By AFRO Staff As the AFRO celebrates education and those who have dedicated their lives to improving educational outcomes, the work of Frances Louise Murphy, I is once again deserving of the spotlight. Murphy was a force to be reckoned with in Baltimore and beyond. Inside the classroom, she was a bright light to students […]
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Afro Charities raises close to $2M to support community initiatives, Upton Mansion renovations
By Savannah Wood Afro Charities Executive Director Afro Charities was founded in 1963 to administer Mrs. Santa & AFRO Clean Block, two long-standing programs that have positively impacted generations of Baltimore and DC residents. In 2019, we expanded our mission to include preservation of the 130-year-old AFRO American Newspapers’ extensive archives. Through new programming like […]
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It’s That Time of Year!
WHAT IS “CLEAN BLOCK?” Afro Clean Block was one of the earliest community initiatives in the history of the Afro-American Newspapers started by Ms. Frances L. Murphy I, daughter of the AFRO’s founder, John H. Murphy Sr in 1934. Clean Block was a program created to get the children of Baltimore involved in the community […]