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. […]
Author Archives: Sean Yoes
AFRO Baltimore Editor
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Chauncey the Trainer is a lifesaver
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Nine-thousand, nine-hundred, seventy-one is a lot of any one thing in just about any category. However, 9,971 sit-ups in an hour […]
Going vegan: I’m not quite there…yet
By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com I love to cook. In fact, there are few things in life that relax me more than when I have the opportunity to […]
The eateries of Old Black Baltimore
Sess’ restaurant, which was located at 1639 Division Street in Old West Baltimore, was arguably the top Black restaurant of the Jim Crow era. This image was from an ad […]
Feeding the Spirit
(By SeventyFour_Shutterstock) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com God is Great, God is Good, Let us thank Him For our food, Amen. This is one of the first prayers […]
As COVID ticks down, violence ticks up
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com The night of May 10, violence visited an Anne Arundel County community in a devastating way. Three adults were gunned down […]
Black and Brown women held without bail: The ongoing ordeal of ‘Ms. Mary’
By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com “Ms. Mary” is a 50-year old Black woman riddled with mental and physical infirmities, who resides on the streets of downtown Baltimore typically […]
Atlanta mayor will not seek re-election
Atlanta Mayor Keshia Lance Bottoms By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com A stunning announcement by a rising star in the Democratic Party has sent shockwaves throughout the Georgia political […]
Nnamdi fights to save ‘Big Momma’s house’
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Several months ago, Nneka Nnamdi set out on the vital mission to save “Big Momma’s House.” I’m certain Nnamdi, the indefatigable […]