By Sean Yoes, Special to the AFRO The organizers of the Cherry Hill Arts and Music Waterfront Festival have been intentional in their desire to “celebrate culture” in their beloved […]
Author Archives: Sean Yoes
AFRO Baltimore Editor
Posted inOPINION
Op-Ed: Repair our communities, or else
By Sean Yoes, Special to the AFRO Many residents of Poppleton and Harlem Park who live in the shadow of the Highway to Nowhere, the infamous 1.4 mile truncated stretch […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Diana L. Gibson dies at 82 years old
By Sean Yoes, Special to the AFRO Diana L. Gibson passed away on March 15, 2023 of a heart attack at her home. She was 82 years old. Diana Rita […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Baltimore author chronicles daughter’s triumph over sickle cell
By Sean Yoes, Special to the AFRO It is believed that a mother’s love is the salve that can heal all wounds. But, even a mother’s love is put to […]
Posted inBaltimore News
FaithWorks – AFRO Exclusive: Baltimore Pastor Walks for #RUNMovement
By Sean Yoes, Special to the AFRO In the early morning hours of Veteran’s Day with the sun still far from the horizon, The Rev. Robert Turner, pastor of the […]
Posted inBooks
Baltimore author chronicles daughter’s triumph over sickle cell
By Sean Yoes, Special to the AFRO It is believed that a mother’s love is the salve that can heal all wounds. But, even a mother’s love is put to […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
“Our community is being wiped out”
By Sean Yoes On a frigid Saturday night in Ashland, Virginia, several members of the Brown Grove Preservation Group gathered at Around the Table, a Black-owned soul food restaurant in […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, Music, National News, NEWS
The greatness, genius of Marvin Gaye
He is as big an influence on modern performers across genres as anybody who has had a voice over the last 50 years. (Courtesy shutterstock) By Sean Yoes Special to […]
Posted in!Front Page
Black Supergroups of the 1970s
Son Reynolds, Keith Holland, Maurice White, Philip Bailey, James Pankow, Robert Lamm on stage for NBC Today ShowChicago and Earth, Wind and Fire Concert, Rockefeller Center, New York, July, 2005. […]
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Soundtrack of the 1970s
Soundtrack of the 1970s: Shaft, Car Wash, and The Jeffersons By Sean Yoes Special to the AFRO A significant chapter in the history of Black American culture was the so-called […]
Posted inNEWS
I’ll Be Around
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com June is Black Music Month and in next week’s AFRO we’ll be presenting our monthly special edition “We’re Still Here,” that […]
Posted inNEWS
Tulsa massacre was no secret to Black Press
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com One hundred years ago this week thousands of White terrorists descended upon the wildly prosperous Black community of Tulsa Oklahoma known […]