Tisa Clark, president and owner of J.D. Clark Professional Services, is one of more than a dozen minority-owned businesses to refine their approach to running a business thanks to an innovative Prince George’s Community College program designed to help minority business prosper. The effort, called the Accelerator Program, which was created by a $5 million […]
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Sweet Brown Sues Apple, Radio Station and Others over Interview
Kimberly Wilkins of Oklahoma City, known on the Internet as Sweet Brown, whose colorful description of her experience in a fire was widely parodied and manipulated in cyberspace, is suing all those who used her likeness without authorization and capitalized on her instant celebrity. Brown is suing software giant Apple, an Oklahoma radio show and […]
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Black Professional Pursues Philanthropy for Millennials
Ebonie Johnson Cooper has a whirlwind life. One typical day found her leaving a lunch date with friends, headed to a business meeting and planning to conduct the Washington, D.C. session of “Defining Young Black Philanthropy.” The panel discussions, she explained to the AFRO recently, are designed to help Black people, and particularly the under-30 […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Jones Falls Homeless Encampments Cleared
John Hamilton’s main concern March 12 was not the opportunity for a warm bed or a hot meal. The recovering heroin addict’s major concern was that if he joined the other 12 homeless people who moved into the Belvedere Homes housing facility from Camp 83, an encampment for homeless people under the Jones Falls Expressway, […]
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D.C. “Blerd” Plans Hack-a-thon to Develop Social Media Projects at South by Southwest Conference
Like many other “blerds”—Black nerds—from across the country, Kat Calvin traveled far from her home in Washington, D.C. to Austin, TX for South by Southwest, or SXSW, an annual music, film and interactive conference being held on the weekend of March 7. She made the journey in support of Blerdology, a social enterprise to create […]
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Central State University Swears In First Female President
Central State University, a public, historically Black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, swore in its first female president in its 126-year history on March 7. Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond assumed the position from former university president John Garland on July 1, and was officially sworn in as part of a week-long series of events. After spending […]
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Rep. Hoyer: Budget Sequestration to Impact Md. Jobs, Education, Health Care
Maryland’s employment, education and health care sectors will all be negatively impacted by federal sequestration, Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told the AFRO. “The sequester across the board will have negative effects on a ton of people across the country and particularly minorities,” said Hoyer. Sequestration began on March 1, bringing a series of across-the-board budget […]
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Drug Test Requirement for Welfare Recipients Clears Indiana House
Indiana lawmakers have approved a bill that could force welfare recipients who have used illegal drugs into substance abuse rehabilitation programs. Backed by Indiana House member Jud McMillin (R), the bill passed by an overwhelming majority, 78-17, Feb. 25. The bill, to be considered now by the Indiana Senate, would require recipients of Temporary Assistance […]
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Sanford, Fla. Announces Hiring of Black Police Chief on Anniversary of Trayvon Martin Shooting
Shortly after the observance of the first anniversary of the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch volunteer, the city where he was killed is preparing for a Black police chief. Cecil Smith, a 25-year Elgin, Ill. police veteran, will be taking the reins April 1, 14 months […]
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Kenneth J. Parker From Groundskeeper to Pepco Senior V.P.
Men all over the country were searching for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift on a midweek day in February, but Kenneth J. Parker was on a different mission. While other men were trying to secure dinner reservations at the hottest new spots or ordering expensive dark chocolates and flowers, he was planning the meal he […]
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Former Patients of OB/GYN Nikita Levy Seek Legal Advice
More than one of the women reported that Dr. Nikita Levy made them feel uneasy, an attorney representing some of the doctor’s former patients said. Then there are allegations from others. Sometimes he was too rough. Sometimes he examined them with no assistant present. Sometimes he asked women to come back long before they were […]
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Family of Emmett Till Speaks Out Against Lil’ Wayne Lyric
New Orleans born rapper Lil’ Wayne has never shied away from controversial lyrics, but a recent line he contributed to rapper Future’s “Karate Chop (Remix)” has brought a new round of criticism. On the original version, Lil’ Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., compared rough sex to the 1955 murder of 14-year-old […]