(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 […]
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Park Heights Renaissance hosts youth vaccination clinic
By AFRO Staff Park Heights Renaissance, in partnership with Langston Hughes Community Resource Center, Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital, Baltimore Health Department and the NAACP, hosted a youth vaccination clinic that was free and open to the public on Oct. 8. At the event, attendees over the age of 12 could receive a COVID vaccine and […]
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Two Bloomberg School faculty among 10 Johns Hopkins researchers elected to National Academy of Medicine
Health economist Darrell Gaskin focuses on health disparities; Tener Veenema works to improve public health emergency preparedness. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor Darrell Gaskin, PhD, MS, the William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy in the Department of Health Policy and Management, has been elected to the National Academy […]
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Baltimore FOP fights Mayor’s vaccine mandate
Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott’s employee COVID vaccination mandate went into effect Oct. 18. The city counts 14,000 employees on its roster, the mandate requires COVID full vaccination for every city employee or weekly COVID testing for those that refuse vaccination […]
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Local community organizations take action to prevent ‘twindemic’
By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO Park Heights, one of several communities in Baltimore City lagging in COVID vaccinations, continues its campaign. As temperatures drop and winter approaches, flu vaccinations have also become another priority. COVID infections make the infected more vulnerable to flu and vice-versa. Park Heights Renaissance, a community revitalization organization, […]