(NEW YORK, /PRNewswire/)– SiriusXM today announced that talk radio host Joe Madison will broadcast live from the historic dedication of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on September 24, 2016. Talk radio host Joe Madison. (Courtesy Photo) Special celebrity guests from the worlds of sports, entertainment, and politics are expected to […]
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2nd Night of Violent Protests over Charlotte Police Shooting
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Violent protesters rampaged through parts of downtown Charlotte as anger continued to build over the deadly police shooting of a Black man and the wildly different stories about what happened from authorities and the victim’s family and neighbors. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency Wednesday night in […]
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Baltimore Business Aims to Help Seniors Live their Lives
Savvy Senior Shopper CEO and Owner, Katasha Smart, started a personalized senior assisting service to assist the elderly in Baltimore in their homes with everyday tasks. “When seniors get to a certain age they can’t thrive as well in a nursing home,” Smart told the AFRO. “When they live somewhere all their lives and get […]
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LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
“See the curtains hangin’ in the window, in the evenin’ on a Friday night. A little light a-shinin’ through the window, lets me know everything is alright. Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind. See the paper layin’ in the sidewalk, a little music from the house next door. […]
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George Clinton on the Mothership, the Smithsonian — and Funk
The Mothership is the space vehicle of George Clinton aka Mr. Funkenstein and his wingmen of Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication. As part of the Parliament-Funkadelic theory, it existed as a fictional vehicle of funk arrival to engage fans who were down with the P-Funk movement. After the success of his hit “Chocolate City,” Clinton said, the Mothership was […]
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Mendelson Re-Shuffles Council for White’s Entrance
Vincent Orange’s Aug. 15 resignation from the D.C. Council has resulted in several changes – the selection of Robert White to finish his term and a change in the Council’s committee structure. Orange was defeated in the June 14 Democratic Party at-large primary by Robert White, an activist who lives in the Brightwood section of […]
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Artifact from Historic Black Church Transported to D.C. for Obama, Museum Honor
The opening of the Smithsonian African American History Museum signals a merging of the historic with the modern. Nothing ushers in that reality more than President Barack Obama ringing the bell of the first Black Baptist church at its inaugural ceremony. But first, the bell, located at Williamsburg, Virginia’s First Baptist Church, faced a gentle […]
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Howard University Hospital Nets $4 Million Surplus
Howard University Hospital is in the black with a $4 million surplus after years of struggling to operate and be profitable. On Sept. 20 at the Founders Library, Howard University President Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick announced that the hospital is going through a significant financial and operating rebound. The hospital is operating with a solid […]
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Role of Grandfamilies Cements Black Togetherness
Ingrid Holloway still remembers fondly arriving in D.C. in the 1960s after days of traveling on the Greyhound Bus from Shelby, Miss., the home of her grandparents. Barely fifteen, Holloway left behind an infant son – the product of a sexual assault – and many of the bad memories associated with poverty, Jim Crow, and […]
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Del. Barnes Sets Up Citizen’s Police Task Force
Maryland Del. Darryl Barnes wants to make sure Prince George’s County doesn’t have incidents like those in Ferguson, Mo., New York City, and Baltimore where unarmed Black men were killed by the police, so he called a community meeting to discuss police-community relations. Del. Darryl Barnes represents District 25 in the Maryland House of Delegates. […]
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Building Men of Character in Baltimore
In the early 1980s, a dark plague of drugs and violence re-emerged and fast became the norm in many inner-city neighborhoods throughout the country. Baltimore was no different, reminiscent of the 1960’s and 70’s heroin epidemic; young African American males bore most of the brunt of this resurgence in the continuing saga of life in […]
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Rev. Erroll D. Gilliard, Pastor at Greater Harvest Baptist Church, Dies at 58
(Updated 9/23/2016) The Rev. Errol D. Gilliard Sr., pastor of Greater Harvest Baptist Church and president of the Baptist Minister’s Conference of Baltimore and Vicinity, died Sept. 17. The cause of death was not known at press time. Gilliard, a son of Baltimore, served as Pastor of Greater Harvest Baptist Church for more than 30 […]