In a little over a week, the new Horseshoe Casino in downtown Baltimore will open its doors. Ahead of its August 26 grand opening, casino officials hosted members of the […]
Author Archives: Special to the AFRO
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Fans Celebrate New Chuck Brown Release
The late Godfather of Go-Go and music legend Chuck Brown . As fans of the late Godfather of Go-Go and music legend Chuck Brown prepare to mark his birthday Aug.22, […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Paulette Brown Begins Term as President-Elect of the American Bar Association
President-Elect Paulette Brown with former Chief Judge Robert Bell at ABA annual meeting in Boston. Paulette Brown began her one-year term as president-elect of the American Bar Association Aug. 12 […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
D.C. Shorts Film Festival Anticipates More Variety
With only 135 films from 25 countries selected out of 1400, the D.C. Shorts Film Festival, one of the largest film festivals on the East Coast, expects sold-out shows during […]
Posted inNational News
Alexander Crowned Miss Black USA 2014
3rd Runner Up Terra Strong – Miss Black Ohio, 1st Runner Up Gabrielle Lewis, – Miss Black Tennessee; The Winner of The Miss Black USA 2014 Pageant- – Jasmine Alexander […]
Posted inBaltimore News
The Day the AFRO Used Wild Comedy to Fight Bias
This article appeared in the Oct. 14, 1978 AFRO. The history of journalism is filled with any number of incidents where instead of waiting for news to happen, a newspaper went out […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Community Welcomes New ShopRite with Open Arms
Owners of the new Shop Rite say they are pulling in the kind of numbers they had predicted. It had been a few days since the grand opening of the […]
Posted inBaltimore News, Books
Becoming Ready for a Transfer of Wealth
The children of Israel must have been stunned. They had heard about Moses’ run-in with the burning bush in the desert and they witnessed the multiple plagues God used to […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Connecting Resources with Needs
Dinita Thomas, warehouse manager and Erin Belitskus, development and volunteer coordinator in BBF Pennsylvania, and BBF’s Vice President Karen Dempsey welcome guests to BBF anniversary event. Brother’s Brother Foundation, one […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Church Trains Congregation to Recognize, Respond to Mental Illness
Pastor Frankey Grayton and Mental Health First Aid course instructor Tamara Warren-Chinyani quiz church participants on mental health material. Congregants of Edgewood Baptist Church in Southeast, recently participated in a […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Should the U.S. shelter the women and children immigrants coming across the Mexican border? Why or Why not?
Dora Evans “While it’s difficult to determine the intentions of all illegal immigrant, I believe immigrant women and children should be sheltered by the U.S. because some of them are […]
Posted inBaltimore News
YO! Baltimore Helps Out-of-School Youth
A youth oriented group, Youth Opportunity (YO!) Baltimore, helps serve out-of-school youth and young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 at two youth-friendly centers in East and West […]