AFRO-American Newspapers publisher, Rev. Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper, was surprised by the Maryland State legislature with the Maryland First Citizen’s Award, the highest honor given by the Senate.
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AFRO snags Honor Roll Award for Women’s Representation
By Megan SaylesAFRO Business Writermsayles@afro.com Executive Alliance has issued its 2024 Honor Roll Award for Women’s Representation, and the AFRO has made the list for the second year in a […]
NNPA Employs Mark Thompson as Global Digital Transformation Director
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia The Rev. Mark Thompson’s illustrious and groundbreaking journalism career, which found its roots in the Black Press of America nearly 40 years […]
HBCUs Revamping Admissions Policies Amid Affirmative Action Decision
HBCUs reportedly are gearing up to become more selective, aiming to maintain the quality of education they provide. AFRO-American Newspapers July 27, 2023 By Stacy M. Brown In the wake of […]
President Biden Amplifies Importance of the Black Press of America
By Stacy M. BrownSenior National CorrespondentNNPA Newswire During the NNPA’s annual convention, which celebrated 196 years of the Black Press of America from June 28 through July 1, Biden appeared […]
AFRO News at Noon(ish) Mondays
Join the AFRO’s Editorial Team weekly on Mondays at Noon(ish) as they discuss highlights from the weekend and the week’s top stories – view videos here on Facebook and below […]
JOHN “JAKE” OLIVER, JR. PUBLISHER 1982 – PRESENT
John Jacob “Jake” Oliver, great grandson of Afro-American Newspaper founder John J. Murphy and current CEO of the Afro-American Newspapers, was born July 20, 1945 in Baltimore, Maryland. His entrance into sixth grade […]
FRANCES MURPHY II PUBLISHER, 1971 – 1974 PUBLISHER, Washington DC 1986 – 2007
Born on October 8, 1922, in Baltimore, Maryland, Frances Louise Murphy, II, grew up in a household that was focused on the newspaper the family published. Murphy’s the granddaughter,of John […]
JOHN H MURPHY III PUBLISHER 1967 – 1970, 1974 – 1982
John worked just about all of his life at the Afro,” said Camay Calloway Murphy, his second wife. She said he knew the business end from college but also was […]
CARL MURPHY PUBLISHER 1918-1967
Murphy became editor of the Baltimore Afro-American due to the poor health of his father in 1918. Later, after his father passed away in 1922 Murphy became the leader of one of […]
JOHN H MURPHY SR FOUNDER/PUBLISHER 1892 – 1922
John H. Murphy Sr. hoped to live to be 100, but in the event that he didn’t, he penned a letter on his 80th birthday that he wanted opened in […]