Carolyn Edith Cooper Fugett, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and Matriarch to the Community at Large who had a special way of making everyone feel they were her favorite, departed this world of natural causes on February 7, 2023 at the age of 97. A lifelong resident of Maryland, Carolyn successfully balanced the […]
Category: !Front Page
Posted inNational News
Youth respond to Biden’s 2023 State of the Union Address
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com President Biden addressed the nation with his State of the Union Address on Feb. 7 at 9 p.m. Dillon Bernard, the 23-year old producer of Young People Address, led the third annual “Young People Address the Nation,” directly after the president’s address. Concerns about gun violence, climate change, […]
Posted inNational News
Say their names: communities across the country mourn young lives stolen by gun violence
By Aria Brent, AFRO Staff Deanta Dorsey didn’t know that his life would end during his lunch period on Jan. 4. Hanging out with four of his friends outside of a fast food restaurant just across from his school, Edmondson–Westside High, the bullets came for him. “He was not in the wrong place and it […]
Posted inMaryland Government
Gov. Wes Moore delivers his first State of the State Address
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Marylanders received their annual update on the status of the state’s affairs from a Black man for the first time in history on the first day of February this year. Governor Wes Moore opened Black History Month with his first State of the State address, delivering a call […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Baltimore couple opens Beauty Plus in new Northwood Commons shopping center
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Baltimore-bred spouses Megan and Quintin Lathan will hold the grand opening of their second Beauty Plus location on Feb. 11 at 10 a.m. in the newly redeveloped Northwood Commons shopping center. The pair, both products of Baltimore City public schools and local historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), […]
Posted inBaltimore News
East Baltimore Development Initiative honors AFRO publisher with Joe Manns Black Wall Street Award for Community Impact
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Nonprofit East Baltimore Development Initiative (EBDI), in partnership with BmoreNews.com, recently awarded 18 East Baltimore leaders with the Joe Manns Black Wall Street Award for Community Impact. AFRO publisher, Frances “Toni” Draper, was one of the honorees and was recognized for her service to the faith community in […]
Posted inNational News
Nichols Begged for Mercy, But Beatings Didn’t Stop
By Joseph Green-Bishop, Texas Metro News Correspondent A frightening silence fell over the city of Memphis, as others staged demonstrations across the country, including in Dallas on Botham Jean Blvd., after the release on Friday of police videos that showed the brutally fatal beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols. Videos show the African American man beaten, kicked, pepper sprayed and tased by five African American […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Family seeks $50M from L.A. police for D.C. teacher’s death
By Brian Melley, The Associated Press Lawyers for the 5-year-old son of a man who died after repeatedly being shocked by Los Angeles police with a stun gun following a traffic collision filed a $50 million claim Friday for damages against the city. The legal claim is required before Keenan Anderson’s son and estate can […]
Posted inNational News
Elected officials and community leaders react to release of video showing Tyre Nichols death at the hands of Memphis police
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Elected officials and community leaders are joining citizens around the country in mourning the brutal death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of police. The 29-year-old Memphis, Tenn. man succumbed to injuries three days after a violent Jan. 7 attack by multiple officers at the same time. Body […]
Posted inMaryland Government
Gov. Wes Moore completes first week in office
By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO Governor Wes Moore wasted little time getting to work in his new role. The first Black man to lead the state of Maryland filled his first full day in office as Maryland’s 63rd governor with meetings– both public and private–press conferences and announcements. Moore signed the state’s Standards […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Baltimoreans rise to the challenge, put on powerful display of unity with MLK Day Parade
By AFRO Staff Baltimoreans came out to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 16 in Baltimore. After much controversy, and only a week to prepare, the parade turned out to be a major success. Bands, Black Greek Letter Organizations, city agencies, elected officials and non-profit groups all took part in the […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Thousands gather inside Baltimore Convention Center to celebrate Maryland’s first Black governor
By AFRO Staff On the evening of Jan. 18 Governor Wes Moore welcomed more than 10, 000 supporters from around the country to help him celebrate in his new role. The governor spoke to the crowd, danced with his family and made his way to festivities happening on multiple levels of the Baltimore Convention Center, […]
