BALTIMORE, MD – June, at last! School is almost out, and at The Maryland Zoo we have some special events that are sure to please. Most events are free with […]
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Posted inWashington D.C. News
An Organ Gift Spells New Life
Did you know that African Americans are 3 times more likely to suffer from kidney failure than Caucasians? Did you know kidney failure is the ninth leading cause of death […]
Posted inNational News
Raise the Wage: White House Releases New Interactive Minimum Wage Maps
The White House— Today, the White House released new interactive maps highlighting the positive effects of raising the national minimum wage for hard-working Americans across the country, which would increase […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Delaware State University Awarded Historic $1,050,000 for Osher Reentry Scholarships
Delaware State University has received a historic $1,050,000 grant from The Bernard Osher Foundation to permanently establish DSU’s Osher Reentry Scholarship Endowment, ensuring that significant scholarships will be annually available […]
Posted inCommentary
The real information on the Conaway campaign
I would like to take this opportunity to clarify fact from fiction in your latest article, “Cheatham’s Campaign Slammed by Posters,” as well as give the readers of this historic […]
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Rep. John Lewis Presents Congressional Gold Medal Replica to Tuskegee Airman Harry Rock
DECATUR Ga. — Heroically they fought and served defending against the spread of Nazism during WWII and spearheading integration within all units of the United States Armed Forces, but for […]
Posted inNational News
Statement by President Obama on the 20th Commemoration of the Genocide in Rwanda
The White House-Washington D.C. We join with the people of Rwanda in marking twenty years since the beginning of the genocide that took the lives of so many innocents and […]
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage Provides Plentiful Funds for HBCUs
Once again Tom Joyner, his crew and a hall of fame list of entertainers embarked on the annual Fantastic Voyage, the proceeds from which benefit HBCUs nationwide. This annual event, […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Head over Heels for Family, Career and Education
Higher education, high heels and historic family ties took center stage at the March 21 closing luncheon of Hampton University’s 36th annual Conference on the Black Family. The “Head Over […]
Posted inCommentary
More Than 100,000 Black Parents are Homeschooling Their Children
We hear so much about the plight of Black children and their low test scores. We have not heard that African-American children who are homeschooled are scoring at the 82 […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Ministerial Alliance Endorses Gansler-Ivey Ticket in Race for Maryland Governor
IMA ENDORSEMENTS PRESS CONFERENCE MARCH 13, 2014 10:30AM AGENDA · Opening Prayer · Welcome · Acknowledgements · Introduction of Rev. Dr. Alvin Gwynn, Sr. · Endorsement Statement…………….………Rev. Alvin […]
Posted inObituaries - Baltimore
Hazel Evangeline Wilson Flannigan, Nursing Assistant, Postal Clerk
Hazel Evangeline Wilson Flannigan, 75, of Annapolis, died of heart failure, March 12, at the Heritage Harbour Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on April 19, 1938 to the […]