By Micha Green D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com August 28 is the 57th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, and while honoring the impact and legacy of the historic date, the Rev. Al Sharpton and his organization, the National Action Network, are still emphasizing the need for legislative changes surrounding equity and voting rights almost six […]
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Artist Couple Thrives in Climate of Racial Unrest and Economic Uncertainty
By Beverly Hunt Special to the AFRO What is it like to continue to thrive as an artist in the Washington Metropolitan Area in this pandemic age? There is plenty to be inspired by, but how do artists continue to make a living with closed galleries, with collectors on furlough from their jobs and with […]
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Ida B. Wells Remembered with Massive Mosaic at Union Station
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor While Black women were instrumental in women gaining the right to vote on Aug. 18, 1920, they were met with racism from their White counterparts during the suffrage fight and are now often forgotten as foremothers of the movement. Despite not always having been invited to the table, Black […]
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D.C. Youth Discuss, Reframe 2020 Challenges
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com As the saying goes, “children are the future,” and in the Aug. 11 virtual town hall- “2020/DC Youth Speak: COVID-19, George Floyd & Change,” the youth of Washington, D.C. shared their concerns, hopes and ideas for an improved city and world, as well as solicited advice from some […]
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Michelle Obama Emphasizes Empathy, Going High, The Vote
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com When a Black woman says “It is what it is,” most of the time, it must be so- and, while Michelle Obama may have been taking a jab at President Donald Trump, who used the same phrase when talking about COVID-19 deaths– in her speech for the Democratic […]
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President of Young Democrats of Maryland Found Dead in D.C.
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Joseph Kitchen, 34, president of the Young Democrats of Maryland, was found dead in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 16, after last being spotted in Maryland eight days prior. Kitchen was last seen alive at Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis, Maryland, on Aug. 8. Just one day after […]
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The Black Church: The Nucleus in the Fight for Justice
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com It’s no secret that the church was instrumental to the fight for voting rights, but why? Of course great leaders in the fight for justice were also ordained ministers such as the Reverends Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., C.T. Vivian and Ralph Abernathy. Further the church is a […]
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Black Artists Risked It All for the Vote
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com In the 1950s when James Baldwin and Loraine Hansberry revealed the challenges of the Black experience due to systemic racism in “The Amen Corner” (1954) and “A Raisin in the Sun” (1959), or when Harry Belafonte broke barriers and won an Emmy in 1960 for his sketches and […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Rev. Al Sharpton Talks Trump, Racism, Protesting, Hope For the Future
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Not many people have known their life’s calling and then began that work during adolescence; however the Rev. Al Sharpton has been in pulpits since boyhood, led civil rights organizations since his teens and been a life-long justice-fighter. At 65, the founder and president of the National Action […]
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NAACP: ‘The Black Vote is Not for Sale’
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1909, and it is still working to combat challenges facing the Black community- particularly with the impending 2020 general election. Like many organizations, there were a lot of instances that prompted the founding of the […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Associated Black Charities Film Shows Structural Racism’s Impact on Baltimore’s Black Community
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com While the American hustle suggests pulling oneself up by the bootstraps, Associated Black Charities’ (ABC) new film Structural Racism: A Baltimore History, reveals that African Americans can’t as easily achieve the “American Dream,” because of centuries of discriminatory laws and policies that still affect Charm City to this […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Gospel Legend Richard Smallwood Gets Personal
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Gospel sensation Richard Smallwood spent more than four decades ministering to the masses through music. The “Total Praise,” creator, who now has an autobiography by the same name, has officially achieved the moniker, “Living Legend.” Smallwood spoke to the AFRO about life’s ups and downs, why he decided […]