(Black PR Wire) — When Dr. Lycurgus L. Muldrow went to college, he was reading at a 7th-grade level. He’d dealt with health issues as a kid, and like many Black students, he found himself underserved by his school system, despite both of his parents serving as faculty members at historically Black colleges and universities. […]
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In Memoriam: Our Hero Chadwick Boseman
In addition to acting and producing, Boseman was also an activist and philanthropist supporting social justice initiatives like Michelle Obama’s #WhenWeAllVote and celebrating fellow Bison Kamala Harris’ history making selection as the Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee for the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, which was his last Twitter post before his death. (Photo: Chadwick Boseman speaking at […]
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Morgan Receives $250K IMLS Grant to Support Special Library Collection Research
Morgan State University Receives Grant of Nearly $250,000 to Support Research of Pioneering Black Anthropologist Ellen Irene Diggs Personal Papers of the Late Morgan Faculty Great Provide Humanities Education, Career Experience for Students BALTIMORE — The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded Morgan State University (MSU) a one-year, $248,551 grant to implement a comprehensive interpretive […]
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Howard University Remembers Chadwick Boseman
The world continues to mourn Howard University’s own Chadwick Boseman after his untimely death on Aug. 28. Boseman was best known for his iconic performances as James Brown in Get On Up!, Jackie Robinson in 42, Thurgood Marshall in Marshall and Prince T’Challa in Marvel’s Black Panther. Fans and friends of the late Boseman await […]
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Black National Convention Reveals Black National Agenda
By AFRO Staff Aug. 28 is a significant day in Black history for many reasons. On Aug. 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally murdered by lynching, marking a pivotal moment for the civil rights movement; on Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech at the March […]
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Highest Black Covid-19 Death Rates in Counties, Data Shows
By Joshua Moore #AFROCoversCOVID The coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. It affects people of all ages and nationalities, however, patterns indicate that Black people are more at risk than other ethnicities. According to the COVID Data Tracker, Black people are dying 2 and a half times the rate of White people. For every 100,000 Black persons, 81 […]
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MSU Student-Athlete Dies in Accident
By Reginald Allen II Special to the AFRO As if the COVID-19 pandemic was not enough, the Morgan State University community lost another student this year. Jordan Cofield, 20, a multi-sport student-athlete at the Baltimore campus, died in a motorcycle accident on Interstate-795 in Owings Mills, Md. on Aug. 22. With this loss comes somber […]
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VIDEO: Howard University President’s COVID Cure
Doc’s prescription for America is stay home, get tested and keep your social distance. By Mark Gray Howard University President Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick, who is also a physician, has a preliminary diagnosis for America’s condition while fighting the coronavirus. “I would say the patient is critically ill, but it is a treatable disease if you follow the […]
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MSU Loses Promising Student Athlete in Motorcycle Accident
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Jordan Cofield was rising from the shadows as a Morgan State student who was making a name for himself as an athlete last spring. Now as the university prepares for fall classes Cofield’s memory only remains following a tragic motorcycle accident that claimed his life on Aug. […]
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Local Athletes Embrace ‘Fair Pay to Play’ Concept
By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO From the days of Wilt Chamberlain and Lou Alcindor in the 60s, Michigan’s Fab 5 and UNLV’s Runnin’ Rebels of the 90s and the Zion Williamsons of today, the long-held debate over whether college athletes should be paid is moving from a mere conversation to an actuality. Several […]
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Family, Friends Celebrate Life of `Binx’ Watts
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com Rodney “Binx” Watts, a beloved Baltimore golf legend, as well as an entertainment lawyer in Los Angeles, died on August 7, due to complications from COVID-19. He was 75. Watts, the son of pioneering legal figure, Judge Robert Watts, who worked with Thurgood Marshall, was the first Black […]
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Coppin President First to be Tested for COVID, Kicking-Off Free COVID-19 Testing
Coppin State University President Anthony Jenkins being COVID tested by nurse and CSU 2004 (BSN) and 2008 (MSN) graduate Darlene Hinds-Jackson, DNP, RN. Cars lined up to free COVID-19 testing for Coppin State University faculty, staff and students. Jeremy Andrews, a CSU plumber, gets tested. Joseph Manu, CSU junior and track team member, takes COVID […]
