James Karmel serves as the director of the Harford Civil Rights Project, a digital exhibition and mobile app that focuses on the various aspects of the civil rights movement as it relates to Harford County. (Courtesy Photo) By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Harford Community College, on Oct. 28, […]
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Baltimore Medical System awarded $1.1 million grant for relocation of Middlesex Health Center
American Rescue Plan funding will support new, larger community health center to serve low-income residents in eastern Baltimore County Baltimore (October 26, 2021) – Baltimore Medical System (BMS), the largest Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) system in Maryland, has been awarded $1,109,730 from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to support the relocation […]
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Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission approves final proposed draft maps, encourages Marylanders to create own maps, and comment on proposed Congressional, Senate, and Delegate district maps
(October 25, 2021) BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission (Citizens Commission), a balanced commission created by Governor Larry Hogan to draw fair and representative legislative and congressional district maps for the 2022 elections, will hold its final public hearing on Wednesday, October 27 at 6:00 p.m. Marylanders are encouraged to join and participate […]
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Biden in Baltimore: President doubles down on vaccine mandate, obscure on voting rights passage
President Joe Biden greets people during a break as he participates in a CNN town hall at the Baltimore Center Stage Pearlstone Theater, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO President Biden, at a one-hour town hall, Oct. 21, before Baltimore City and metropolitan area […]
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President Wilson: ‘there is no place on this campus for violence’
(Photos Courtesy of Office of Morgan State University) By AFRO Staff Students, staff and alumni flooded the campus of Morgan State University for a weekend of homecoming festivities that was unfortunately interrupted by a shooting that left one student injured. On Oct. 23, at 7 p.m., the university reported in a tweet, a student was […]
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Project to Bring Healing from Sexual Assault Behind Bars
Incarcerated women who participated in the Prisoners Too art project hug in front of the installation at a South Carolina prison. (South Carolina Department of Corrections) By Diane Bernard, Maryland News Connection BALTIMORE – This month marks the four-year anniversary of the #MeToo movement, and an art project aims to help incarcerated survivors heal by […]
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Biden ‘Preached to the Choir” in Baltimore and yet the evening had its surprises
(Photo by Ralph E. Moore Jr.) By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO #AFRONewsAtNoon President Joe Biden’s visit to Baltimore, October 21, was a big friggin’ deal for Baltimore, to borrow the phrase he excitedly whispered in President Obama’s ear regarding passage of the Affordable Care Act. Biden told that story, more on […]
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SAILS helps families navigate loss of pregnancy and stillbirths
Sadija Smiley, Founder & CEO of SAILS By Mylika Scatliffe Special to the AFRO In 1988, President Ronald Reagan designated October as Pregnancy And Infant Loss Awareness Month. Stillborn And Infant Loss Support (SAILS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping those who have lost a child or children before they draw breath. SAILS was […]
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The Moore Report: Just wondering how come the police aren’t all getting vaccinated?
Ralph E. Moore Jr. By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Reportedly, just over half of Baltimore City police officers have been vaccinated for COVID-19 as of Oct. 18. Why is that? That is, why has this set of first responders not been 100% vaccinated? That translates to about 1500 of the 2500 sworn officers on the […]
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University of Maryland’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism presents ‘Printed Hate’ series
By Deneen L. Brown Capital News Service For scores of years, newspapers printed hate, leading to racist terror lynchings and massacres of Black Americans. For decades, hundreds of White-owned newspapers across the country incited the racist terror lynchings and massacres of thousands of Black Americans. In their headlines, these newspapers often promoted the brutality of […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Attorney Ben Crump talks Henrietta Lacks injustice, current lawsuit
Attorney Ben Crump, center, holds Zayden Joseph, 6, the great-grandson of Henrietta Lacks, while standing with attorneys and other descendants of Lacks, whose cells have been used in medical research without her permission, outside the federal courthouse in Baltimore, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. They announced during a news conference that Lacks’ estate is filing a […]
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Largest donation in Morgan State University Athletics history paves way for return of Division I Collegiate Wrestling, following 24-year hiatus
(Photo Courtesy of Office of Morgan State University) By Morgan State U Endowment Funded by HBCU Wrestling and Billionaire Philanthropist Mike Novogratz Positions Morgan as the Only HBCU to Offer D1 Varsity Program BALTIMORE — Morgan State University today announced the return of competitive collegiate wrestling to its athletic programs, making Morgan the only Historically Black […]