By Aria Brent AFRO Staff Writer abrent@afro.com Carver Vocational Technical High School has been training their students to excel in both career and collegiate settings for nearly a century. Now, a local organization is helping the historic school further prepare their students for greatness. Requity, a non-profit organization rooted in promoting sustainable community development, is aimed at […]
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Maryland Chamber Foundation’s externship program fosters collaboration between local businesses and educators to better expose students to livable wage careers
By Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writermsayles@afro.com This July, roughly 23 local public school educators are set to participate in the Maryland Chamber Foundation’s Teacher Externship Program. The four-week program, running from July 10 to Aug. 4, pairs high school teachers and counselors with leading Maryland businesses for hands-on learning experiences in industries associated with classroom […]
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Teens Make History With 3rd Consecutive Win at Harvard Debate Competition
Nationwide via Blacknews.com — For the third year in a row, a team of African American students known as The Atlanta Great Debaters, defended and won the championship title for the international Harvard debate competition. Held virtually this year because of COVID-19, they competed against students from more than 25 countries. According to 11 Alive, […]
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Wallace Announces Independent Campaign for Mayor
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com The process of counting the votes to determine who the Democratic nominee to be the next Mayor of Baltimore officially begins with the primary election on June 2. But, earlier this week a Maryland businessman declared his intention to challenge the Democratic nominee who emerges in November. On […]
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DCIAA Review: Gonzaga Beats Wilson For DC State Title
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com The D.C. State Athletic Association Class AA boys’ basketball championship game gave Wilson High School a chance to erase the memory of a heartbreaking loss in the DCIAA championship game to Theodore Roosevelt a week earlier. The veterans who remained from last year’s team were playing in […]
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Poly Teams Win City Titles
By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO After its boys and girls basketball teams were once again victorious in the city championships, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute continues to reign as a basketball powerhouse. Engineers’ forward Justin Lewis, a nationally ranked prospect, finished with team highs of 27 points and 10 rebounds, and guard Brandon Murray chipped […]
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High School Basketball: This Season at a Glimpse
By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO The 2019-20 basketball season proved that Baltimore City is home to one of the richest sports cultures in the region, and the highly competitive atmosphere between programs has led to yet another exhilarating year. As the regular season comes to an end, we've rounded up the city’s best […]
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Oblate Sisters of Providence
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr., Special to the AFRO The Oblate Sisters of Providence are celebrating 190 years of service this year and are still going strong. I first met them in 1957, and I am proud to be associated with these great women, religious in one way or another, ever since. The Oblate Sisters of […]
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Riverdale Baptist Wins Another Baseball Championship
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com For as much success as the Riverdale Baptist high school baseball program has enjoyed over the past 40 years, this year’s championship may have been its most significant. Their 7-4 win over Southern Maryland Christian Academy to win the Maryland Independent School Athletic League Championship was more […]
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Graves Blends Teams At Riverdale Baptist
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com In an alternate universe, Riverdale Baptist first-year baseball coach Aaron “Hercules” Graves has made a name for himself mixing beats as a national satellite radio host. But now as the leader of a famed program in Prince George’s County, he blended a group of high school and middle school players […]
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37 D.M.V. High School Students Receive $2,500 UNCF Scholarship
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) continued to celebrate its 75th anniversary this week by giving away 37 scholarships, worth $2,500 each, to D.M.V. students who will be attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the fall. The scholarship news was a surprise to students, who convened at the […]
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Baltimore Students March Against Gun Violence
Hundreds of students from area high schools walked out of their classrooms today and took to the streets of East Baltimore to protest gun violence. Students from schools including Paul Laurence Dunbar High School and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute marched down Fayette St., to City Hall in the spirit of the protests that have erupted around […]