By Roger HouseWord in Black James Pierson Beckwourth is a pioneer of the American West largely erased from history lessons. Recovering his story, however, can help us to better understand current debates over historical revision versus woke education — which is to say that, if he had been White, people likely would have learned about […]
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AFRO snags Honor Roll Award for Women’s Representation
By Megan SaylesAFRO Business Writermsayles@afro.com Executive Alliance has issued its 2024 Honor Roll Award for Women’s Representation, and the AFRO has made the list for the second year in a row. In order for a company to qualify for the honor, women must hold at least 30 percent of executive leadership positions and at least […]
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Pikesville High principal accused of racist and anti-Semitic comments
By Aria Brent AFRO Staff Writer abrent@afro.com A social media post featuring an audio clip of what seems to be a high school administrator speaking ill of Black students, a Black faculty member and the Pikesville Jewish community was shared on Instagram. The audio clip was shared along with a photo of Pikesville High School principal Eric […]
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NNPA Mid-Winter Training Conference focuses on allies, the Black vote and tech
By Alexis TaylorAFRO Managing Editor The National Newspaper Publishers Association, the trade association which represents more than 240 Black publications across the nation, held their Mid-Winter Training Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Jan. 24 to Jan. 27. Publishers, editors, writers and businessmen and women from around the country gathered under the theme of empowering the […]
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Andrew Young reflects on Civil Rights Movement at Washington National Cathedral
By Deborah BaileyAFRO Contributing Editor dbailey@afro.com Seated humbly in a chair on the platform of the Washington National Cathedral, former United Nations Ambassador and Congressman Andrew Young preached extemporaneously Jan. 14. King confidante, friend, collaborator and fellow pastor, Young is among a dwindling number of activists who worked and served full time in the Civil Rights […]
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A trial in Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay’s 2002 killing is starting, and testing his anti-drug image
By Jennifer PeltzThe Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For almost two decades, the 2002 killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay stood as one of the hip-hop world’s most infamous and elusive crimes, one of three long-unsolved slayings of major rap stars. Now Jay’s case is the first of those killings to go to trial. […]
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Jim Harbaugh pushed for Michigan to hire Sherrone Moore after leaving to lead Chargers
By Larry LageAP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan is giving Sherrone Moore a shot, hoping he can sustain at least some of the success coach Jim Harbaugh had toward the end of his nine-season run with college football’s winningest program. “Jim talked effusively about Sherrone before the season, after the season and […]
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Jackie Robinson statue stolen from a Kansas park
The Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search Jan. 26 and outrage across the city of Wichita. The statue honors the first player to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947. Surveillance video was released of two […]
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South African government says it wants to prevent an auction of historic Mandela artifacts
By Mogomotsi MagomeThe Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government announced Jan. 19 it will challenge the auctioning of dozens of artifacts belonging to the nation’s anti-apartheid stalwart Nelson Mandela, saying the items are of historical significance and should remain in the country. The 75 artifacts belonging to Mandela, the country’s first democratically elected […]
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Israel defends itself at the UN’s top court against allegations of genocide in Gaza
By Mike Corder and Raf CasertThe Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Accused of committing genocide against Palestinians, Israel insisted at the United Nations’ highest court Jan. 12 that its war in Gaza was a legitimate defense of its people and that it was Hamas militants who were guilty of genocide. Israel described the […]
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DEI opponents are using a 1866 Civil Rights law to challenge equity policies in the workplace
By Anne D’Innocenzio and Alexandra OlsonAP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Opponents of workplace diversity programs are increasingly banking on a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge equity policies as well as funding to minority-owned businesses. Section 1981 of the act was originally meant to protect formerly enslaved people — […]
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A time to act: Celebrating the activists who impact the future by honoring the past
By Dr. Frances “Toni” DraperAFRO Publisher and CEO “What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,’ but you do not give […]