By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO “I saw her in her triumphs as she tried to make sure me and my brother got whatever we needed,” Ateira Griffin said of her mother who raised her and her brother by herself. Something else Griffin witnessed made as much of an impression.”I also saw all the […]
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MD native makes history as 1st Black woman to join space station
By AFRO Staff Maryland native Jessica Watkins is set to make history as the first Black woman to join an International Space Station crew. Watkins, who now calls Colorado home, is set to deploy as a mission specialist on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft in April 2022. She will spend the next six months living […]
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BCPS student Brooke Monroe Conaway stars in a holiday movie
BECOMING A “LITTLE BIG SHOT” It was just March 2020 when Brooke Monroe Conaway, a BCPS elementary school student, and her dad Cornell Conaway appeared on NBC’s “Little Big Shots” with host actress Melissa McCarthy. It was Brooke’s first appearance on a national television show. The father-daughter duo had been discovered on Instagram in a […]
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The Moore Report: ‘A man was lynched yesterday’ and likely another will be lynched today and tomorrow
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Be careful out there. There are three trials resolving in America these days that remind one of the lynching of the bad ole days: Kyle Rittenhouse at 17 years old took his gun with him driven by his mother to a demonstration. He went to attend a protest against a […]
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The world reacts to guilty verdict for Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com The world bore witness to the brutal murder of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, as he went for a jog and eventually had to run for his life when three racist, vigilantes chose fatal violence after allegedly assuming he was part of a string of burglaries in the Brunswick […]
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Black-owned Spizzy serves up nutritional whole-fruit smoothies
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Prince George’s County educator Victorious Hall labels himself as “the guy with the spandex.” He’s an avid cyclist, and some of his favorite places to visit are smoothie shops. However, he noticed that many of the local smoothie locations were putting added sugar […]
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Fulton Bank opens Federal Hill Financial Center in Baltimore
(November 22, 2021) BALTIMORE, MD – Fulton Bank has opened a new financial center in Federal Hill at 1100 Light Street, part of an ongoing expansion in Baltimore. Over the last few years, Fulton Bank has opened its Yard 56 Financial Center at 5715 Eastern Avenue, a financial center at 929 North Wolfe Street, and […]
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Malcolm X daughter, Malikah Shabazz, found dead in New York
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Malikah Shabazz, the daughter of cultural and civil rights icon Malcolm X, was found dead inside her Brooklyn home on Monday, November 22. Authorities said they found Shabazz, 56, unconscious and unresponsive inside her home on East 28th Street in the Midwood section of the borough […]
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Future aerospace engineer is youngest student at Georgia Tech
By USBE Online The largest professional society for the field of aerospace engineering celebrated its youngest member on LinkedIn last week. Thirteen-year-old Caleb Anderson started his first day as a sophomore at Georgia Tech as an aerospace engineering student. Caleb is not just the youngest member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). […]
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Morgan Scholar Mikayla Harris Earns $15,000 Astronaut Scholarship
Senior Biology Major Is Second Consecutive Morgan ASF Award Recipient For a second consecutive year, Morgan State University has produced an Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) award winner. Mikayla Harris, a senior from the School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences (SCMNS), is among the 60 students from 44 universities across the nation who were awarded […]
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Kamala Harris becomes first woman Commander-in-Chief in U.S. History as Biden undergoes colonoscopy
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Call her Madam President. Vice President Kamala Harris was sworn in on Friday to occupy the role of commander-in-chief while President Joe Biden underwent a colonoscopy. Because the procedure requires anesthesia, the temporary transfer of powers was deemed necessary. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki […]
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Vigil, community walk held for ‘unfathomable’ death of Evelyn Player
By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO As the city continues to mourn the loss of Evelyn Player, hundreds gathered to honor the life of the beloved community member on the grounds of Southern Baptist Church in East Baltimore for a vigil and community walk on Nov. 18. The 69-year-old woman’s death has disheartened the […]
