By Micha Green, AFRO D.C. Editor As Co-Founder and Managing Editor of The Beat DC, a national platform that covers politics, business, media and people of color, Tiffany D. Cross […]
Category: Celebrating Women’s History Month
Jo Ann Jenkins, President and CEO of AARP
By Tia Trammell, Special to the AFRO Jo Ann Jenkins, president and CEO of AARP, is a seasoned leader and innovator in business. To date she is in the business […]
BWR Releases Sixth Annual Report About Black Women
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) Intergenerational Public Policy Network released their sixth annual BWR Report, “Black Women in the U.S. & Key States, 2019: […]
An Open Love Letter to Black Women
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com My ascended mother Leslie is the star of the three most seminal moments of my life; the day I was born, the day I accepted […]
NNPA Honors Black Lives Matter Founder with Newsmaker of the Year Award
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Alicia Garza said she’s “super excited” about being named the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) 2019 Newsmaker of the Year, an award […]
An Open Letter Celebrating Black Women
Submitted to the AFRO Kevin Daniels As we observe and celebrate around the country what has been deemed Women’s History Month, the progress of this country would have been completely […]
NNPA Enshrines AFRO Editor Emeritus
By AFRO Staff Frances L. Murphy, II, publisher emeritus of the Washington AFRO-AMERICAN Newspapers was enshrined this week by the National Newspaper Publisher’s Association (NNPA) as one of two Black […]
Joan Williams, Miss Crown City 1958 who was Denied a Place in the Rose Parade Due to her Race, has Died
This article was originally published in the Pasadena Weekly. Joan Williams, whose story of racial reconciliation inspired the nation, passed away from ovarian cancer on Feb. 20 at her home […]
Tiffany Majors, President & CEO
By Shana Trammell, Special to the AFRO Beautiful, educated, and altruistic. Tiffany Majors has spent her life dedicating her time and efforts to serving the forgotten and unprivileged in Maryland. Over […]
Mecca Verdell, Teaching Artist
By Shana Trammell, Special to the AFRO Art has many characteristics. It is fluid and ever changing. It cannot be dictated nor limited. Mecca Verdell aka Meccamorphosis is much like the […]
Sally Nuamah, Youth Advocate & Philanthropist
By Shana Trammell, Special to the AFRO Mary McLeod Bethune once famously said, “We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas […]
Caryn York, Criminal Justice & Workforce Development Advocate
By Shana Trammell, Special to the AFRO Since 2017, Caryn York has spearheaded Jobs Opportunity Task Force (JOTF), a non-profit organization that connects low income jobseekers to high paying jobs and […]