By The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May joined more than 2,000 people at London’s Westminster Abbey on Friday to celebrate the contribution of immigrants from the Caribbean, 70 years to the day after hundreds of West Indians arrived to help rebuild war-scarred Britain. The former troopship Empire Windrush landed in […]
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Shawn Yancy Presents 10th Girl’s Night Out Benefit
By Charise Wallace Special to the AFRO Reporter Shawn Yancy is showcasing her 2018 10th Girl’s Night Out evening of entertainment, fashion and food for a special cause, Saturday, June 23 at American University’s Kaizen Arts Center Fox 5 D.C. From 5 to 9 p.m., it will be a night to remember as Yancy will […]
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Michelle Obama’s Memoir Conveys Lessons of an Eventful Life
By CHEVEL JOHNSON, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former first lady Michelle Obama said Friday that her upcoming memoir “Becoming” is a “re-humanization effort” that shares the “ordinariness of a very extraordinary story” that she hopes will give voice to people who feel voiceless. Obama made the remarks as she helped kick off the […]
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Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Recognized as a National Treasure
By Brianna Rhodes, Special to the AFRO In honor of African American Music Appreciation Month, The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced June 19 that the childhood home of civil rights icon, musician and singer, Nina Simone, was named a National Treasure, the organization’s signature program. The non-profit partners with communities to ensure the long-term preservation […]
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Why LaVar Ball Deserves Father of the Year
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor, pgreen@afro.com You can call LaVar Ball a lot of things. Some folks have described him as “crazy” or “out of his mind.” Some have taken the opposite approach, dubbing him a calculating genius. Either could apply, given some of the outlandish comments Ball has given the media (all of which he […]
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Pride Parade Returns to Baltimore
By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO With an expanded footprint, new parade route and new events, Baltimore Pride 2018 appears poised to repeat and expand on previous successes come kickoff June 15. “Last year, we did about 30,000 people, 20 on Saturday and 10 on Sunday,” Lakesha Davis, Pride Coordinator, told the AFRO. […]
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Art Exhibit Shows Humanity of Sex Workers
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about sex workers in the District? Is it disgust or do you see them as people entitled to the same human rights and protections all Americans enjoy? On June 6, a one-day pop-up gallery at The […]
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New Book Explores Black Christian Experience in White Churches
By Nadine Matthews, Special to the AFRO Being pregnant is hard enough for any woman. Trying to write a book while you’re pregnant can feel positively unbearable. Austin Channing Brown tells the AFRO, “It was physically difficult. I was so tired. I just wanted to take a nap all the time. Trying to write when you’re […]
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Dunbar Class of 1953 Celebrating 65 Years Together!
Members of the Dunbar Sr. High School Class of 1953 recently gathered for a reunion. They are (front row), Lenora McBride, Selena Redd, Joyce Dean, Olga Norris, Florence Rice and Betty Wilson, (standing), John S. Wood, George Jackson, Sr. and Wilbur V. Sturdivant.
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Black Fathers Turn to Facebook to Strengthen Bonds
By Lisa Snowden-McCray, Special to the AFRO Matt Prestbury says when he started gathering together groups of Black fathers, it was because he was a newly-single dad, looking for other people like him. “I began to look around for outlets and opportunities to bring fathers together, and I began to create them because there wasn’t really […]
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Celebrating Black Fatherhood
By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been petrified of being a father. Between all the talk about Black men being absent from the household, being wife beaters and being unable to provide or be emotionally available to their families due to the difficulty of walking through this world […]
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After Much-Hyped Commutation, Memphis Woman Begins New Life
By ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The hype over the commutation of her life sentence by President Donald Trump at the request of Kim Kardashian West has started to die down. Now, Alice Marie Johnson turns to a much harder task: beginning a normal life outside of prison. Johnson wasted little time […]
