By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia For the first time since he left office on Jan. 20, 2017, former President Barack Obama returned to the White House to promote and recognize the 12th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. The occasion marked Obama’s first appearance in Washington since the inauguration of […]
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson officially the first Black woman on SCOTUS
By Deborah Bailey, Alexis Taylor and Nadia Reese AFRO Editorial Staff On April 7 the world watched as a Senate vote confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States. The announcement that a Black woman would finally sit on the highest court in the land was made by the first […]
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RGN Sport rids your chafing woes with no-slip athletic wear in bold African prints
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Tiffany Brown has played sports all her life. Her favorite of all being soccer. At Colorado College, she played for the Division I women’s soccer team, and after, she joined the D.C. United Women soccer club, now known as the Washington Spirit. Although […]
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Mayor Bowser and Google announce $1 million grant to train DC residents for in-demand tech jobs
By Special to the AFRO Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development have announced a $1 million Google.org grant, supporting Community College Prep Academy (CC Prep) in the expansion of their IT Pathways program. A total of 250 learners will receive scholarships to take a Google Career […]
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What is alopecia and why do certain forms of it disproportionately affect Black women
By Danita Peoples for Minnesota Spokesman Recorder The Oscar slap that overshadowed the Academy Awards ceremony was sparked by a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s lack of hair—with husband Will Smith objecting violently to comedian Chris Rock mocking the actress’s shaved head. Away from the recriminations over what could be perceived as a mean-spirited jibe […]
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Future architect slain on streets of Baltimore City
By Alexis Taylor, AFRO News Editor Marie Berry can’t stay in her home anymore. But she also can’t bring herself to move the tennis shoes at the front door. She’s already begun packing up her house and many of her dreams. Standing in the kitchen of the home she’s lived in for more than 15 […]
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s road to the Supreme Court
By AFRO Staff Judge Kentaji Brown Jackson is making history as the first Black woman to ever sit for hearings as a Supreme Court Justice nominee. The 51-year old has broken barriers as a Supreme Court clerk, a public defender and as a Judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Brown […]
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Black women at forefront of Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearing
By Micha Green and Lisa Brown, Special to the AFRO, mgreen@afro.com Black women are leading the cause for confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). Many Black women-led organizations took to the SCOTUS to express their support for Judge Jackson’s seat on the Court including: the National Women’s […]
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Reimagine Main Street awards $2 million to more than 200 Black women entrepreneurs across the country
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Reimagine Main Street recently awarded cash grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 to over 200 Black women-owned small businesses and entrepreneurs through its Backing Black Business: Small Business Grant Program. Meta provided the $2 million funding for the cash grants as a part […]
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President Biden signs Congressional Gold Medal Honor into law for women of 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO President Joe Biden signed into law this week legislation passed by Congress last month awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the Black Women members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The iconic women’s military unit known as the “Six Triple Eight” of the Women’s Army Corps served […]
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Women Who Win: How the women publishers of Word in Black keep the Black press going
By Alexis Taylor, AFRO News Editor Sonceria “Sonny” Messiah -Jiles had a deal to break. While some young women set their sights on money or marriage, Messiah-Jiles had made up her mind: She would buy a newspaper. Not just any newspaper- a Black-owned publication. A peculiar arrangement was drawn up and the matter was settled-mostly. […]
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Diane Bell-McKoy leads Baltimore to bring the Black community together
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO Long before the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray ignited Baltimore’s volcano of protracted racial inequity, Diane Bell-McKoy was calling on and calling out the business community to end policies and programs reinforcing the structural racism that choked the city’s Black population. “Structural racism is borne out by […]