BALTIMORE PUBLIC MARKETS ARE MAKING A COMEBACK FROM COVID Lexington Market now open Thursdays through Saturdays at 50% capacity BALTIMORE, MD (July 28, 2020) – The Board of Directors of […]
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Black Author, “Broken Pieces Made Whole”
SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR LISA R. JENKINS RELEASES HER FOURTH BOOK “BROKEN PIECES MADE WHOLE” TO GIVE A VOICE TO THE VOICELESS Chicago, IL (BlackNews.com) — Chicago-native Lisa R. Jenkins recently released […]
CSU Press Release: Tenyo Pearl Named Among Maryland’s Top 100 Women Circle of Excellence
Coppin State University’s Tenyo Pearl named among Maryland’s Top 100 Women Circle of Excellence BALTIMORE – Tenyo Pearl, director of Coppin State University’s Non-Profit Leadership Alliance, has been named to […]
Ford and National Urban League Launch $600,000 Initiative to Help Black Small Business Owners Hardest Hit By COVID-19
(Black PR Wire) — Ford Motor Co. and its philanthropic arm, Ford Motor Company Fund, are joining with the National Urban League to provide $600,000 in grants to Black business […]
Books Help Black Girls With Etiquette
LEADING ETIQUETTE EXPERT LAUNCHES BOOK SERIES TO DEVELOP SOCIAL GRACES AND ETIQUETTE IN BLACK GIRLS New “Bougie Girl Chronicles” Book Series Unlocks the Young “Lady” in Urban Girls 9-12 Years […]
Black Couple Hosting New Radio Show
HUSBAND AND WIFE, MR AND MRS R, TEAM UP TO LAUNCH NEW INTERNET RADIO SHOW Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — With statistics stating that it’s hard for a husband and wife to […]
Thousands of Small Business Owners Have Not Gotten Disaster Loans the Government Promised Them
By Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A $360 billion stimulus program that […]
Hotel Revival Hires First Director of Culture & Impact
By AFRO Staff The award-winning Hotel Revival, a Joie de Vivre hotel located in the heart of Baltimore’s historic Mount Vernon neighborhood, recently welcomed Jason Bass as its first director […]
Open Letter From Local Newspapers to the D.C. Council
Dear Councilmember: Representatives from local newspapers and businesses have met with many Councilmembers this past week to speak out against the proposed taxes on advertising and personal information. We’d like […]
1st Black Food, Wine and Travel Magazine Strengthens Its Focus
CUISINE NOIR, THE COUNTRY’S FIRST BLACK FOOD, WINE AND TRAVEL MAGAZINE, STRENGTHENS ITS FOCUS ON TELLING STORIES FROM THROUGHOUT THE AFRICAN DIASPORA The culinary publication continues to curate content from […]
20-Year Educator Converts After School Program Into Underprivileged Student Non-Profit
Nationwide via Blacknews.com — Dr. Kim Scott, founder and owner of the nonprofit service organization Teen Focus, Inc., believes that teens deserve better and that they need services that will […]
Teens Turn School Project Into Booming Business
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Brothers Andrew and Nyles Burton turned their mother’s homeschool assignment of creating a business into a true money making opportunity. With their business […]