By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com This year the Afro-American Newspapers (AFRO) is highlighting ‘Women Who Win’ at its Black Business Matters Expo, which takes place on March 24. During the celebration, numerous exemplary Black business women will have the chance to talk about their professional journey, offer advice, […]
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A welcome haunting
By Savannah G.M. Wood, Special to the AFRO During the past three years, I have been immersed in the AFRO American Newspapers’ archives. As Executive Director of Afro Charities, I am working with the AFRO to care for this collection and make it more publicly accessible. As a descendant of the AFRO’s founders, I often […]
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Frances L. Murphy, II – A remarkable winner in life and in death
By Frances (Toni) Murphy Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher My mother, Frances L. Murphy II, was a winner and a role model to many- especially aspiring Black journalists. For most of her life she enjoyed two professions: working at the AFRO founded by her grandfather, John H. Murphy Sr., and teaching. She began her newspaper […]
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District mourns the passing of former D.C. Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe
By Aysia Morton, Special to the AFRO Many Washingtonians are grieving the passing of former D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Chief Kenneth Ellerbe, who was found dead in his home in Southeast, D.C. on Sunday, Feb. 27. Authorities are conducting a routine death investigation and no foul play has been suspected. The 61-year-old […]
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Singer Traci Braxton of ‘Braxton Family Values’ dies at 50
By Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Traci Braxton, who was featured with her family in the reality television series “Braxton Family Values,” died at age 50 on Saturday. Her sister, Toni, and family said that Braxton died “this morning as the snow was falling.” According to reports, Traci Braxton had been fighting esophageal […]
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Ward 5 Council candidate Faith Gibson Hubbard working hard for Washingtonians outside of the spotlight
By Micha Green, AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor, mgreen@afro.com Wife, mother, education advocate, former Director of the D.C. Office of Community Affairs and now Ward 5 Council candidate Faith Gibson Hubbard said her wealth of experiences doing things outside of the spotlight makes her the perfect candidate to dutifully and selflessly serve her hopeful constituents. […]
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Q&A with NCAA Champion of Diversity and Inclusion Jen Fry
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Jen Fry is the CEO of JenFryTalks, a social justice education company that uses conversation to educate and empower those within athletics through an anti-racist lens on subjects of race, inclusion, intersectionality, diversity and equity. Fry transitioned into the diversity, equity and inclusion […]
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Black Engineer of the Year Awards Recap: Ted Colbert receives top honor and Laura Murphy makes history
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com The Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) community boasts over 10,000 individuals. Its premier three-day event is the largest Black STEM conference in the country, during which grade and college students; government, corporate and military professionals; […]
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Mayor Brandon Scott: A year later
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO Sworn into office in a small, socially-distanced ceremony in December 2020, the twin-pandemics brought on by Covid-19 and escalating violence stared Brandon Scott fully in the face on day one. Scott had no time for a classic “honeymoon period” generally afforded a newly minted mayor. Instead, Scott was […]
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KidzStuff Childcare Center opens second location in Baltimore to further its work of closing school-readiness gap
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Baltimore native Angela Kidane founded nonprofit organization Scarlet Covering, Inc. in 2010 to help teenage parents prevent subsequent unplanned pregnancies. She wanted to break the generational cycle of individuals going on Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA). Unfortunately, Kidane underestimated how difficult it would be […]
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Minority and locally owned businesses to lead design and construction of Johns Hopkins building named for Henrietta Lacks
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine announced on Thursday that minority- and locally-owned businesses would lead the construction and design of the new on-campus building named in honor of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells continue to advance biomedical research and medicine today. The […]
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Bishop-elect Paula Clark to return to work in the Diocese of Chicago
By Episcopal News Service Bishop-elect Paula Clark will return to work on March 7 in the Diocese of Chicago, according to a Feb. 22 letter from the Rev. Anne B. Jolly, president of the standing committee. “Paula is eager and fit to return to the office, and in consultation with her medical team and Presiding Bishop Michael […]