By Helen Bezuneh, Special to the AFRO In the Jeffrey S. Evans and Associates auction house in Crawford, Va., the entire room sat on the edge of their seats as Dr. Frances Toni Draper, AFRO CEO and publisher, and Andre Draper, AFRO director of operations, placed their bids on behalf of Afro Charities during a […]
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Baltimore City Council members call for car theft investigative hearing
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Councilmember Zeke Cohen (D-District 1) pushes for an investigative car theft resolution due to a major rise in car thefts across the city and the nation. “The main objective is to bring together all of the different parties concerned and have an interest in solving this really major […]
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Mother of teen killed in Brooklyn Homes mass shooting demands change as council members press BPD on response
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Tmcqueen@afro.com The mother of Aaliyah Gonzalez was front and center on Sept. 13 for the second city council hearing on the Brooklyn Day mass shooting. She lifted up her daughter’s memory and the need to end violence in the streets of Baltimore. “Aaliyah has been an A and B […]
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Baltimore Business Journal honors Power 10 leaders committed to making the city better
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com The Baltimore Business Journal hosted the CEO of the Year and Power 10 awards at the Center Club in Downtown Baltimore on Sept. 7. Sandy Hillman, known for transforming Baltimore’s tourism industry during the 1970s, was celebrated as CEO of the Year alongside 10 other local business leaders. […]
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Timothy Carter weds Cornitra Sampson at New Shiloh Baptist Church
By AFRO Staff On a late August evening, Timothy Alphonso Carter married Cornitra Tache’ Sampson in an elegant ceremony, attended by 700 guests at Carter’s home church, the New Shiloh Baptist Church in Baltimore. Carter, an applications engineer, is the younger son of New Shiloh’s first couple, the Rev. Monique T. Carter and the Rev. […]
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Murphy Fine Arts Center at Morgan State University celebrates two decades of enchantment
By Eric Addison, Morgan State University Morgan State University’s architectural gem at 2201 Argonne Drive, the Murphy Fine Arts Center, was many years in the making. The long timeline began in the early 1990s, when Morgan Director of Bands Melvin Miles Jr., and Gabriel Tenabe, director of the University’s James E. Lewis Museum of Art […]
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Gov. Wes Moore to speak at AFSCME job fair in Baltimore
Reginald Williams Special to the AFRO America’s public service sector is suffering from retention and a chronic shortage in staffing that undermines the effective delivery of public services to its citizens. Nationwide, there are more than 970,000 available jobs. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) launched the Staff the Front Lines […]
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Former Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon announces 2024 mayoral bid
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Former Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon has announced her bid for mayor. “I love my private life, but I also love the citizens of this city and I know we can do better,” said Dixon at the Gold Street Community Park on Sept. 7. Dixon said that, if […]
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Reginald Haysbert, president of Forum Caterers, dies at 75
By AFRO Staff The Baltimore community was saddened to learn of the sudden death of Reginald Haysbert, president of The Forum Caterers. “Some have been informed and others are just finding out about the passing of our Dad, Reginald Haysbert, last night,” said Comalita Haysbert, via her social media account on Facebook. “We are processing and grieving this abrupt loss. We will find strength in the Lord.” […]
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Collective Minds Festival celebrates 20 years of House music
By AFRO Staff House music fans from around the region gathered in Baltimore for the Collective Minds Festival on Sept. 3. The event has been an annual celebration of all things related to House music for 20 years. According to Collective Minds, the community organization that coordinates the event each year, “House Music originated in […]
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Baltimore native plays the piano aboard USS Boxer
Submitted by Navy Office of Community Outreach Airman Issa Sesay, a native of Baltimore, plays the piano in the ship’s chapel aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4), Aug. 27, 2023. Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship currently underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations.
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Baltimore County officials announce settlement with Department of Justice in sexual harassment lawsuit
By AFRO Staff Government officials in Baltimore County have worked out a settlement with the Department of Justice regarding sexual assault allegations filed against the Baltimore County Fire Department (BCoFD). Eleven women will be paid a total of $275,000 and a consent decree between Baltimore County orders the BCoFD to rethink and revamp their fair […]
