By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor In yet another social media moment invoking race in America, President Donald Trump retweeted a video of a supporter heard yelling, “White power!” The tweet displayed a video of a parade of supporters of the President riding golf carts through a retirement community in Florida called “The Villages.” […]
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Former Cop Who Placed Knee On Black Woman’s Neck Booked For Misconduct (video)
By N. Ali Early Another incident of police brutality against an African American has surfaced. According to the Miami Herald, Safiya Satchell was sitting in her Mercedes SUV when she was approached by an off duty police officer who was working as security for a strip club in the immediate proximity of the incident, which occurred on Jan. 14. Satchell […]
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Baltimore Mayor’s Race: Candidates Shift Strategies in Crisis
By Stephen Janis and Taya Graham Special to the AFRO The novel coronavirus pandemic may have shut down the city and postponed the mayoral primary, but inevitably Baltimore will have to choose a new mayor. Gov. Larry Hogan has moved the primary to June 2nd, as part of statewide curtailing of any activity that would […]
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Senate Passes Coronavirus Rescue Package On Unanimous Vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a mammoth $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented response amid record new jobless claims and mounting evidence that the economy is in a recession. The unanimous Senate vote late Wednesday came despite misgivings on both sides about […]
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Charter, Comcast Offer Free Internet to Students
By Black Press USA As many Southland educational institutions are closing as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a pair of internet providers today announced plans to provide free internet to households with students. Charter and Comcast announced March 13 that they would offer 60 days of complimentary broadband to homes with K-12 or college […]
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Barrier Breaking Bishop Dies at 89
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com In the middle of Women’s History Month, the Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris, a barrier-breaking heroine, the first woman to be ordained and consecrated a Bishop in the global Anglican Communion, died, March 13, in Lincoln, Massachusetts, following a hospitalization in Boston. She was 89. The Rt. Rev. […]
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The Demolition of Gilmor Homes Underway
By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO There’s no horizon from the center of Gilmor Homes. Brick apartment blocks stretch out in every direction. There’s a park in the center. The picnic tables lie ruined. Rusty nails stick up out of the grass from the planks that used to be benches. A sapling tree has […]
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Hughley Brings “The Funny” To IMPROV
By M.P. Stone, Contributing Editor, Texas Metro News D.L. Hughley truly did “bring it” this past weekend at the Addison Improv and he brought four more of the funniest men on the planet with him. It was non-stop, wall to wall, head-shaking, hands in the air, gut-busting laughter in the house from the moment the […]
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Toni Braxton Is In the Holiday Spirit with Lifetime Movie
By GARY GERARD HAMILTON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Toni Braxton has been nominated for Grammys again for her latest album, but these days the singer is also focusing on acting — and flexing her producing muscles. “I find that I really love everything about film and film-making,” the multiplatinum-singer said in a recent interview. […]
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Toppled Trees, Swift Water, Have Killed Many During Florence
By The Associated Press Florence — which was once a hurricane and now is a tropical depression — is being blamed for at least 32 deaths in the Carolinas and Virginia. 25 were in North Carolina. Officials in those states are still worried about what’s to come, because it’s still raining and rivers are swelling. […]
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Racism Quickly Becomes an Issue in Florida Governor’s Race
By The Associated Press Racism immediately became an issue in the Florida governor’s race Wednesday as both nominees made predictions: The Democrat said voters aren’t looking for a misogynist, racist or bigot, while the Republican said voters shouldn’t “monkey this up” by choosing his African-American opponent. Only hours after their primary election victories, Tallahassee Mayor […]
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Meet Josiah Henson, the Former Slave Who May Have a Maryland School Named After Him
By Kamau High, AFRO Managing Editor, khigh@afro.com The president of the Montgomery Council is trying to change the name of a school in North Bethesda to that of a former slave, who was the basis for the main character in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Montgomery County Council President Hans Riemer and Catherine Leggett, the first lady of Montgomery […]
