State courts are glaringly lacking in diversity compared to the populations they serve, according to a new report that calls the disparity the “gavel gap.” The report, titled “The Gavel Gap: Who Sits in Judgement at State Courts?,” presents original research done by law professors Tracey E. George and Albert H. Yoon and published by the […]
Author Archives: Zenitha Prince
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Posted inAfro Briefs
Ga. HBCU: Paine College in Danger of Losing Accreditation
Paine College, an HBCU in Augusta, Ga., is in danger of losing its accreditation. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, which is responsible for Paine’s accreditation, voted on June 16 to revoke the HBCU’s status, citing financial instability. The college had been on probationary status for two years but failed to […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Another Member of Baltimore Cherry Hill’s ‘Up Da Hill’ Gang Sentenced to Long Prison Term
(Updated 6/24/2016) Another member of one of Baltimore’s infamous Cherry Hill gangs is facing a long prison sentence on charges of racketeering for activities connected to his membership in the criminal organization. U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III on June 23 sentenced Cornell Harvey, also known as “Little Head,” to 21 years and 10 […]
Posted inHealth
Caring for Maryland’s Aging Veteran Population
Since becoming director of the VA Maryland Health Care System, Vice Adm. (Ret.) Adam Robinson has focused on staff training and patient care. Vice Adm. (Ret.) Adam Robinson is a history-maker in the military world, becoming the first African-American surgeon general of the Navy and of any of the military branches in the United States […]
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Tuskegee University Alums Star in New Cable Show
Three graduates of Tuskegee University, the venerated HBCU founded by Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee, Ala., are stars of a new reality show on Animal Planet called “The Vet Life.” The cable network show features the lives and careers of veterinarians Diarra Blue, Aubrey Ross and Michael Lavigne, who recently moved to Houston to open […]
Posted inNational News
Study Compares Different Shopping Patterns Between Trump and Clinton Supporters
It seems supporters of presumptive presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are not only divided by their ideology but also by their shopping patterns. A new study by location analytics firm Placed showed that there was no overlap in the top 10 favorite shopping places visited by Clinton and Trump supporters. Thus the two […]
Posted inReligion
Southern Baptists Repudiate Confederate Flag
This Dec. 7, 2011 file photo shows the headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tenn. The Southern Baptists lost more than 200,000 members in 2015. It’s the ninth straight year of decline for the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, which also saw baptisms drop by more than 10,000 in 2015. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) […]
Posted inAFRO Black History: Preserving Our Legacy
Week IV — ASALH is Woodson’s Dream ‘Come True’
By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent Carter G. Woodson had a dream – to legitimize and establish the true place of the Black race in the world’s history, and in so doing change the Negro’s view of himself and the public’s view of the Negro, leading to racial equality and an elevated existence for the […]
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Week III – Woodson Set Out to Re-Educate the Mis-Educated Negro
By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent 1. Carter G. Woodson and the then-Association for the Study of Negro Life and History launched Negro History Week in February 1926. (AFRO Archives) Socrates, the renowned Greek philosopher and sage, once urged his followers to “Know thyself.” Thousands of years later, that advice continued to resonate, becoming the […]
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Week II — Carter G. Woodson: An Extraordinary Man Shaped by Ordinary People
Carter G. Woodson Carter G. Woodson was in many ways a self-made man, a singular man whose greatness grew out of the ordinary. As such, there are but a few names – at least those recorded in the annals of formal history – one can point to as being the father of Black history’s heroes […]
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Week I — Carter G. Woodson: A Man Beyond His Time
Portrait of African-American historian Carter Godwin Woodson as a young man. (Photo/New River Gorge National River website, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, United States Government.) Carter G. Woodson seemed born to defy the odds. The future father of Black history came into the world on Dec. 19, 1875, in New Canton, Va., during […]
Posted inNational News
Study: Provisional Ballots Can Hurt More than Help
By Zenitha Prince, Special to the AFRO Provisional ballots are being misused, including as a potential tool to suppress the votes of African Americans and other minorities, concludes a report released by the Center for American Progress (CAP) Oct. 29. After the dismal 2000 presidential elections in which millions of votes went uncounted, Congress passed […]
