NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The majority of the people of the United States want better relations with Cuba, and that is the will that must prevail,” stated Chavis, who counted among […]
Category: Travel
5K Moves To National Mall
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Graduates from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) from local and regional alumni association chapters are taking over the National Mall in early […]
D.C. Sailor Deployed to Arabian Sea
On Jan. 5,Retail Services Specialist Seaman Mohamed Sesay, from Washington D.C., completed a load of laundry in ship’s laundry aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in […]
Fleeing War, Poverty, African Migrants Face Racism in Egypt
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Two Sudanese sisters, Seham and Ekhlas Bashir, were walking their children home from elementary school in a Cairo neighborhood when a group […]
AFRO Publisher Retraces Grandfather’s 1959 Trek to Cuba
By DeWayne Wickham HAVANA, Cuba – When AFRO American publisher Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper walked off JetBlue flight 503 last week into the international terminal of Cuba’s Jose Marti Airport […]
Life Through The Lens: Q&A With Geraldine Howard
By AFRO Staff During his time in the Marines, JD Howard picked up a camera and decided to visually document the places he’s been and the people he saw. Almost […]
North Dakota County May Become US’s 1st to Bar New Refugees
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Reuben Panchol was forced to leave war-torn Sudan decades ago as a child, embarking on an odyssey that eventually brought him […]
Black Eyed Peas Star Accuses Qantas Attendant Of Racism
By The Associated Press Black Eyed Peas musician will.i.am has accused a flight attendant from Australia’s national carrier Qantas of being racist and rude to him on a flight. The musician […]
Seafarers: Historic Black Yacht Club
By Jessica Dortch, AFRO Staff, jdortch@afro.com Being Black in America is hard. In the 50s and 60s, it was even harder. A group of Blacks in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area […]
Kids in Bahamas Stranded With Schools Damaged by Hurricane
By MELISSA HERNANDEZ of Fresh Take Florida news service Fresh Take Florida, a news service of the University of Florida GREAT ABACO ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — As unimaginable winds from […]
BSO Concert Season Begins
By AFRO Staff The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (BSO) and members of the Orchestra and the Musicians’ Association of Metropolitan Baltimore, a local 40-543, announced at a joint press conference […]
Kampala: The Party Capital of East Africa
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Disclaimer: In my other life I am a House Music impresario and my foundation in House was built at two legendary dance clubs: Odell’s and […]