By DAN SEWELL, Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional families willing to bare all on weekday afternoons including brawls, obscenities and blurred images of nudity, died Thursday at 79. At its peak, “The Jerry Springer Show” was a ratings powerhouse and a […]
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Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96
By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. He was 96. Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home, his wife […]
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Are you a Facebook user? You could get some settlement cash
By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Anyone in the U.S. who has had a Facebook account at any time since May 24, 2007, can now apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta has agreed to pay. Meta is paying to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media […]
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Fox News and 2020 election lies face a reckoning
By David Bauder, AP Media Writer Starting April 17 in a courtroom in Delaware, Fox News executives and stars will have to answer for their role in spreading doubt about the 2020 presidential election and creating the gaping wound that remains in America’s democracy. Jurors hearing the $1.6 billion lawsuit filed against Fox by Dominion […]
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New podcast highlights legacy of 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike and sacrifice of Martin Luther King Jr.
By Reginald Williams, Special to the AFRO The I AM campaign over sanitation workers’ conditions in Memphis, Tenn. –the spark that led to Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination in 1968–is dramatically spelled out in a podcast released this month by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees commemorating King’s final social justice campaign. […]
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Reginald F. Lewis Museum hosts Gov. Wes Moore in speaker series
By Reuben Greene The Reginald F. Lewis Museum was teeming with service providers and supporters of Governor Wes Moore recently for a speaker series, hosted by United Way and sponsored by DLA Piper. The event, titled “In Their Own Words,” was an opportunity to hear directly from Moore about his vision for a new Maryland. […]
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How jazz great Ahmad Jamal changed music and inspired a hip-hop generation
By A.R. Shaw, Executive Editor of Atlanta Daily World Ahmad Jamal passed at his home in Ashley Falls, MA at the age of 92. Born Frederick Russell Jones in Pittsburgh on July 2, 1930, Jamal began playing piano as a teenager and moved to Chicago following high school. He would eventually convert to Islam during […]
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J. Cole and Drake deliver a star-studded night to remember at Dreamville Festival 2023
By Forward Times Staff J. Cole’s Dreamville festival aimed to reach new heights in its third year. Fans went crazy the moment the lineup was announced with Cole himself and Drake as co-headliners for the second night. Getting those two superstars in one place is a major feat in itself — the only thing harder […]
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Michelle Miller releases new book, ‘Belonging: A Daughter’s Search for Identity Through Love and Loss’
By Reginald Williams, Special to the AFRO Michelle Miller recently discussed her journey to a stronger idea of self and the motivation behind her memoir, “Belonging: A Daughter’s Search for Identity Through Love and Loss.” Among friends, fans, Howard professors and classmates, Miller bore her soul at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in […]
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Funktopia’s newest production ‘The Dark Tower’ honors Harlem Renaissance pioneer A’Lelia Walker
By Aria Brent, AFRO Staff Three words to describe Baltimore theater group “Funktopia” are intentional, unapologetic and charismatic! With a heavy focus on honoring those who have come before them, Funktopia is continuing to uphold this tradition with their latest production “The Dark Tower.” Based on A’Lelia Walker and the salons she held at her […]
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Fox News defamation trial set to begin April 17
By AFRO Staff Fox News is set to begin defending its propagation of lies fostered by former President Donald Trump and his allies after his loss in the 2020 presidential election, as jurors are expected to be seated and opening statements offered April 17 in the defamation case brought against the media giant by a […]
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AFRO announces star-studded Baltimore AFRO High Tea
By Ciara Franklin, Abel Communications, for the AFRO The AFRO will host the annual Baltimore AFRO High Tea on April 22, honoring “Maryland’s Leading Ladies.” This year’s event features Maryland’s most prominent women in leadership, including First Lady Dawn Moore, Lt. Governor Aruna Miller, Comptroller Brooke Lierman, and Speaker of the House of Delegates, Adrienne […]