By Lauren E. Williams, Special to the AFRO The walls are covered with school sports memorabilia, personal photographs, and newspaper articles. The furniture is modern, yet understated, as not to […]
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Atima Omara, Political Pioneer with No Fear of Failing
By Tilesha Brown, Special to the AFRO Atima Omara is an award-winning political strategist, advocate, writer and speaker based in Washington, D.C. She made history in 2013 when she became the […]
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Susan Rice Joins Netflix Board of Directors
By Chelsea Burwell, Special to the AFRO Susan Rice, former U.S. National Security adviser, has been named to Netflix’s board of directors. Susan Rice, Department of State Photo as US Ambassador […]
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Is This Heineken Ad Racist?
Chance the Rapper certainly thinks so. The Chicago rapper took to Twitter to let Heineken know that their new ad, which depicts a bartender sliding a beer down a bar […]
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Black-Owned Production Company Acquires Weather Channel
The Weather Channel is under new ownership. Entertainment Studios Inc., an independent movie and TV producer and distributor, said March 22 it’s acquired the channel’s parent company, Weather Group. Byron […]
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Black Love Experience Promises a Passport to Wakanda in Southeast
In a small corner of Anacostia where the vestiges of D.C.’s Chocolate City remain, lovers of everything black, beautiful and wondrous gathered to dance, mingle and heal. The Black Love […]
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How One Businesswoman Got Her Slice of Federal Pie
Fourteen years ago, Dawn Hendricks, 45, was ready to carve out her own path, take control of her destiny and earn a salary that mirrored her responsibilities. So she co-founded […]
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Shelly Bell is a One-Stop Entrepreneurial Force of Nature
As D.C.’s Google Digital Coach, Shelly Bell helps small and minority businesses navigate the search engine’s business tools. She’s also the founder of Black Girl Ventures, MsPrint USA, and the […]
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Artist Henrietta Snype Preserves African Basket Making Tradition
Many of us became familiar with Gullah culture through director Julie Dash’s seminal 1991 film, Daughters of the Dust. The first feature film by a Black woman to get general […]
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Apartment Building Developed by Wendell Pierce to Open in April
BALTIMORE (AP) — Actor Wendell Pierce has announced that the grand opening of an apartment complex will be next month. In this March 31, 2016 file photo, Wendell Pierce, a […]
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Miami Dolphins Owner May Have Accidentally Helped Kaepernick Prove His Collusion Suit Against the NFL
Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross may have shared some comments publicly that could end up helping Colin Kaepernick grievance suit that claimed the NFL’s owners colluded to keep him from […]
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Black Filmmakers Dominate Weekend Box Office
LOS ANGELES (AP) — T’Challa still rules the box office four weeks in, even with the fresh rivalry of another Walt Disney Studios release in “A Wrinkle in Time.” “Black […]