By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) set the stage for a red carpet premiere of Just Mercy and more importantly offered a platform for a powerful conversation. The film tells the story of Bryan Stevenson’s (Michael B. Jordan) historic fight to get the wrongly […]
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Local Chef Breaks Food Out of the Box
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Sometimes having “no rules,” is where creativity thrives, and clearly that’s the case when it comes to Chef Damian Brown and the memorable, delicious, nostalgia inducing food he’s whipping up at “The Uncaged Chefs.” In a brunch town like the D.M.V., Chef Damian has broken the traditional weekend […]
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RAMBLING ROSE
By Rosa Pryor, Special to the AFRO Happy Birthday To Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hello everyone, how are you? I am telling you right now it will be a busy weekend, so many events and parades to celebrate a man who was a “Drum Major for Justice” from 1929-1968 and to show our appreciation […]
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Notorious B.I.G. and Whitney Houston, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Posthumous inductees Whitney Houston and The Notorious B.I.G. will lead a new class into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, joined by Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, Nine Inch Nails and T-Rex. The gospel-trained Houston, whose soaring voice transformed the Dolly Parton cover “I […]
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Issa Rae: Movie Academy ‘Needs To Do Better’ On Diversity
By BETH HARRIS, Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Issa Rae’s quick comment after five men were announced as Oscar nominees for best director was spur of the moment, but for many captured the lack of diversity among this year’s nominees. “We were told to banter for five seconds as the teleprompter loaded, so that […]
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Tiffany Haddish “Like A Boss” Interview
By Afro.com / Be Inspired Global The AFRO Washington Editor Micha Green, interviews comedian Tiffany Haddish about her new film “Like A Boss.”
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The Coat Check
By Marnita Coleman Special to AFRO At the age of nine, my daughter had developed a habit of not hanging up her coat. She would come home, toss her coat on the back of a chair, across the couch, on her bed, or anywhere else except on a hanger in a closet. I told her […]
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Studio Announces New Associate Artistic Director
By Micha Green D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Studio Theatre and Artistic Director David Muse announced a new Associate Artistic Director is joining the team, adding a dose of Blackness to their group of celebrated artists and arts administrators. Reginald “Reg” L. Douglas will serve as Studio’s new associate artistic director. With an expansive and noteworthy resume, […]
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Arena Players Still in Business After Fire
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com Last year, Arena Players, the oldest continually running Black community theater company in America celebrated its 66th anniversary. Through good times and lean times, Arena has proven to be one of Black Baltimore’s most resilient institutions. The late Sam Wilson, founder of The Arena Players. The community theater, […]
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Step Afrika! Celebrates 25 Years: New Piece Shares How the Body Became A Drum
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com It’s been over 25 years since C. Brian Williams started showcasing stepping as an artistic dance form with Step Afrika!, and it’s been over 30 years since he was introduced to stepping as a student at Howard University. As Step Afrika! celebrates its quarter century milestone and the […]
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‘The Roots’ Rocks the Kennedy Center
By Micha Green D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com This reporter lived out some Hip Hop fantasies at the Kennedy Center in 2019. You read it right- the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, offered several Hip Hop and Contemporary Music programming in 2019- with further plans in 2020- that would be on many Hip-Hop heads’ […]
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THE RUN DOWN – Destiny Harrison Killed at 21
By Afro.com / Be Inspired Global Host Micha Green talks Destiny Harrison’s death at age 21 and other trending topics in this weeks AFRO American Newspaper.