Jennifer gives audience member and JHUD super fan Alicia Reed from Baltimore, MD the surprise of her life on “The Jennifer Hudson Show” airing Friday, November 4. Alicia has been a fan of Jennifer’s since she was 10 years old and wrote into the show to thank Jennifer for being the biggest inspiration in her life. Alicia thinks she’s just at the show to watch […]
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Comedy tour seeks to maximize Black voter turnout in key swing states
By Nicole D. Batey, Special to the AFRO The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) is going all-out to encourage and galvanize black voters with Unity ’22 GOTV (Get Out the Vote) Comedy Tour and Organizing Weekends. So far, the tour has performed in key battleground states: Cleveland, Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; Detroit and […]
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Migos: Rapper Takeoff shot dead in Houston age 28
By ReShonda Tate, DefenderNetwork.com BREAKING: Takeoff, the third member of Migos alongside the rappers Quavo and Offset, has died. Police say the 28-year-old rapper, real name Kirshnik Khari Ball, was fatally shot at a bowling alley in Houston where he and Quavo were playing dice around 2.30am; Takeoff was pronounced dead at the scene. Two […]
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Morganite returns to Charm City spotlight: ‘The Lion in Winter’ debuts at Everyman Theatre
By Ama Brown, Special to the AFRO The cast of “The Lion in Winter” held their opening night on Oct. 20. The intriguing story of the succession of kings will show at Everyman Theatre from Oct. 18 to Nov. 13. The play is focused on King Henry, who is coming into the ‘winter season’ of […]
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Limited showings of ‘Till’ film draw positive attention and death threats ahead of national release
By AFRO Staff Director Chinomye Chukwu recently released a film focused on the life of Emmett Louis Till, the 14-year-old boy who, in death, became a major catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement in 1955. The film was released in select theaters on Oct. 14 after a showing at the 2022 New York Film Festival […]
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Top 10 must-see Black documentaries
By The Houston Defender, Word in Black The AFRO’s October Special Edition is all about the roots of our culture, our family lineage and the return to old ways and traditions. Below you will find a list of documentaries, based on the roots of African-American culture, compiled by our Word in Black partner, The Houston […]
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2 shot, others hurt at Asian Doll HBCU homecoming concert
By The Associated Press Two people were shot and others were injured as they fled gunfire that broke out at a North Carolina college homecoming concert featuring rapper Asian Doll the night of Oct. 15, officials said. Officers called to the campus of Livingstone College in Salisbury around 11 p.m. found two people shot and […]
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Documentaries on three powerful Black women reveal new facts
Courageous ancestors: Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks and Thea Bowman honored with new films By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO As more true history is being uncovered these days, we can happily enjoy three recently created documentaries about three powerful women who made a tremendous difference in the lives of so many. Harriet […]
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Four-time Grammy-nominated artist Oleta Adams to perform at The Weinberg Center
By Beverly Richards, Special to the AFRO Q: Tell me about your musical upbringing and how it influenced your sound. A: My great-uncle raised me, and he was a Southern Baptist minister. So, of course I was raised in the church, and I learned a lot about leading choirs because I was the accompanist from […]
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‘Our Town’ opens at Center Stage in Baltimore
By Beverly Richards, Special to the AFRO Located in the heartbeat of Baltimore, play lovers united to see Stevie Walker-Webb’s contemporary take on the American classic, “Our Town,” by Thornton Wilder. The play focuses on community and how we live this life connected, “two-by-two.” That sense of community hits you immediately when you enter Center […]
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Books by Black authors to add to your 2022 reading list
By Word In Black Malcolm X once said that “I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity” — and at Word In Black, we agree. With book bans sweeping the nation, we’re reminded of how our ancestors fought and died for the right to read. Nowadays, due to inequities in […]
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Rihanna to headline 2023 Super Bowl halftime show
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press Rihanna will take center stage at February’s Super Bowl halftime show. The singer, who declined to perform in the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show out of solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, will headline the 2023 Super Bowl, the NFL announced Sunday along with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and Apple Music. Rihanna […]