By AFRO Staff Since the start of the pandemic, the AFRO has made it a priority to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of its team members through the AFRO Team Member of the Year honor. For the year 2021, AFRO News Editor Jessica Dortch was selected by her peers as deserving of the honor. […]
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D.C. Council brings back Marion Barry memories with old Christmas cards
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com Former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry is affectionately known as the “Mayor for Life,” and with a recent tweet from the D.C. Council, the activist turned career politician is making his rounds again on social media with people remembering all sides of his past. The […]
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DMV COVID-19 update: Blacks bear the brunt of Omicron variant
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com In a day’s time, more than 2,000 more residents in the nation’s capital were diagnosed with COVID-19 between Jan. 2 and Jan 3. Just outside the District, in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties, are the highest number of cases in the State of Maryland. These numbers […]
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BPD announces public viewing for slain Officer Keona Holley
By AFRO Staff Almost a month ago, Baltimore City Police Officer Keona Holley was ambushed as she sat in her patrol car on Dec. 16. She was immediately taken to Maryland Shock Trauma and remained in critical condition until she was taken off life support one week later, on Dec. 23. Those in the Cutis […]
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‘The Slow Hustle’ examines peculiar death of Baltimore detective Sean Suiter
By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO There are much easier ways to commit suicide (and make it look like a homicide) than shooting oneself in the head outdoors in a busy neighborhood, while on the job as a police officer. That’s why it is so hard for many Baltimoreans, and others attuned to the […]
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Baltimore native Ivy Wells, one of many women of color in trucking
By J.J. McQueen Special to the AFRO With a record number of female drivers flocking to the trucking industry, more women are hitting the road and leveling the playing field in a male-dominated industry. The influx of Black women in the industry is paving the way for other women of color and has historically done […]
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Performing in a pandemic: Artists grapple with COVID restrictions, canceled shows
By J.J. McQueen Special to the AFRO For nearly two full years, fans of the R&B singers Anthony Hamilton and Raheem DeVaughn have been waiting patiently to see them perform in person. Afterall, it was a performance that left nothing on the table. Why did it take so long? Who did it impact? How did […]
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Dr. David K. Wilson: AFRO Person of the Year 2021
By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO While we may never know what went through Henry Wilson’s mind the night before, we know what he eventually did. Daring to grow a different future for the last five of his ten children, the sharecropper gave in to demand: all five- including his youngest son, a part-time […]
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AFRO Baltimore Newsmaker of the Year 2021: ‘Dr. Kaye’ fights for her voice and yours
By Rev. Dorothy Scott Boulware AFRO Managing Editor The thing about Dr. Kaye, as she knows, is that, when asked about important things she’s accomplished, she lowers her head in a manner that might suggest shyness or a reluctance to talk about herself. Anyone who knows her knows that’s not the case. She really lowers […]
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AFRO Baltimore Newsmaker of the Year 2021: Alicia Wilson breaks barriers for Baltimore youth
By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware AFRO Managing Editor Editor@afro.com Urban children often have to face so many obstacles to reach their goals, personal and professional, it’s a wonder that any make it. Children in Baltimore have issues including after school safety, food insecurity, public and domestic violence, in addition to the wide availability of drugs […]
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AFRO D.C. Newsmaker of the Year: Mr. D.C.’s legacy continues
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com When Edgar Allen Brookins died on Dec. 1, 2021, people all around the D.M.V. and United States mourned the passing of a man who gave two decades to the Army and three decades to the AFRO, all the while fighting for justice of Black Americans, soldiers […]
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Gospel singer JJ Hairston partners wIth Ronald McDonald House Charities to help families with sick children
By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO The work Maryland gospel singer JJ Hairston does with Ronald McDonald House is very close to his heart. “My mother transitioned from cancer over seven years ago and since then, I’ve worked with my management company finding ways to give back to people who are affected the way […]