‘Traveling While Black’ guidebooks May be Out of Print, But Still Resonate Today
By Cotten Seiler, Dickinson College
(THE CONVERSATION) In the summer of 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for the state of Missouri.
Modeled after the international advisories issued by the U.S. State Department, the NAACP...
Are Tolls Coming to the BW-Parkway?
By Hamil R. Harris, Special to the AFRO
Traveling along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and I-270 could come with a toll if President Donald Trump and Maryland Governor Larry Hogan have their way.
The U.S. Department of the...
UK Service Celebrates ‘Windrush Generation’ From Caribbean
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...
Superhero Focused Library Opens in Ward 4
By Lenore T. Adkins,Special to the AFRO
Can’t get enough of “Black Panther” and Marvel’s other exciting super heroes?
Disney Publishing Worldwide and Little Free Library have joined forces to launch a Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War-themed...
Afro Cubans Abound at Kennedy Center Festival
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO
A two-week festival at the Kennedy Center highlighting Cuba’s vibrant cultural arts scene in music, dance, visual arts, cinema, theater, fashion and other disciplines includes Cuban artists of...
D.C. Brings the Funk
By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO
It’s official: Washington, D.C. keeps it funky.
The 5th Annual Funk Parade will take place on May 12 despite concerns that the event would be cancelled. Instead of cancellation, this...
Jack Whitten, Artist as Sojourner and Refugee, on Display at BMA
By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO
Jack Whitten, the distinguished contemporary Black artist, premieres at the the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) this weekend.
“Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963-2017” features 40 works of an artist...
Tennessee Lawmakers Punish Memphis for Removing Confederate Statues
By The Associated Press
The Republican-dominated House in Tennessee voted Tuesday to punish the city of Memphis for removing Confederate monuments by taking $250,000 away from the city that would have been used for a...
Smithsonian Scholar Takes D.C. Kids Inside the Fascinating World of Cell Phones
Joshua Bell, a cultural anthropologist with the Smithsonian Institution, recently talked to students at a District of Columbia charter school about an everyday gadget that most people in the world use and how it...
New Website offers Services to Revolutionize Black Lodging Experience
Black travelers can now make lodging arrangements without fearing racial discrimination thanks to a new website called Noirbnb.
The famous house and rental sharing site, Airbnb, has faced controversy over claims by patrons of...
Fate of Annual HBCU Cuba Programs Unclear
With President Donald Trump enacting a new Cuba policy that aims to, among other things, curb tourism to the communist island, educators running journalism programs at Howard University and Morgan State University need more...
D.C. Students Travel to the Black Side of Panama
Seventeen students at National Collegiate Preparatory Public Charter High School in Southeast Washington D.C. traveled and studied in Panama as a part of their curriculum, recently.
Shannon Cox, who teaches Spanish, helped arrange the May...
