Robert Thomas, former executive director of Baltimore City Public Markets Corp., hopes the markets can continue to grow and improve to achieve a broader reach and higher visibility and effectiveness. […]
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Denied ticket over COVID, Guinean Olympian clings to dream
Guinean wrestler Fatoumata Yarie Camara poses for a portrait at the end of her morning training session at the Ostia’s Olympic training center, near Rome, Monday, July 5, 2021. A […]
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The National Civil Rights Museum Celebrates 30-Year Milestone
The National Civil Rights Museum will celebrate this landmark year with a special Freedom Award event, a community celebration and an exhibition in which the public can participate. (Courtesy photo) […]
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#AFROCoversOlympics: USA basketball clinches bounce-back win, boxer Duke Regan aims to erase 20-year drought
United States’ Damian Lillard (6) shoots over Iran’s Mohammadsina Vahedi (3) during a men’s basketball preliminary round game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. […]
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Baltimore vigil commemorates Lewis and his unfinished work
Baltimore holds vigil for Representative John Lewis at Jubilee Arts Center, 1947 Pennsylvania Avenue. (Courtesy photo) By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO 50 activists gathered in Sandtown-Winchester, July […]
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Critical race theory, aliens and domestic pranksters
Derrick Bell (Courtesy photo) By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Thirty years ago, there was an HBO movie titled “Comic Slop” that included a wicked segment, “Space Traders.” Aliens […]
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Cauthen appointed interim executive director of the Baltimore School of the Arts
Rosiland Cauthen, head of the Theater Department since 2016, was appointed after an extensive nationwide search. (Courtesy photo by Mary Gardella) The Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA) is pleased […]
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Branville Bard Jr. Joins Johns Hopkins as Public Safety V.P.
Beginning Aug. 30, Dr. Branville Bard Jr. will oversee security operations for all Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine campuses and facilities worldwide, with the exception of the Applied […]
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BCPS fall athletics season to begin Aug. 11
Baltimore County Public School students are encouraged to register for upcoming high school sports season. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli, File)Towson, MD – The fall sports season begins Aug. 11 in Baltimore […]
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TD Ready Challenge awards grants to address students’ learning loss from virtual schooling
Shelley Sylva is head of U.S. corporate citizenship for TD Bank. (Courtesy photo) By Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com TD Bank recently launched its […]
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Pandemic problems of food insecurity are not over
Dr. John Warren is publisher of the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint. (Courtesy photo) By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint There are still families […]
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Infrastructure talks leave Biden’s entire agenda at risk
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a key negotiator in the infrastructure talks, is surrounded by reporters as intense negotiations continue to salvage a bipartisan deal, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, […]