By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer, mgreen@afro.com Why do people go to the theater? This past Sunday HBO presented the season premiere of final episodes of “Game of Thrones.” It could arguably be one of the last communal television watching experiences in our lifetime. It’s the last of the water cooler subjects. As more and more […]
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Youth Work the Runway in Kids Fashion Week DMV
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com The inaugural Kids Fashion Week DMV, held April 12-14, celebrated the style, skills and “slays” of youth in the Washington Metropolitan area, and allowed designers who specialize in children’s clothing to showcase their work on the runway. Kids Fashion Week DMV, co-founded by movers and shakers, Akilah Clark, Crystal […]
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Lady Brion: Power Through Poetry
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Brion Gill, known on poetry stages internationally as “Lady Brion” wields her gift like a cudgel, or waves it like silk depending on the occasion. Yet, she consistently lifts her voice as an instrument for liberation. “As a community leader, poetry creates an opportunity for authentic expression that provides opportunity […]
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Rebecca Dupas: ‘Not Without Black Women’
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Award-winning poet Rebecca Dupas’ latest literary offering, Not Without Black Women, should perhaps be the mantra of the Democratic Party, reflecting its most loyal voting bloc. But, her compilation of poetry published earlier this year transcends the seeming ubiquity of American politics. “This year I published…Not Without Black Women in […]
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‘Don’t Be Late for Poetry’
Baltimore has some of the most talented, raw, award-winning poets in the nation. In acknowledgement of National Poetry Month. The AFRO kicked off our celebration at “Don’t Be Late for Poetry,” a collaborative event hosted by one of Baltimore’s most popular poetry event curators APoetNamedNate and Dew More Baltimore, an organization that uses art as […]
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Award-Winning Actor Portrays `Douglass Now’
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Smith, known for his roles in the Spike Lee Films, “Do the Right Thing,” “Malcolm X,” Summer of Sam,” and “School Daze,” among others, as well his portrayal of Black Panther Huey P. Newton and Rodney King on stage and screen, is touring the play nationwide. He was invited to […]
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LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
By Valerie Frailing, Special to the AFRO “My daddy has paid the rent and the insurance man is gone and the lights is back on and my Uncle Brud has hit for one dollar straight and they is good times…My mama has made bread and grampaw has come and everybody is drunk and dancing in […]
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Detroit-Area Sculptor to Memorialize Civil Rights Activist
By The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A 23-year-old sculptor is shaping the memory of a Detroit civil rights activist who was slain in Alabama during a 1965 voting rights march. Austen Brantley is preparing to unveil a statue of Viola Liuzzo this July, the Detroit Free Press reported. In this March 20, 2019 photo, […]
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Nipsey Hussle’s Family Gathers for Private Funeral in LA
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. and ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nipsey Hussle’s family and friends gathered Friday for a private funeral on a day when the slain rapper was also honored by his hometown of Los Angeles. Hussle was buried at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills in an afternoon service. The sprawling cemetery […]
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From Snoop Dogg to President Obama: Tributes to Community Activist Nipsey Hussle
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Nipsey Hussle, whose real name was Ermias Joseph Asghedom, was shot to death in Los Angeles on March 31 outside of his store Marathon Clothing. He was 33. Though he arrived on the music scene in the early 2000s, Nipsey Hussle was known not only as a musician but as […]
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Nipsey Hussle Becomes Face of Downtown LA on Day of Memorial
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nipsey Hussle’s face was everywhere outside the Staples Center on Thursday, where a mood of festival and celebration stood in contrast to the somber memorial inside. The late rapper’s image was on T-shirts, on buttons, on the side of passing vans, airbrushed on the back […]
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Grime Star Stormzy Cancels Austria Gig on Racism Allegation
By The Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An Austrian music festival is apologizing to British grime artist Stormzy, who pulled out of an appearance after accusing security staff of racial profiling. Snowbombing festival organizers said security responded Wednesday night to a report that an individual at the show in Mayrhofen had a weapon, and a […]