Morgan State University President David Wilson today announced the school’s commencement venue would remain the same despite predictions of inclement weather. Wilson said the 142nd commencement would be held at the Hughes Stadium on campus after students voted to remain at the outdoor venue. (Screengrab/Twitter) To mitigate the effects of potentially bad weather, the University […]
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Joyner to Speak at Morgan’s 142nd Commencement
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO Nationally-syndicated radio show host and philanthropist Tom Joyner will deliver the commencement address for Morgan State University’s 142nd Spring Commencement Ceremony on May 19. Joyner, host of the nationally broadcasted “Tom Joyner Morning Show,”and founder of Reach Media, The Tom Joyner Foundation and BlackAmericaWeb.com, will address nearly 1,000 academic […]
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Centenarians Celebrated at Martin’s West
By AFRO Staff Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh was the keynote speaker for the 26th annual Maryland Centenarians Recognition Luncheon, May 11 at Martin’s West in Woodlawn. Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh was the keynote speaker. (Courtesy Photos) Proclamations honoring the more than 100 centenarians gathered (including Beatrice Yoes, 101, pictured with her grandson Baltimore AFRO editor […]
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Bishop Michael Curry to Speak at Royal Wedding
By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO A former Baltimore rector will speak at the royal wedding at Windsor Castle in England on Saturday. Michael Bruce Curry, Primate and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, served 12 years as rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Baltimore, from 1988 to 2000. The Most Reverend Michael […]
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`Ceasefire’s’ Bridgeford Laments De Sousa Resignation
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com After a little more than two months in the chair, Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa resigned this week in the wake of three federal misdemeanor charges of not filing income taxes in 2013, 2014 and 2015. However, it seems abundantly clear to many that there is much more connected […]
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LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
“I see trees of green, red roses too, I see them bloom for me and you and I think to myself what a wonderful world. I see skies of blue and clouds of white the bright-blessed day, the dark sacred night. And, I think to myself what a wonderful world. The colors of the rainbow […]
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De Sousa Out, Pugh Begins National Search for New Police Commissioner
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com Just days after Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh suspended Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa, Pugh has accepted De Sousa’s resignation. “Today I received the resignation of Darryl De Sousa as Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department and have accepted it. I have initiated a national search to identify the new […]
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Mother’s Day ‘Ceasefire’ Weekend: Zero Homicides
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com For the second time in a row, a Baltimore Ceasefire weekend has ended with no homicides due to shootings or stabbings. The result of the Mother’s Day Ceasefire is particularly welcome since Baltimore had endured a recent spike in violence and homicides in April and the first week of May […]
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Mosby Announces Debate Schedule, Defends Record
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com Veteran defense attorney Ivan Bates and former Maryland Deputy Attorney General Thiru Vignarajah, both vying to unseat Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, have both accused her of ducking them on the debate stage. Mosby replied to those accusations by releasing the dates and venues for debates she says she […]
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LaQuisha Hall First Black BCPS `Teacher of the Year’ in Five Years
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO LaQuisha Hall, English language arts teacher at Carver Vocational Technical High School has been named Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS), Teacher of the Year for the 2018-2019 school year. She is the first African American to be honored in five years in a system where more than 80 percent […]
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Make Verletta White Permanent Balto. County School Superintendent
By AFRO Editorial Staff Verletta White and S. Dallas Dance are not the same person. While they both improperly failed to disclose side jobs with the Education Research & Development Institute while working for the Baltimore County Schools system, Dance as superintendent and White as school system’s chief academic officer, only Dance was convicted of […]
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‘Motherhood is a 24-hour-a-Day Job’
By Jannah G. Johnson, Special to the AFRO With Mother’s Day rapidly approaching it is important to honor those who took a less conventional approach to motherhood, namely foster parents. As of 2017 there were 4,363 children in out of home placement in the state of Maryland and when we as a society celebrate motherhood we […]