By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent Twenty years ago, Christy Lee Shockley was a single mother living in a shelter and unable to keep a job. The trauma she had experienced in her childhood caught up to her and she needed support to realize her potential. In 1998, Christy saw her chance and bravely enrolled in […]
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Dear Black People: Adoption is a Great Option
By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., NNPA Newswire Entertainment and Culture Editor November was National Adoption Awareness Month, which came about as an effort to encourage families to consider adopting children in the foster care system. First introduced in 1976 by then Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis as National Adoption Week, who wanted to help find forever […]
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New YouTube Show Entertaining and Educating LGBTQ Youth
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Advocates for Youth, a national non-profit focusing on young people’s sexual reproductive health and rights, is providing fun-filled entertainment packed with a lesson particularly targeting LGBTQ youth, through the new YouTube show “Kikis with Louie.” “Kiki,” a common term used in the Queer community, is normally a conversational session […]
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AFRO Editorial Cartoonist’s Work on Display in D.C.
By Renee Foose, Special to the AFRO Fifty years ago, following the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., his wife, Coretta Scott King, founded the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change to continue his legacy of campaigns for civil rights and social justice. The tumultuous events in 1968 shaped the thinking and focus of a young artist […]
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Building the Faith on a Firm Family Foundation
By Jacquinette D. Murphy, North Dallas Gazette Contributing Writer “I have the BEST job in the world!” Apostle Herman L. Murray recently declared these words to the congregation of the Full Gospel Holy Temple Churches, Incorporated. They were celebrating 57 years of ministry. This 41-year-old has led the ministry for the last seven years and […]
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The Comprehensive Guide to Sleep Deprivation: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Submitted to the AFRO by YooHealth It has been stated that 1 in 3 adults in the USA is not getting enough sleep, and this is a problem. Sleep deprivation can cause a whole range of negative things, from accidents at work to health conditions that can permanently affect you. As a result, it is […]
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TV One Launches a Channel for Millennial and Gen X Women of Color
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com In January young women of color will have a channel dedicated to them, brought to audiences through TV ONE’s new station, CLEO TV. Named after Queen Cleopatra, millennials and members of Generation X (Gen X’ers) will have a station to turn to for reliable lifestyle and entertainment content, in […]
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Korean War Veteran Gets a New Home
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com After years of struggling in poverty and living in a dilapidated house, Pfc. Thomas Pressley, who served in the Korean War, received a particularly special Veterans Day gift- a renovated home. A North Carolina native, Pressley was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1951, and served in the 75th […]
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Two Female Entrepreneurs Open First Breast Cancer Boutique in the DMV
By Lauren Poteat, Special to the AFRO Revolutionizing the look of breast cancer, two Black female entrepreneurs are preparing to open the region’s first medical custom prosthetics and lingerie store of its kind. Dedicated to women who have experienced breast cancer, Cherry Blossom Intimates, located at 9201 Woodmore Center Drive Suite 426 Glenarden, Md., will open its doors Oct. […]
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Harvard Opens Door to Gullah Language and Culture to Seventh Graders
Special to the AFRO by Renee Foose Gullah/Geechee represents a small population of African Americans living in the coastal low country of South Carolina, Georgia and Northeastern Florida. Gullah/Geechee represents not only a people, but a language and a culture that have survived in original form for more than 300 years. With origins dating back […]
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An Intimate Evening with Angela Davis
By Brianna McAdoo, Special to the AFRO In the spirit of “inspiring social change,” Washington D.C.’s very own Busboys and Poets on K Street Northwest welcomed the legendary activist, author and scholar Angela Davis, Oct. 11, with an intimate conversation with Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman. An energetic Busboys server, doubled as the emcee for “An Evening […]
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Schools Celebrate Male Role Models with `Million Father March’
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO Fathers, grandfathers and male caretakers of all backgrounds are invited to step to the front of the line and bring their children to school September 28. Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS) will join school systems across the nation to celebrate the national Million Father March. “The Million Father March […]