the country mourn young lives stolen by gun violence

by Aria BrentFebruary 2, 2023February 4, 2023

By Aria Brent, AFRO Staff Deanta Dorsey didn’t know that his life would end during his lunch period on Jan. 4. Hanging out with four of his friends outside of […]

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