By Jessica Dortch, Afro Staff, jdortch@afro.com There is nothing subtle about President Donald Trump, and his first visit to Baltimore, since his Twitter attack against the city, was anything but that. Several streets were closed in Harbor East on Sept. 12 in preparation for the president’s arrival at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel later that evening, but […]
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Anton Black: One Year After
By Stephen Janis and Taya Graham, Special to the AFRO It’s been exactly a year since Anton Black crossed the Choptank River bridge with his cousin during a carefree day spent wandering around Greensboro, Md. in September 2018. But the concrete crossing that stretches across the river that dissects the small Eastern Shore Town is […]
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THE RUN DOWN
By BE INSPIRED GLOBAL / AFRO.COM Host MICHA GREEN gives us the RUN DOWN on the happenings within the Congressional Black Caucus. #CBCFALC19 #AfroNews #BlackMediaAuthority #BeInspiredGlobal
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Maryland Communities and D.C. Receive Youth Homelessness Grants
By GABRIELLE WANNEH, Capital News Service Baltimore, Prince George’s County and the District of Columbia are among 23 communities receiving a total of $75 million in federal funds to combat youth homelessness. The $75 million was awarded as part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program, which started in 2016. The […]
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Baltimore Organization Helps Fathers
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent The Center for Urban Families acts as a leading voice in the national conversation on responsible fatherhood and an advocate for child support reform in Maryland. It also counts as a resource that helps nonprofits across the country strengthen low-income families and a support network for Baltimore’s most […]
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The AFRO in Africa: Jet Lag and a Crash Course on Kampala
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Traveling for the first time to the first continent was physically brutal. Operating on virtually no sleep, I felt almost every one of the nearly 9,000 miles from West Baltimore to East Africa. Fatigue fell upon me like a brick house, particularly, during the final long stretch of the journey, […]
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Sneed Considers Council President
By Stephan Janis and Taya Graham The Baltimore City Council may be touted as a more progressive body than its predecessors, but from a gender perspective it is predominantly male. While that imbalance seems far from changing in the near future, one of the few women with a seat on the city’s legislative body is […]
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Baltimore Teen 17th Trans Person Killed This Year
By Michelle Richardson, Special to the AFRO On Labor Day, Rockville teen Bailey Reeves, 17, was killed in Northeast Baltimore. Reeves is the 17th trans person to be killed in 2019. At 8:05p.m. police were called for reports of shots fired in the 4300 block of Parkwood Avenue. When units arrived, they found an adult female […]
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Waverly’s Wonder Kid
By Jessica Dortch, Afro Staff, jdortch@afro.com What were you doing when you were 10 years old? Most of us were probably playing double-dutch, hide and seek, or climbing trees. If you’re Zoe Lashley, then you’re creating beautiful pieces of handcrafted artwork for restaurants and CEOs. At just four years old, Zoe’s mother would take her to […]
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City Council President Brandon Scott Celebrates WWII US Marine
Raymond Scott celebrated his 94th birthday on Sept. 1 at The First Charity Baptist Church Baltimore along with being honored for his distinguished service as a veteran of World War ll. During the ceremony, it was noted at the time of Scott’s enlistment how hard it was to be a Black man in the armed […]
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RAMBLING ROSE
By Rosa Pryor, Special to the AFRO Hello my dear friends, this has been a hell-la-VA week! We have been all over the place and are still going. If the weather holds up, we have many more places to ramble. I first want to send our prayers to the families and friends in Bahamas, who […]
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Death Near Carver High School
By Stephan Janis A body was found hanging from the rim of a basketball hoop, Tuesday morning, across the street from Carver High School in Baltimore. Baltimore City Police allege that the preliminary ruling in this death was a suicide. On Tuesday morning, the body of an unidentified victim was found hanging from the rim […]