By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The traditional White House gingerbread house isn’t exactly a house this year. It’s a massive, sugary replica of the entire National Mall. The pastry creation — featured at Monday’s unveiling of the White House holiday decorations — required 225 pounds of dough, 25 pounds of chocolate and 20 […]
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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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Tutu Awards Prize to US School Shooting Survivors
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A group of young Americans who campaigned against gun violence after surviving a deadly shooting at their Florida school have received a prize from former South African archbishop Desmond Tutu. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, left awards the Children’s Peace Prize to students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High who campaigned against gun violence, from […]
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Time for France to Give Back Looted African Art, Experts Say
By ANGELA CHARLTON, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — African artworks held in French museums — richly carved thrones, doors to a royal kingdom, wooden statues imbued with spiritual meaning — may be heading back home to Africa at last. French President Emmanuel Macron, trying to turn the page on France’s colonial past , received a […]
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Black Chef Says, ‘This Industry Isn’t Easy For Folks Like Us’
By Lenore T. Adkins, AFRO Contributor Jerome Grant, executive chef of Sweet Home Café, the popular restaurant inside the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, has some simple advice when it comes to achieving success as a Black chef: know your stuff. That means understanding the business side of the food industry, how […]
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DCPS Students Throw Down
By Lenore T. Adkins, AFRO Contributor Taahir Kelly may be a track star at Roosevelt High School, but nothing makes his face light up more than when he’s talking about all the cooking he’s done at the school through his culinary arts classes. The high school senior is just one of 300 kids from the D.C. […]
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Wall Delivers DC Residents Thanksgiving Turkeys Through Bright Beginnings
By MARK F. GRAY, AFRO Staff Writer The most successful point guards in the NBA are driven to deliver. They make the team around them better setting them up for success even when the team is not at its best and they aren’t playing at full strength. Despite an ailing quadricep that made it difficult to […]
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Meet Lewis T. Powell, Award-winning Actor/Director, Celebrity Master Barber
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Lewis T. Powell is a celebrated celebrity master barber, award-winning actor, director, producer, and screen writer. Marking his 15th year in Hollywood Lewis, originally a native of Washington, DC and a master barber by family trade, his father a barber of 47 years, along with 17 barbers in his extended family, started […]
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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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Airbnb Offers More than Just a Place to Stay
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia After more than a decade in business, Airbnb has gone beyond being recognized as just a worldwide accommodations platform that folks use as an alternative to hotels. The company was founded in 2008 by Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nate Blecharczyk; it’s very first listing was Chesky […]
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Only Black Woman-Owned Beef Jerky Manufacturer in the Country is a Supplier for the NFL, MLB and NASCAR
Jachin, AL (BlackNews.com) — Marjorie’s Beef Jerky is currently shipping to Major League Baseball teams (including to Cincinnati Reds pitcher, Amir Garrett, who loves the products) and NASCAR. In addition, the Black woman-owned company also received a major order to supply products to NFL training camps. The brand, launched by African American entrepreneur Michelle Timberlake, […]
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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 […]
