In South Carolina, former Massachusetts Gov. Willard Mitt Romney may have had the worst week in politics ever. When Romney and his well-organized, well-financed forces descended upon South Carolina for their final push to take the coveted South Carolina Republican Primary prize he had the chance to leave the Palmetto State with a nearly unassailable […]
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The AFRO Reports on the Tuskegee Airmen
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The AFRO Reports on the Tuskegee Airmen
Part 2 in a series “Red Tails,” a new Hollywood motion picture starring Oscar winner Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Oscar nominee Terrence Howard is scheduled to be released January 20 in theaters across the nation. It tells the story of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black aviators in the United States Armed Forces. The […]
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The AFRO Reports on the Tuskegee Airmen
Intro: “Red Tails,” a new Hollywood motion picture starring Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. and Oscar nominee Terrence Howard is scheduled to be released Jan. 20 in theaters across the nation. It tells the story of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black aviators in the United States Armed Forces. The AFRO reported on the […]
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Santorum’s American Narrative
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum was on his grind in Iowa and his reward was a virtual tie for first place in the Iowa Caucuses last week, a mere six or eight votes – depending on who you believe – behind former Massachusetts Gov. Willard Mitt Romney. Santorum’s finish was probably even sweeter for him […]
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Baltimore Fire Department Sued for Racial Discrimination
Lloyd Carter, deputy chief of recruitment for the Baltimore Fire Department, is suing Baltimore City and the fire department for racial discrimination in employment. Carter, who is Black, alleges in the federal lawsuit that he was passed over for promotions and subject to internal affairs investigations because of his race. He is seeking $3 million […]
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Nickel and Diming…
Last month Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced her intention to more than double the bottle tax that she raised last year from two cents to five cents, all in an effort to physically bolster many of the city’s crumbling public schools. “We have reached a breaking point and it’s time to act now,” she said during […]
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Doctors’ Rx for Community Ills
The Crossroads restaurant inside the Radisson Cross Keys in North Baltimore bills itself as, “the premier location for a power breakfast.” Of course the city’s veteran power brokers are well aware of that fact without the eatery’s advertisement. So, it’s no accident a group of prominent Baltimore pastors have been meeting at the Crossroads every […]
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Questions Linger Surrounding Rescued Philly Teen
Davonia Grogan, the older sister of 15-year old Affrika Clarke finally got the news she was hoping for; her little sister who had been missing since November 30 was found alive Monday, December 12. Still, several questions remain connected to the disappearance of the teen from her West Philadelphia neighborhood. “I got a text from […]
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Trump Trash 2.0
It was like déjà vu all over again… There was Donald Trump, reality show carnival barker, failed presidential candidate and delusional provocateur spewing his venom early in the morning on NBC’s “Today,” show earlier this week. “I want a great candidate, a candidate who is going to beat President Obama,” Trump yelped. “It’s very important, […]
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Plans for Statue to Honor Lenny Moore
Legend has it that nobody knew exactly how fast Lenny Moore, the great National Football League Hall of Fame half-back and flanker for the Baltimore Colts, actually was. They say he ran just fast enough to not ever be caught from behind. But as phenomenal as he was on the field perhaps the greatest measure […]
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Leadership School is Bliss
Perhaps the most raucous Spelling Bee in history took place earlier this month at the Brown Center at the Maryland Institute College of Art. That night the auditorium rocked with the fervor of a college pep rally due in large part to the jaunty performances of the Coppin State University Pep Band during the glitzy […]