A statue of Vice President John C. Calhoun, whose ideas on state rights were a spark of the Civil War, looks over an art festival in a public park on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. Calhoun is one of many statues of Confederates, secessionists and racists that stand in South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey […]
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Posted inNational News
Charleston Remembers Victims on Church Shooting Anniversary
People walk past photos of some of the victims of last year’s shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church before a memorial service honoring those killed in Charleston, S.C., Friday, June 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Amid singing and prayer, a community wide memorial service remembering the victims of the Charleston church […]
Posted inNational News
New Civil Rights Data Shows Persistent Inequalities in U.S. Schools
Black students were more likely to receive out-of-school suspensions and less likely to enroll in top-scoring elementary or middle schools than were white students in a recently released report. (AP Photo Jaime Henry-White) New data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reveals persistent inequalities in the nation’s public schools in areas such […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Clinton Taps Norton for Democratic Platform Committee
Eleanor Holmes Norton represents the District in the U.S. Congress. (AFRO File Photo) Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., has been appointed by presumptive presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to the Democratic Platform Committee for the Democratic Party’s 2016 National Convention that will be held in Philadelphia July 25-28 at the Wells Fargo Arena. Norton was notified of the […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Wash. D.C. Body Care Co. Creates Father’s Day Variety Gift for Dads
Originating out of Washington, D.C., Koils by Nature, an all-natural hair and skincare company that caters to all hair types, has collaborated with several other Black-owned companies to create a special gift box for dads this Father’s Day. “I am delighted about this collaboration with five other Black owned businesses to come up with a […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Baltimore’s ‘Lenora Nail Colors’ Promotes Vegan Products
Lenora Barbour Born and raised in Baltimore City, Lenora Barbour began her creative enterprise following a traumatic event. After she learned her mother would have to undergo major surgery followed by long-term therapy, Barbour decided it was time for a change. She founded Lenora Nails after spending years in a boring 9-to-5 job. Barbour saw […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Missouri Man Gets Probation for Online Threats to Blacks
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A man who posted threatening messages against Black people on an anonymous social media app during racial protests at the University of Missouri last year has been sentenced to probation. Hunter Park was a Missouri University of Science and Technology student on Nov. 10 when he posted the messages on Yik […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Thursday, June 16.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u From 5-7 P.M. National politics including, the battle for gun control legislation and Trump versus the GOP, with Eugene Craig, third vice chair of the Maryland GOP and radio host and political commentator Anthony Nolen. These stories and much more coming up on AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes.
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Black Writers: Morrison, Coates and Sanchez Talk Art, Orlando, Ali
Black Writers Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Sonia Sanchez. (AP Photos/Seth Wenig, Antoine Doyen, Matt Rourke) NEW YORK (AP) — Speaking on stage at Broadway’s Ambassador Theatre, Ta-Nehisi Coates remembered studying at Howard University and being mesmerized by a few lines from the poem “Personal Letter No. 3.” “We are what we are what we […]
Posted inINTERNATIONAL
Kenya: Judge Upholds Use of Anal Probes to Define Sexuality
In this Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 file photo, Kenyan gays and lesbians and others supporting their cause wear masks to preserve their anonymity and one holds out a wrapped condom, as they stage a rare protest, against Uganda’s increasingly tough stance against homosexuality and in solidarity with their counterparts there, outside the Uganda High Commission […]
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Judge: Defense Dismissal Request Denied
Officer Caesar Goodson, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, leaves the courthouse after the second day of his trial, Friday, June 10, 2016, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) BALTIMORE (AP) — A trial will move ahead on all charges against a Baltimore police officer […]
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New MTA Bus Routes Will Link Baltimore Residents and Jobs
Paul Comfort Beginning June 20, Baltimore-area residents will have a new way to get around town with bus routes that will greatly improve suburb-to-suburb connectivity – and link Baltimore residents to jobs and life’s other opportunities. As part of BaltimoreLink – the plan to transform transit in the region – the MTA is introducing three […]
