By Tiffany C. Ginyard, Special to the AFRO Finally…The governor of Maryland is Black; The State is still blue.Echoes of warm words woo voters long after the moment,While the AFRO asked a few good grassroots organizersWhat they advise residents of Baltimore to do? Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) Adam Jackson and Dayvon Love, suggest […]
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Black Girls Vote responds to Maryland’s ‘historic moment’ and other election outcomes
By Tiffany C. Ginyard, Special to the AFRO Black voters gathered at RYMKS Bar and Grille on election night to network and socialize for a watch party on the evening of the 2022 gubernatorial election. The black-owned and operated establishment in Harbor East’s Little Italy hosted members from a range of organizations aimed at creating […]
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Power52 Prepares Citizens for Work in Solar Industry
By Tiffany Ginyard, AFRO Managing Editor Ten individuals from Baltimore City and surrounding counties recently graduated from Power52 Energy Institute poised for a life of sustained success and self-sufficiency. The institute is the centerpiece of Power52, a solar initiative that provides employment training for at-risk adults, returning citizens, and underserved individuals in preparation for careers in […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Pugh Resigns
By Tiffany C. Ginyard, AFRO Managing Editor In a one-on-one conversation with AFRO Publisher and CEO the Rev. Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper on Wednesday, May 1, Mayor Catherine E. Pugh said she will resign as mayor of Baltimore City effective May 2. “She said, ‘I’m going to resign,’ Draper recalled, after leaving the Mayor’s home close to […]
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Black Male Journalists Speak
By Tiffany C. Ginyard, AFRO Managing Editor, tginyard@afro.com This week, the AFRO concludes its special Black History Month coverage “Honoring the Black Press: Past and Future.” In week one, we recognized the legacy of the Black Press over the course of two centuries and the social and political context in which it was born, highlighting places on […]
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Youth Explorers Help Restore Trust Between Police, People
The Northwestern Wildcats played in the Baltimore City Police Department’s 1st Annual Unity Game, a fundraiser that supports the BPD’s Explorers program for youth 14-21, earlier this year. (Courtesy photo) Growing up, Genara Lattimore thought the police only came around when there was trouble–or to start trouble. In her neighborhood, they were known as the […]
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Kweisi Mfume to Head National Medical Association
Kweisi Mfume, former U.S. congressman and past president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was named chief executive officer of the National Medical Association (NMA) this week. The NMA is the nation’s oldest and largest medical association representing the interests of more than 30,000 African-American physicians and their […]
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Celebrity Fit Club’s Harvey Walden Supporting “Let’s Move”
VH1’s “Celebrity Fit Club” fitness instructor Harvey Walden said he will do whatever he can to support first lady Michelle Obama’s national “Let’s Move” campaign to combat childhood obesity, announced on February 9. “We didn’t have much in the south side of Chicago,” said Walden, “but one thing we still had in school is PE. […]
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Black Animator Thrives at Disney
Though it took Disney decades to give the world an African-American princess, the company has been casting African-Americans in leading roles in its business for quite some time now. One of those leaders, Marlon West, first went to Hollywood with a cartoon he created of an oxygen molecule walking through a forest of nose hairs. […]