By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO The African Diaspora International Film Festival will celebrate its 30th anniversary in New York City in style — with its largest film […]
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5 must-see flicks at this year’s African Diaspora International Film Festival
By Lenore T. Adkin Special to the AFRO The wide availability of COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. convinced the two founders of the traveling African Diaspora Film Festival to offer […]
Film series sheds light on Afro-Latino experiences
Seu Jorge plays left-wing, Afro-Brazilian Carlos Marighella in “Marighella,” which is featured in the new virtual Afro-Latino film series beginning April 30 and ending May 3. (Courtesy Photo) By Lenore […]
The cause for civil rights always pushed C.T. Vivian
The Rev. C.T. Vivian uses an intercom with the Rev. James Lawson on a bus in Montgomery, Ala., to discuss the experiences they encountered in 1961 as Freedom Riders, groups […]
First COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive at HU Hospital
Dr. Terrence Fullum receives the COVID-19 vaccine at Howard University Hospital, where he is a general surgeon. (Courtesy photo) By Lenore T. Adkins Special to the AFRO Howard University Hospital […]
Baltimore Tourist Says Racism Exists in Cuba
By Lenore T. Adkins Myra Queen, who knows what discrimination looks like having grown up in a segregated section of Baltimore during the 1950s and ‘60s, said she saw subtle […]