Driving While Black: Police Continue to Profile, Stop and Search African American Drivers
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
Two new recently published reports show that racial profiling – particularly “Driving While Black” – remains a crisis in America.
A recent report issued by Missouri’s attorney general Eric Schmitt revealed...
‘Survive, Not Enjoy’: Heat, Humidity Gripping Half the US
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans from Texas to Maine sweated out a steamy Saturday as a heat wave canceled events from festivals to horse races, chased baseball fans out of...
What do you love about Baltimore?
By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware, Special to the AFRO
No one would deny Baltimore is a city with its own unique challenges, but it is so much more than tally-marks in negative columns. Ask any Baltimorean,...
Group Grants $1.6M For Places That Are Part Of Black History
By Chevel Johnson, The Associated Press
More than $1.6 million in grants are going to 22 sites and organizations to help preserve Black history.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced the grants Friday during the 25th...
New Exhibit Traces 4 Centuries of Black History in Virginia
By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The artifacts in a new exhibit tracing four centuries of Black history in Virginia range from the painful to the poignant: leg shackles and chains used...
Island of Kauai Dotted Golf Courses
By JOHN MARSHALL
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii has some of the most beautiful and memorable golf courses in the world. And the quiet island of Kauai may have the most picturesque courses on the...
Second Black-Owned Store Opens at National Harbor
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, [email protected]
Rocky Parrish is not the kind of man who likes to ride the wave he makes them. Whether in his one time role as an outspoken sports...
Legislatively Mandated Transit Fare Increase
Single-Trip Fares to Increase by 10 Cents on Local Bus, Light RailLink, Metro SubwayLink and MobilityLink
BALTIMORE, MD (May 14, 2019) – As required by the Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013, the Maryland...
Detroit-Area Sculptor to Memorialize Civil Rights Activist
By The Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — A 23-year-old sculptor is shaping the memory of a Detroit civil rights activist who was slain in Alabama during a 1965 voting rights march.
Austen Brantley is preparing to...
Recap: Delta Day in Annapolis 2019
By Christel York, Special to the AFRO
On March 6, over 250 members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. from across the state of Maryland gathered for their annual Delta Day in Annapolis. The theme, “Sounding...
Most and Least Ethnically Diverse U.S. Cities Identified
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire National Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
With immigration reform remaining one of the most prominent political issues, suggesting that the U.S. demographic landscape may soon change, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report...
Delta Flight Attendant Now Guard’s First Black Female Pilot
By Wayne Crenshaw, The Associated Press /Telegraph of Macon
1st Lt. Andrea Lewis' mom visited her at work Feb. 6, and had good reasons to be proud.
Lewis started her aviation career as a flight attendant for...
