By Renee Foose, Special to the AFRO At a time when women-owned businesses are among the fastest growing start-ups in the country, a pair of talented, energetic, and entrepreneurial minded teenagers have found a niche within their community and have launched a catering business specializing in gourmet cupcakes and healthy eats. Erin Bowman, 17, and her […]
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What’s the Greenprint? Ask Beyonce
By LEANNE ITALIE, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — So, what’s all that Greenprint stuff on Beyonce’s Instagram feed? Bey stirred up the beehive Thursday when she advocated plant-based living in a rare social media endorsement. It helped that she also announced to her 123 million followers a sweepstakes for lifetime concert tickets to her shows […]
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Paying for Funerals Impossible for Many Poor Families
By COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Darlene Hardison would have loved to have a funeral for her father and uncle and bury them in marked graves at a Michigan cemetery. But she and her family could come up with only enough money to have Hoover Heags and Arthur Hardison cremated, then they left […]
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`Sweetheart Gang’ Honors the Essential Black Mother
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com “Black Girl Magic” is a phrase that captures the undeniable power of Black women. But, there would be no Black Girl Magic without the Black Mommas who birthed them. Tales from the Sweetheart Gang is a lovely series of love letters celebrating miraculous Black motherhood, from the hearts of daughters […]
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Farmer Nell & Doc Cheatham: Freedom Fighters for Food Sovereignty
By Tiffany C. Ginyard, Special to the Afro “We are concerned about the constant use of federal funds to support this most notorious expression of segregation. Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in physical death. I see no alternative to direct […]
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‘The Bake’ Will Use Late Skate to Honor Dr. King’s Legacy
Late Skate at ‘The Bake’ Honoring King’s Legacy of Compassion and Cooperation By Tiffany Ginyard, Special to the AFRO (Updated 01/29/2019) – When skaters gather, 11 p.m., Jan. 19 (due to inclement weather the date was postponed to Feb. 16) at the historic Shake and Bake Center in Upton, it will be for much more than […]
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Former Ballerina’s Project Expands Perception of Black Womanhood
By Nadine Matthews, Special to the AFRO Aesha Ash had already been retired from dancing for several years when the image flashed across the television screen. A familiar wave of frustration ran through her. She was in her living room and her daughter was playing at her feet. A magazine whose cover she graced lay […]
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Soar Like an Eagle: 12 African American Teens Reach the Pinnacle of Success in The Boy Scouts
Boy Scout Troop 242, led by Scoutmaster Dameion Crook, Sr., presented the 12 African American Eagle Scouts during the Eagle Court of Honor ceremony that was held at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. His son was one of the newest Eagle Scouts, which is the cherry on the top of Scoutmaster Crook’s two years leading Boy […]
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The Government Shutdown: Another Storm for Black Farmers, Cooperatives, and Southern Rural Communities
Written by NNPA Storm-weary Southern Farmers now face fresh economic fears amid a political storm which seems to have no end in sight. While there is no worry about wind or water this time, farmers still recovering from the impacts of Hurricanes Michael and Florence are now feeling the impact of the government shutdown. Atlanta, GA- It was […]
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MD School System Raises Funds For Student Meals During Shutdown
By The Associated Press UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A Maryland school district is raising money to help provide meals for students affected by the partial government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s promised U.S.-Mexico border wall. The Washington Post reports Prince George’s County Schools interim CEO Monica Goldson announced Thursday that the community can now help pay […]
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Beef-Friendly Nebraska Eyes Regulations On The Word ‘Meat’
By GRANT SCHULTE, Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — More than four months after Missouri became the first U.S. state to regulate the term “meat” on product labels, Nebraska’s powerful farm groups are pushing for similar protection from veggie burgers, tofu dogs and other items that look and taste like real meat. Nebraska lawmakers will […]
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Freedom Trail Brings Back African-American Patriots Tours
By The Associated Press The Freedom Trail in Boston is bringing back its African-American Patriots Tours in time for Black History Month. The tours celebrate the African-American patriots who played a vital role in the start of the American Revolution in Boston. (Twitter Photo@TheFreedomTrail) The tours that start Feb. 2 are led by guides in […]
