The following is a bonus article to the articles running in the AFRO’s 5th Annual Career and Education Fair supplement. The AFRO’s Career and Education Fair will be held on September 25 from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. at The Forum Caterers, 4210 Primrose Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. By Carl Thomas, Special to the AFRO 368. That’s the […]
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D.C. Summit to Focus on Maternal, Infant Health
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has invited mayors and leaders from all over the country to descend on the District for her inaugural mayoral Maternal and Infant Health Summit, a Sept. 12 event that will center on the disproportionally high rates of maternal mortality among Black women locally and […]
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Book Explores How to be Emotionally Free
By Ariel Medley, Special to the AFRO When we think of emancipation, we think of freedom. But what about the emancipation of our emotional barriers? When faced with life’s difficulties, how do we summon the courage and strength to move on? These questions, and others, are the focus in Dr. Dee Carroll’s first book, Emotional Emancipation: […]
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Ubiquitous Women’s Expo Celebrates Black Beauty
By Charise Wallace, Special to the AFRO The 5th annual Ubiquitous Women’s Expo brought women and men of color together in Washington, D.C., for a weekend of entertainment and knowledge about everything that represents “Black Girl Magic.” Hundreds of women and men stopped by the Walter E. Convention Center on Aug. 25 and 26 to experience […]
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Virginia Ali, Owner of Ben’s Chili Bowl, Embraces 60 Years of Change
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO For decades, Ben’s Chili Bowl owner Virginia Ali ate a beef hotdog daily that she slathered with mustard, onions and of course, the restaurant’s famous chili. But nine years ago, when Ali turned 75 and the doctor told her she was at risk of having a stroke because […]
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In Franklin’s Anthems, Women Heard an Empowering Message
By JOCELYN NOVECK, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aretha Franklin never saw herself as a feminist heroine. That, she quipped, was Gloria Steinem’s role. But she leaves a legacy of indelible anthems that resonated deeply with women by celebrating their strength and individuality — and demanding, well, just a little respect. “I don’t […]
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A Diva Far Beyond Her Disability
By Hamil R. Harris, Special to the AFRO Donna Walton, the epitome of beauty, charm, and grace, is mobilizing generations who refuse to be defined by anatomy or physical realities. At the age of 18, Walton was a dancer and a sophomore in college with big dreams of making it to Hollywood. Even when she was […]
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Solar Program Sparks Residents Job Prospects
By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO In a week the District of Columbia will add a new cohort of Solar Installers to the growing number of residents entering an in demand industry. Solar Works DC has partnered with GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic for the first year of a low-income solar installation and job training program […]
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Women Entrepreneurs Work to Empower One Another
By Brigette White, Special to the AFRO, bwhite@afro.com The Woman Behind the Business (WBB) hosted their networking takeover at Spa Logic on July 19, in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Northwest, Washington, D.C.. The WBB is a non-profit organization dedicated to the support and success of women in business across America and the world. Women Behind […]
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Falsely Accused Black College Students Get Apology
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The city manager and police chief in a suburban St. Louis town apologized Thursday to a group of Black college students after police wrongly accused them of a dine-and-dash and used several squad cars to escort them back to a restaurant. Washington University in St. Louis. (Courtesy Image/Logo) Clayton […]
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AFRO’s Sean Yoes Pens New Book Chronicling Influential “Race and Politics” Column
By Stephen Janis, Special to the AFRO In his “Race and Politics” column, Sean Yoes, has chronicled many of the difficult challenges and tragedies over the last three years in Baltimore since the death of Freddie Gray and the subsequent uprising in April 2015. He has compiled more than 50 of those commentaries in his new […]
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Black Male Yoga Initiative Helps Heal Young Brothers One at a Time
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com I spent most of my birthday (July 1) weekend at a “no tech Yoga retreat” at the Bar-T Mountainside Summer Camp, in Urbana, Maryland. For those who know me well, the sight of me at a Yoga retreat is an antithetical narrative; for decades I eschewed the practice of Yoga […]