Courageous ancestors: Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks and Thea Bowman honored with new films By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO As more true history is being uncovered these days, we can happily enjoy three recently created documentaries about three powerful women who made a tremendous difference in the lives of so many. Harriet […]
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The Moore Report: Undrinkable water in Jackson, Miss, and Brett Favre ‘Robin Hood in reverse’ scheme with TANF funds
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO It is outrageous! If you speak to longtime residents of Jackson, Miss. You learn that their water system has been unreliable and has produced increasingly undrinkable water for decades until the system completely failed this summer. In case you missed it, there was a water crisis […]
Posted inBaltimore News
The Moore Report: random notes of interest
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO Building homes and building wealth for working folk The Nehemiah Project, started 40 years ago in East Brooklyn, N.Y., is named for the Old Testament prophet who rebuilt the ancient city of Jericho after the walls “came tumbling down.” A collection of churches, working with an […]
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Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra celebrate the site and sounds of music
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr., Special to the AFRO The Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore celebrated its 40th birthday on Sept. 17. A packed house greeted the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, as they celebrated the space that has helped shape the city and warm the hearts of its citizens. The […]
Posted inSports
The Moore Report: Althea Gibson was a role model for the GOAT, Serena Williams
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO, rmoore@afro.com Sports history buffs will recall, as we bask in this era of Serena Williams magic, that once upon a time a star broke the color line in tennis just as Jackie Robinson broke it for Ken Griffey Jr. in baseball and Lee Elder broke it […]
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The Moore Report: The SEARCH part 4
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO, rmoore@afro.com This is the final entry for The SEARCH, a brilliant fictional series for our readers. Read all four parts online at AFRO.com. “Victor!” Erich shouted into the air. “Vic! Where are you?” “Victor Thomas!… we’re looking for you. Come out. Come out, wherever you are!” […]
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The Moore Report: Johns Hopkins University names building in honor of first Black student
By Ralph E. Moore Jr.Special to the AFROrmoore@afro.com Too little is known of the Baltimore man who broke the color barrier as the first Black undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), but his name will be well-known soon. Fred Isadore Scott began working towards his degree at JHU in 1945 and graduated in 1950. Johns […]
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The Moore Report: The SEARCH continues: part three
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr., Special to the AFRO This Is the third and final installment (for the moment) of a fictional account of three Black grads of Loyola High School (1970) looking for their classmate, Vic Thomas, in New York City. “Sure, when we check out,” I said. He gave us three keys and […]
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Commentary: The AFRO at 130: a look back at the legacy of Sam Lacy
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr., Special to the AFRO Starting way back in 1944, the great Sam Lacy was sports editor for the AFRO American Newspaper. Mr. Lacy not only wrote history, he was history. He was there to see greatness in sports– especially great African American feats– and he advocated for fair representation in […]
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#FaithWorks: The Moore Report: We’re saints too
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO The Social Justice Committee of St. Ann Catholic Church has been working on a letter writing campaign to Pope Francis for a year. Our initiative, which began on November 1, 2021 (All Saints Day and the first day of Black Catholic History Month) urged individuals to […]
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The Moore Report: The SEARCH part 2
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr., Special to the AFRO The SEARCH is a story continued from last week’s printed edition and online at AFRO.com …By that time, the taxi driver made his way over to where we thought we had found Vic. “Who’s gonna pay for your cab ride here? And don’t forget I got your […]
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The Moore Report: The search: a Baltimore to New York tale
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr., Special to the AFRO We stepped off the train in Manhattan, N.Y. as if we owned the town, but neither Erich, Chris or I had any idea where we were going. We were in New York to find our classmate and friend, Vic Thomas. He had a way of wandering […]