By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com A social entrepreneur is a person interested in starting a business for the benefit of the community, not just for the sake of turning a profit. Social enterprises foster social change that addresses unmet needs, and Baltimore-based Innovation Works seeks to reduce the […]
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The U.S. House of Representatives is hard at work
The Infrastructure Bill and Build Back Better Act are recent examples By Congressman Kweisi Mfume President Joe Biden has been to Baltimore twice in the last four weeks. This is unusual frequency for presidential visits. First, he hosted a town hall meeting in our Congressional District which was broadcast live to the nation on television. […]
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Rapper Young Dolph shot, killed in Memphis
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com Rapper Young Dolph was reportedly shot and killed on Nov. 17 in the place he has called home for more than three decades, and the city that helped put him on to worldwide success- Memphis, Tennessee. The “Get Paid,” rapper, 36, was said to have been […]
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Op-ed: Swaggering, hip, cool, and a master teacher too
By Wayne Dawkins Baltimore native Kip Branch had swagger. He would talk about his friend “Jimmy.” That is James Baldwin to the rest of us. The iconic American novelist befriended Branch and mentored him. The result was “Gnawing in My Soul,” the pupil’s debut novel. Then there was Branch’s other friend, “Chief.” That is Miles […]
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Howard University students end month-long protest
By Ahnayah Hughes, Howard University New Service WASHINGTON — After 34 days of protest and 20 days of negotiations, students at Howard University, one of the nation’s leading historically Black universities, and the school’s administration Monday announced they come to an agreement, officially ending the occupation of the Armour J. Blackburn University Center. The protest, […]
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Black woman-owned medical spa to open in Harbor East
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Baltimore native Keiarna Stewart has never worked in anything other than the beauty industry At age 13, she took a job at her godmother’s hair salon, and just four years later she obtained a cosmetology license. Beauty was the only thing Stewart ever […]
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#WordInBlack: #WeNeedBlackTeachers campaign tackles nationwide shortage
By Laura Onyeneho Houston Defender If you click on the hashtag #WeNeedBlackTeachers on social media, you will see the collective responses of thousands of people describing the ways Black teachers have positively impacted students nationwide. The non-profit the Center for Black Educator Development (CBED) is the creator of the national campaign, which strives to raise […]
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SETLC celebrates 20 years of service to city youth
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Content Editor mgreen@afro.com After two decades of service to the District and the City’s young people the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center (SETLC) celebrated 20 years with a jam-packed evening of entertainment that no one else in the world will ever get to experience again. On Nov. 5, […]
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Happy Birthday!: The AFRO’s oldest subscriber turns 101
By The Willoughby Family Ola Parker Willoughby was born in Reidsville, N.C., on Nov. 14, 1920. and grew up in Wilcoe, W.V. She graduated from Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C. in 1942. Mrs. Willoughby relocated to Arlington, Va. in 1946, with her late husband Sam. She worked for the U.S. Marine Corps as a civilian […]
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Honor military families and caregivers beyond the holiday
By Edna W. Cummings, Col. (Ret.) U.S. Army Army Reserve Ambassador, Maryland November launches the holiday season as a time to fellowship with families and friends by celebrating Thanksgiving and preparing for several December observances. This year, Veterans Day, Nov. 11, also marks the centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Since 1921, the […]
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Word of Life Church moves to higher heights
By Beverly Richards Special to the AFRO When the Rev. Dr. Jermaine Johnson established Word of Life Christian Community Church in 2011, he knew God was going to use him and his congregation to do wonderous things for Christ in the community. But for the past five years, in addition to fulfilling the mantle on […]
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Op-ed: Veterans Day: We said we’d never forget: Will we?
By Joseph Reagan For the first time in 20 years, we celebrate Veterans Day in relative peace. On Nov. 11, 1918, Ralph Lindsey wrote from his hospital bed in France “Armistice signed at 11 o’clock. Grand celebration all over France. War is at last over and I am still alive!” Later in life if you […]