Fannie Lou Hamer delivers her historic speech before the Credentials Committee during the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (AFRO Archive Photo) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com My name is Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer and I live at 6-2-6, East Lafayette Street, Ruleville, Mississippi, Sunflower County, the home of Senator […]
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AFRO Baltimore Editor
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Mfume calls for Trump’s removal, cosponsors impeachment legislation
Rep. Kweisi Mfume (Photo courtesy of Facebook) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Rep. Kweisi Mfume, who represents the 7th Congressional District of Maryland has called for the removal of Donald Trump from office in the wake of the terrorist insurrection against the Capitol in Washington D.C. “This president is guilty of treason, sedition […]
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First murder of 2021, a double tragedy
Tiffany Wilson, 33, was the first murder victim of 2021. Her alleged killer Lakeyria Doughty, 26, was known by many as “Wheelie Queen,” the only female member of Baltimore’s famed “12 O’clock Boys.” (Photo: Twitter) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com I hate the fact that after 337 murders in 2020, the sixth year […]
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Raphael Warnock’s historic win
Georgia Democratic senate candidate Raphael Warnock speaks during a campaign rally in Augusta, Ga., Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Democrats Jon Ossoff and Warnock are challenging incumbent Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in a runoff election on Jan. 5. (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com (Updated 1/9/20) […]
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White terrorists storm the U.S. Capitol in attempted insurrection
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter […]
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Raiders to Ravens: old glory to new glory
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Recently I had to offer a Facebook mea culpa to Baltimore Ravens fans on behalf of my woeful Las Vegas Raiders. Last weekend the Ravens were looking for a little help to increase their playoff chances. And the Raiders were in position to offer that help […]
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How I won in 2020
Morine and I at the Grand Canyon as we neared the end of our cross-country adventure in the midst of a pandemic. (Photo: Morine Lewis) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com On Dec. 30, with less than 48 hours left in perhaps the most catastrophic year in America in more than a century all […]
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AFRO Review: ‘Ma Rainey’ Masterpiece
Academy Award winner Viola Davis portrays the trailblazing Blues diva Ma Rainey, also starring the late Chadwick Boseman in his final performance. Boseman, far left, died on Aug. 28 at the age of 43, after a long battle with colon cancer. Netflix’s television adaptation of August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, is now available. (David […]
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A year after Harrison murder, murders of women rising
One year ago, Destiny Harrison, the dynamic East Baltimore hair stylist, was gunned down in the N. Milton Street salon she owned. Her killer is still at large. (Courtesy photo) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Dec. 21, marked one year since Destiny Da’sha Harrison, the charismatic and indefatigable hair stylist and salon owner […]
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The gift of music and gratitude
“Early Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One,” and “Latter Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume Two,” represented arguably the most thoughtful Christmas gift I’ve ever received (so far). (Photo by Sean Yoes) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com I’ve got to tell my “Best Christmas” story in two parts. I’m pretty sure I […]
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Biden should choose Ifill for Attorney General
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com The time is nigh for Donald John Trump, perhaps the most criminal man ever to occupy the Oval Office. His legacy is chaos, corruption and death strewn throughout. But, perhaps in the end it was the ham handed attempt at a coup that was too much […]
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Wells Fargo sued for racial discrimination
Wells Fargo (Photo: Wells Fargo via AP) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com A Black real estate developer from Baltimore is the latest person to formally accuse Wells Fargo of fostering a climate of systemic racism, creating an experience for some of its patrons known as “banking while Black.” And that real estate developer, […]