By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO Robert Murphy Matthews Sr. was the great-grandson of John H. Murphy Sr., founder of the AFRO-American Newspaper. At age 75, sadly he (nicknamed Robin) died of a heart attack last week. He was co-owner and vice president of Creative Media Systems (CMS) for 28 years. CMS […]
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The Moore Report: Cracking the WIRE during Black Lives Matter
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. An excellent collection of An excellent collection of essays about a groundbreaking television series, the Wire, should be on the book reader’s list for those looking for a trip down recent memory lane and a chat on several corners in the form of essays. Check it out. Cracking the WIRE […]
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Blacks for Brown for Maryland Attorney General
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO Anthony Brown is running for Attorney General for the state of Maryland. His name may sound familiar to you. He has been the Representative for the 4th Congressional District for the past five years, but he also served as the state’s lieutenant governor from 2007-2015. He […]
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The Moore Report: Reflections over the holidaze
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. In this week between the holidaze of Christmas and New Year (Kwanzaa week), I find myself thinking about things a little more deeply. For example: Otherworldliness and hitting that number Earlier last week, a member of our St. Ann Committee for the first Black saints from the United States, told […]
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The Moore Report: Ribbon-cutting for the new $63M Helping Up Mission building
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO Where do you go to get some real help in this town? Homeless and addicted? Male? A woman with children? Who? Where? What? Well, the Baltimore Helping Up Mission at 1029 East Baltimore Street has been helping homeless men for as long as many of us […]
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Black cowboys: Homeboys on the range?
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Despite the country-western style warning sung by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, “Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” many Black mothers in American history had cowboys for sons. There was plenty more than we’ve realized from watching TV and the movies. For example, some might remember […]
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Blacks and architecture: If we build it they will come
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO The beautiful National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. was designed by Black Americans. Isn’t that something? If you haven’t noticed, the exterior of the structure was built to look like a slave ship. It is an incredibly creative and clever use […]
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The Moore Report: Hunger Really Hurts-Make the Pains Go Away
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO Many of us can make our hunger go away with a walk to the refrigerator or a trip to the grocery store or a fast food restaurant; it is not so easy for far too many people in this country and others around the globe. There […]
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The Moore Report: ‘A man was lynched yesterday’ and likely another will be lynched today and tomorrow
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Be careful out there. There are three trials resolving in America these days that remind one of the lynching of the bad ole days: Kyle Rittenhouse at 17 years old took his gun with him driven by his mother to a demonstration. He went to attend a protest against a […]
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Little known tools created by Black geniuses
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Did you ever hear of Mark E. West? Dr. James Dean? Garrett A. Morgan? Or Dr. Shirley Jackson? They are each brilliant, Black scientists who created meaningful technology tools that made life better for us everyday people. You can look them up on the internet thanks to a Black inventor. […]
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The Moore Report: Technology makes us better, but at what cost?
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. It seems for most of us things are constantly changing. There was a time that if you wanted to make a phone call, you did it from home in a telephone wired to one place on the kitchen wall. Then, there were coin-operated phone booths on street corners and finally […]
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The Moore Report: Mayor Schaefer, the six women who sat in at City Hall, the Housing Department and me
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Nov. 2 was former Mayor William Donald Schaefer’s birthday and it was celebrated by government officials (the governor, the mayor, the state controller and the city council president) and citizens alike at the Science Center on a rainy Tuesday morning. He would have been 100 years old that day and […]
