By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO Carlton C. Douglass knew he was going to be a part of Aretha Franklin’s August 31 funeral immediately. “Almost the day that she passed away,” the Baltimore radio personality and owner of Carlton C. Douglass Funeral Service, PA, told the AFRO. “My role was to lead everyone into […]
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Jealous Blames Hogan for Lack of AC in Schools
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO Almost one third of Baltimore City Public School (BCPS) students went home early on the first day of school and throughout most of the first week of the new school year, as high temperatures created unbearable conditions in classrooms throughout the city. City schools issued an alert notifying parents […]
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`That Man Didn’t Kill Himself…’
By Stephen Janis, Special to the AFRO The Bennett Place alley where Detective Sean Suiter was found shot in the head with his own gun in November 2017 has been stripped of the collection of American flags and teddy bears that filled the entrance shortly after he died. But the resentment and mistrust that has pervaded […]
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Meet the Judge Leading the Investigation into Baltimore’s Corrupt Police Department
By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO A retired federal judge has been named as leader of a seven-member panel to investigate the broader background of the Baltimore Police Department’s (BPD) Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF) corruption scandal. Even with the summer sentencing of Detective Daniel Hersl to 18 years in federal prison, questions remain […]
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Mary W. Conaway, Part of Conaway Political Dynasty, Dies at 75
By AFRO Staff Rev. Mary W. Conaway, former Register of Wills for Baltimore City and member of the Conaway political dynasty died Aug. 30. She was 75. Rev. Mary W. Conaway, former Register of Wills for Baltimore City, died Aug. 30. (Courtesy Photo) Mary Conaway (born January 26, 1943), served as Baltimore’s Register of Wills […]
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Suiter Report Just Makes Things Worse
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com It has been about 300 days since Baltimore Homicide Det. Sean Suiter was gunned down in the Harlem Park community of West Baltimore Nov. 15 and despite last week’s publishing of the findings of a Baltimore Police Department (BPD), independent investigative review board, their report seems to have sparked even […]
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Dozens of Baltimore Schools Forced to Close Due to Extreme Heat
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com It was a short first day of school for children at dozens of Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS) and about 10 public schools in Baltimore County never opened, because they have no air conditioning. The tweet from Baltimore County Public Schools announcing school closures due to heat. (Twitter) Temperatures climbed […]
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Baltimore Schools Test Scores Rise, Room for Improvement
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPSS) students are slowly but surely heading in the right direction with a higher percentage of students passing the current statewide 2017-2018 PARCC tests, compared to previous years. Yet, overall, City school students are still struggling with the lowest percentage of students passing the […]
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Memorabilia at Reginald F. Lewis Museum Seeks to Reclaim Racist Imagery
By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO Childish Gambino AKA Donald Glover’s “This is America” video debuted May 5. Since then, it has accumulated almost 380 million views on YouTube. The video, opening with Glover’s strained unnatural pose reminiscent of the original caricature of Jim Crow, is planned to serve as a starting and […]
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$10.8MM Awarded to Baltimore 2018 Youth Fund
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO The inaugural grantees for Baltimore’s Children and Youth Fund have been announced. 84 organizations have been selected to share the Fund’s first allocation of $10.8 million after several months of community-driven review. “After a thorough and transparent process, I am excited for all the grant recipients and for […]
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RAMBLING ROSE
By Rosa Pryor, Special to the AFRO Hello everyone, I sure hope your weekend will be as great as mine. I am having a ball on vacation in Florida partying my butt off. My “Boo-Boo” and I drove down to be with my son and his wife, who have rented a villa for us to […]
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Vegan Soulfest Held in Baltimore’s Clifton Park
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO Baltimore’s fifth Annual Vegan Soulfest brought a peaceful weekend filled with messages of health, wellness and holistic living for the city’s Clifton Park community. Artist Naomi Hanaa shares painting at Vegan Soulfest (Photo by Deborah Bailey) “We felt we needed to bring something positive on this level devoted to […]
