By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. News Editor Black Lives Matter – three words have galvanized millions of people from all races, religions and cultures around the planet to spontaneously spill […]
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Alzheimer’s Association African American Town Hall on Memory Loss on June 22, 2022, at Reginald F. Lewis Museum
By The Alzheimer’s Association June 14, 2022, Towson, Md.—The Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore becomes a classroom on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, from 2 to 4 p.m., when the […]
DC Afro-Latino Festival – Intro To Summer
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO D.C. Editor The DC Afro-Latino festival at Malcolm X Park June 5, offered just the right intro to summertime in the District of Columbia. The new […]
Black-owned Célébrez en Rosé festival returns to D.C. and travels to Chicago for the first time
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com It’s time to break out your finest pink and white attire because the premier Black-owned festival for wines, […]
New exhibition inspired by the AFRO Archives opens in Paris
By Savannah Wood, Special to the AFRO Afro Charities recently celebrated the opening of Nectar, a new solo exhibition by New York based artist Xaviera Simmons in Paris, France. The […]
Civil rights exhibit on Maryland’s pivotal role to open this Spring
By Nicole D. Batey, Special to the AFRO The Maryland Center for History and Culture will open its new exhibit, “Passion and Purpose: Voices of Maryland’s Civil Rights Activists,” on […]
Baltimore native encourages Black Americans to improve physical and mental health with hiking
By Jonathan Samuel Meltzer, Special to the AFRO Justin Tucker’s days look a lot different in Spring 2022 than they did at the start of the pandemic. While many of […]
Hogan pays homage to Harriet Tubman, one of ‘Maryland’s truest heroes’
By Demetrius Dillard, Special to the AFRO In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of her birth, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has officially proclaimed 2022 as “The Year of Harriet Tubman” […]
Join the Fun at Miami Festivals & Events 2022
By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Travel Writer There are 1001 reasons to travel to Miami. Put festivals and events at the top of your list, and you also get […]
Baltimore native Ivy Wells, one of many women of color in trucking
By J.J. McQueen Special to the AFRO With a record number of female drivers flocking to the trucking industry, more women are hitting the road and leveling the playing field […]
U.N. says 22 million Ethiopians will need food aid in 2022
By The Associated Press An estimated 22 million Ethiopians will require humanitarian assistance in 2022, according to a United Nations report. Ethiopia’s already high humanitarian needs are expected to rise […]
African culture is the inspiration behind the modern art movement
By Nicole D. Batey Special to the AFRO As the largest continent in the world, encompassing 54 countries, over one billion people, and so many countless aesthetic traditions, the demand […]