(Photo courtesy of Twitter/@RealDHHS) By Jessica Dortch AFRO News Editor The students of Digital Harbor High School saw first-hand that hard work pays off when their principal Dr. Taiisha Swinton-Buck received a special surprise on NBC’s morning show TODAY. The network’s latest series, called “Once in a Lifetime,” celebrates change-makers who are doing remarkable work […]
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Charles Street Promenade returns Saturday, 9/25 – closing Baltimore’s Main Street to cars
Pedestrian takeover kicks cars to the curb for a day of outdoor shopping, dining & strolling, from 9am – 3pm, between Saratoga Street and Mt. Royal Avenue BALTIMORE – Downtown Partnership of Baltimore announces the return of the Charles Street Promenade, a one-day closure of Charles Street that facilitates shopping, dining, and strolling without cars. The event […]
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City Schools require COVID-19 vaccine for high school athletes ahead of winter sports season
MERVO Coach Deron Harding, center, is approaching his fifth season as the head of Mervo’s boys basketball program. Harding received both doses of the COVID vaccine in February but understands why some players are hesitant to get vaccinated. (Courtesy photo) By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO Baltimore City Public Schools has announced that it […]
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Street named in honor of iconic Baltimore basketball coach Leon Howard Sr.
Leon Howard Sr., center, is an iconic Baltimore basketball coach who recently had a portion of Aisquith and Orleans Street named after him. (Photo by James Fields) By Daryl Moore Special to the AFRO Leon Howard Sr., a Baltimore basketball icon, was immortalized on Sept. 4, when a street was named after him. The signage was […]
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Percy Allen, II Obituary
Percy Allen II Percy Allen II, 80, departed this life on Sunday, September 12, 2021 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was born on April 7, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late Percy Allen Sr. and Esther Allen. Percy was a United States Air Force Veteran and first began his illustrious career in the […]
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Banneker-Douglass Museum announces grand reopening
(Photo/bdmuseum.maryland.gov) By J.K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO The Banneker-Douglass Museum (BDM), Maryland’s official museum of African-American heritage, reopened Sept.18. The festivities at the grand reopening included live music from the Legendary Future Band and a sampling of services and wares from some of Annapolis’ Black-owned businesses. The museum also opened with a new exhibit […]
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COVID survivor loses taste, smell before recovering
Charles Mullins, 43, worked in the Baltimore County Public School system and tested positive for COVID-19 in December. (Courtesy photo) By Jordan Thomas Special to the AFRO Charles Mullins, who is employed by the Baltimore County Public School system, said last December he tested positive for COVID-19. Mullins, 43, said his family showed “No reaction […]
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Grandmother hospitalized for diabetes, contracts COVID
(Courtesy photo) By Kendra Pugh Special to the AFRO During the peak of the pandemic in January, Carolyn Thomas, 77, was hospitalized for a week diabetic complications at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown, Md. Thomas’s doctors would test her for COVID-19 every day that she was there. Toward the end of her stay she tested positive. […]
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Maryland businesses incentivize COVID-19 vaccination
Ledo Pizza is one of many Maryland businesses that began offering incentives for their customers to get vaccinated. The pizza chain gave away free 8-inch cheese pizzas to people who received at least one vaccine shot during the months of May and June. (Courtesy of LedoPizza.com By Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writer Report for America […]
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Eighth grader brings attention to bullying in new book
Amber Richardson created “Mariah Gets Bullied” as a result of her witnessing one of her peers get bullied. Richardson’s debut book is now available on Amazon. (Courtesy photos) By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO When eighth grader Amber Richardson started writing the story “Mariah Gets Bullied,” she had no idea that she was starting […]
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The great divide over COVID vaccine
Frances “Toni” Murphy Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher By Frances “Toni” Draper AFRO Publisher and CEO Unless you’ve been in a deep Rip Van Winkle sleep over the past few months, I do not need to tell you that there is a great divide, especially in the Black community, over the efficacy and effectiveness of […]
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AFRO team weighs in: Did you take the shot?
Eighteen months later and we are still in the thick of a global pandemic that has claimed the lives of over 664,000 Americans. However, the most controversy centers around the COVID vaccine, even in the midst of rising cases as the virus continues to mutate. We asked members of the AFRO team and our readers […]
