By Frances “Toni” Murphy Draper AFRO CEO and Publisher There is also a wonderful story about my maternal grandfather, Carl James Greenbury Murphy, long-time AFRO publisher and editor (1922-1967). A prolific writer of hard-hitting editorials, as well as inspirational prayers, Carl Murphy was small in stature, but stood tall and fought hard for civil and […]
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Carl Murphy in the Community: Behind the man who made the news
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com Carl Murphy may have only stood 5 feet and 3 inches, but he was a giant in the community. The longtime famed AFRO publisher who took his father and the publication’s founder John H. Murphy’s journal that was circulated to about 14,000 to a major newspaper […]
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AFRO Activists 2022: 20 Queens of the Movement
By Micha Green and Sheika Reid Special to the AFRO As part of the annual We’re Still Here special edition on Community Activists, the AFRO highlights the people who are fighting for justice in D.M.V. and Baltimore communities. This year’s theme, “Queens of the Movement,” celebrates the women who are working to strengthen and empower Black […]
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The Maryland General Assembly Opens its 2022 Session
By Michelle Y. Green Special to the AFRO The Maryland General Assembly convened January 13, with both the House and Senate meeting in person. “The work goes on. The work must continue,” said Senate President Bill Ferguson in his opening address. “The fundamental components of what we are here to do over the next 90 […]
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Pass Voting Rights Legislation Now!
By Congressman Kweisi Mfume Earlier this week, President Joe Biden uttered five words about the voting rights bills stalled by Republicans in the U.S. Senate: “I’m tired of being quiet.” Mr. President, you should be. The time to pass voting rights legislation is now! ~ Naturally, the transition into a new calendar year brings about […]
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Blacks for Brown for Maryland Attorney General
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO Anthony Brown is running for Attorney General for the state of Maryland. His name may sound familiar to you. He has been the Representative for the 4th Congressional District for the past five years, but he also served as the state’s lieutenant governor from 2007-2015. He […]
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African American leaders support Perez for Governor
By Salima Marriott, Special to the AFRO Tom Perez is no stranger to Baltimore. For seven years, Tom served as a professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in Baltimore where many of his students were first generation African Americans to attend law school, and where he ran the law […]
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Helping Up Mission to open new Center for women and children
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Helping Up Mission, a Baltimore, faith-based nonprofit that provides programs and services to men and women suffering from homelessness and addiction, is set to open a Center for Women and Children at the end of January. The new center will be located on […]
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Black-owned eyewear brand NURILENS advocates for better vision care
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Many people collect stamps, comic books and trading cards. Juliette Nelson collects glasses. While working in South Korea several years ago, she found that she could buy various styles and colors of eyeglass frames to match her wardrobe without stretching her wallet. At […]
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Overwhelmed? Overcome! Overflow! Jacqueline Eugenia’s legacy
By Mylika Scatliffe AFRO Women’s Health Writer In March 2017 Jacqueline Eugenia Crest, known as “Jackie” to loved ones, was diagnosed with a form of Stage 4 metastatic lung cancer, most often seen in lifelong smokers and Asian women. She was neither. That night in March 2017, her doctors told her husband to gather her […]
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IN MEMORIAM: Legendary Actor, Sidney Poitier, 94, Has Died
‘The Measure of a Man’ By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Legendary actor Sidney Poitier, who broke barriers and stood for justice and Black lives during the most tumultuous times of the civil rights movement, has died. Poitier, whose iconic 71-year career, included starring roles in “A Raisin in the Sun,” […]
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Building COVID-19 vaccine confidence: Encouraging others to get vaccinated
By Eddye Bullock, MD, Assistant Chief of Adult and Family Medicine, Kaiser Permanente As we begin a new year, we are in a very different place than we were when this pandemic began. Thanks to unprecedented collaboration and funding, we have three safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines approved in the U.S., which have allowed us […]