A woman stands in front of a destroyed home in the aftermath of an earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, with the epicenter about 125 kilometers ( 78 miles) west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the US Geological Survey said. (AP Photo/Duples Plymouth) By […]
Author Archives: Ralph E. Moore Jr.
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HBCUs make upward mobility happen for Blacks
The nation’s oldest historically Black college, Cheyney University in Pennsylvania. (Courtesy Photo/Twitter) By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO U.S. News and World Report cites the federal government’s Education Act of 1965 as defining HBCUs as “any historically Black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and […]
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Bishop Douglas I. Miles: His work continues to speak for him
Bishop Douglas I. Miles (Courtesy Photo) By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO Ten days ago or so, a man died who so many thought of as larger than life. He was a preacher, a teacher, an advocate and a friend to many. His name was Bishop Douglas Irving Miles and he will […]
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Cory McCray, State Senator, to be honored as Legislator of the Year
Sen. Cory McCray (Courtesy Photo) By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. Cory McCray is going places. He came onto the political scene in 2014 when he was elected to Maryland State House of Delegates for the 45th District. Four years later, he ran for the district’s state senate seat then occupied by Nathaniel McFadden. And McCray […]
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Olympics & the NFL: Games turn from contests to justice conversations
Above: Extending gloved hands skyward in racial protest, U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos stare downward during the playing of the national anthem after Smith received the gold and Carlos the bronze for the 200 meter run at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City on. Australian silver medalist Peter Norman is at […]
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The Ten Bears: Not a fairy tale, a storybook team
The Bears’ first season success earned them a place in the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) where they finished 8 and 4 in their first officially regulated college athletics season in 1971. (Courtesy photo) By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO This is a story told many times about the then Morgan State […]
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A statue goes up to honor Ernest Burke, Negro Leagues pitcher
Ernest Burke, and a life-sized clay model of Ernest Burke by Sculptor Austen Brantley. (Photos/havredegracemd.gov) By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO Almost 600 people gathered, June 26, to unveil a statue of a proud, native-born son of Harford County, Ernest Burke. Burke, who grew up poor, rose to serve in the U.S. […]
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Thank you, Earl Klugh: The soundtrack of our meeting and marriage
Earl Klugh has been nominated for Grammys dozens of times and has sold millions of records. In his lifetime he has recorded 30 albums, including some 23 top ten songs on the jazz charts. (AFRO Archive) By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Remember when you could hang out in a record store back in the 70s […]
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Homeownership education and creating wealth for all: Working together works
—-JPMorgan Chase Sponsored Content—- By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO If you’ve been a tenant all your life, it is not easy to buy a house. And yet, homeownership is not as hard as it may seem. With some advice and assistance you can own your home. Douglass Community Land Trust can […]
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Berry Gordy: The Pied Piper of Motown
Berry Gordy Jr. is known for being Motown’s legendary founder and producer but few know that he was also a songwriter early on for many of the hits prior to the founding of the label. By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO After research on him, I realize there’s a lot I didn’t […]
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Tracing one family’s roots back to the first Juneteenth
(Photos top left-clockwise): George Ross Sr.; Vina Ross was a devout wife and mother; George Ross Jr., a previous publisher of the Denver Star; and the application Vina Ross created in order to get her husband George’s military pension. It shows the “colored” regiment that he served in. (Courtesy Photos) By Ralph E. Moore Jr. […]
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Stephanie Lansey now commands Baltimore’s Eastern Police District
Major Stephanie C. Lansey (Courtesy Photo) By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO Major Stephanie C. Lansey is a daughter of Baltimore who grew up in Harlem Park, graduated from Park School and the Notre Dame University of Maryland. And after having been on the Baltimore City police force for 21 years, she […]