By Lauren E. Williams, Special to The AFRO Eleven local women-run organizations were awarded grants totaling $50,000 on Thursday, September 27 at the BEACON Awards Reception held during the Washington, DC […]
Author Archives: Special to the AFRO
New Developments in Cure for Sickle Cell Disease from NIH
By Akira Kyles, Special to the AFRO The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced, Sept. 13, the launch of an initiative to speed up the development of a better cure for […]
Senate Testimony Stirs Emotions of “MeToo” Survivors
By Lisa Snowden-McCray, Special to the AFRO Last week, as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford went before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. to testify about allegations that Supreme Court nominee […]
Software Developer Launches Two Apps for Black History
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Hugh Smith, the owner of Quikthinking Software, has released new apps featuring quotes and oral histories from important Black figures. Quikthinking’s Black History […]
Kevin Davis on Suiter Suicide: `Absurd’
By Stephen Janis and Taya Graham, Special to the AFRO According to former Baltimore Police Department (BPD) Commissioner Kevin Davis, homicide detective Sean Suiter did not commit suicide. In fact, the […]
Dispatches From Baltimore: A City at War
Submitted to the AFRO by Wise Whitehead Reading about Baltimore City through the lens of a Black mother offers the outside world an analytical framework for trying to interpret and […]
“Amazing Grace: Uniting Community” Concert
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO Union Baptist Church in Baltimore will be the host for a musical fusion of styles, 7 p.m., Oct. 11, as Baltimore jazz legend Cyrus […]
Jam in Capitol Hill at This Year’s Hillfest
By LaNesha Kearse, Special to the AFRO The Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation has teamed up with Mayor Muriel Bowser for the second annual Hillfest Music Exposition, Hillfest Conference Panel and Hillfest […]
Former U.S. Attorney General Has Hope in the People Not Her Successor
By Hamil R. Harris, Special to the AFRO Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch told faculty and students at Morgan State University that even thought President Trump is trying to overturn the […]
Md. Equity Task Force Holds First Meeting
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO The Maryland State Task Force on Reconciliation and Equity recently began its work. The statewide effort, authorized by Maryland Senate Bill 350, is charged […]
Christopher Byrd, Son of AFRO Board Director, Dies at 48
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO Christopher Lawrence Byrd, a carpenter and avid participant in Baltimore’s community life, died unexpectedly on Sept 28. He was 48. Byrd was a devoted […]
Man, 22, Found Guilty in Murder of Police Spokesman’s Brother
By Michelle Richardson, Special to the AFRO A Baltimore man was found guilty Sept. 28 of the murder of 24-year-old Dionay Smith, the younger brother of the Baltimore Police Department’s chief […]