By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Court-ordered mediation of a 13-year old case brought by a coalition of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) has ended without a resolution. The passing of the deadline without a deal has further frustrated efforts for fair funding that the coalition is seeking to help level the playing […]
Category: Baltimore News
Posted inBaltimore News, NEWS
Baltimore Police Kill Man Suspected of Shooting at Officers
By The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police say an officer and a woman were injured and a suspect killed when responders shot an armed man believed to have tried to run over and shoot officers during a separate incident the day before. Police Commissioner Michael Harrison confirmed early Thursday the suspect, identified by […]
Posted inBaltimore Community, Baltimore News, NEWS
Our City, Our Schools
By Dr. Sonja Brookins Santelises As families across Baltimore prepare to send their children back to school, I am reminded of the awesome privilege and responsibility that we have at City Schools. At a time when our city continues to face significant challenges, our schools must be both an anchor for the community and springboard […]
Posted inBaltimore News, NEWS
Suspicious Death Raises Questions
By Stephen Janis and Taya Graham, Special to the AFRO During the last conversation Marlyn Barnes had with his mother Marilyn on Aril 9th, the 30-yeard old father of five had a single goal: to get out of the Harford County detention center and straighten out the conflict that had put him there. “He just […]
Posted inBaltimore News, NEWS
Man Gets 25 Years in Fatal Shooting of 3-Year-Old McKenzie Elliott
By AFRO Staff The angelic face of 3-year-old McKenzie Elliot was posted throughout many East Baltimore neighborhoods after she was shot in the head while she sat on the front porch of her home in August 2014. Her killing rattled communities throughout the city. Five years later, an alleged member of the Old York Money […]
Posted inBaltimore News, NEWS
100 Years Later, ‘Red Summer’ Still Echoes
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com It had been brutally hot the week of July 27, 1919 in Chicago, and city residents of all races and ethnicities flocked to the beaches for relief. On that boiling hot Sunday (July 27), Eugene Williams, a Black teen was one of thousands who traveled to Burroughs Beach on Lake […]
Posted inBaltimore News, HBCU, NEWS
MSU Awarded $1.25 Million Grant
By AFRO Staff In support of Morgan State University’s long standing commitment to producing graduates with proficiency in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) and related fields. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1,248,895 million dollars in grant funding to the School of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (SCMNS). The NSF grant will fund […]
Posted inBaltimore News, NEWS
Who Killed Dana Richardson?
By Michelle Richardson, Special to the AFRO On June 7, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., Dana Richardson, 44 or as her family called her “Nupe,” was found dead in his Reservoir Hill apartment in the 900 block of Brooks Lane. Richardson, who was born male, but lived as a transgender woman had been stabbed to death. Ten […]
Posted inBaltimore Government, Baltimore News, NEWS, POLITICS
Republican Woman Runs for Mayor of Baltimore
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com This week, Catalina Byrd, a long-time political commentator and former mayoral candidate formally declared she will make another run for Mayor of Baltimore in the Republican primary. “Baltimore is at a pivotal moment that will write the next chapter in our history,” Byrd told the AFRO. Political strategist Catalina Byrd […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, Baltimore Community, Baltimore News, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS
9 Year Old Local Beauty Queen Going to Cali
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Nine-year-old Sha’Miyae Hinton-Knight made a simple request earlier this month. “…I would like to know how do I get my article in the AFRO American Newspaper?” she asked in an email. “I live in East Baltimore, Maryland and I wanted to let others know that good people and good things […]
Posted inBaltimore Community, Baltimore News, NEWS, Rambling Rose
RAMBLING ROSE
Allendale Community Association Prez: `Thank you!’ Hello my dear friends, our summer is slowly seeking away. Terrible situation! But we must take advantage if the time we have left of this beautiful weather. There are still festivals and good deeds work going on in Baltimore and our surrounding counties, including the residents in the Allendale […]
Posted inBaltimore News, NEWS, Obituaries, Obituaries - Baltimore
In Memoriam: Lemuel Arthur Lewie, Jr.
Lemuel Arthur Lewie, Jr., was born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1919 to Dr. Lemuel A. Lewie, Sr. and Mrs. Ophelia McDaniel Lewie. His father graduated from Howard University Dental School in 1907. His father was the first black dentist to have an office on Main Street. He was raised with his two sisters: Vivian […]