D.C. and Digital Editor Micha Green spoke to JPMorgan Chase Executive Director of Community and Business Development Michele Lawrence on JPMorgan Chase’s deliberate work surrounding financial literacy in communities of color. (Screenshot) By Carl Thomas Special to the AFRO If you’ve been following the AFRO’s April coverage of National Financial Literacy Month, you’re already aware […]
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Cicadas emerge
A cicada nymph moves in the grass on May 1 in Frederick, Md. Within days, a couple weeks at most, the cicadas of Brood X (the X is the Roman numeral for 10) will emerge after 17 years underground. There are many broods of periodic cicadas that appear on rigid schedules in different years, but […]
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BCCC announces free textbooks for Summer 2021 classes
(Photo by Mahendra Kumar on Unsplash) (BALTIMORE – MAY 6, 2021) – Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) today, announced free textbooks for students enrolled in summer 2021 classes at the College. As part of BCCC’s continuing efforts to make college affordable, BCCC is offering free textbooks to students enrolled in summer classes for the second […]
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Mayor Brandon M. Scott announces additional $2 million funding for Baltimore City caterers, restaurants and taverns
BALTIMORE, MD (Thursday, May 6, 2021) — Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced today that Baltimore City will issue over $2 million in additional grant funding to caterers, restaurants and taverns. The funds, which were made available by the State of Maryland, are restricted to COVID-related expenses of qualifying grantees. Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) will administer […]
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Happy Mother’s Day!
Murphy Family Photo Carl Murphy’s family, one of 10 branches that form the legacy of AFRO founder John H. Murphy Sr. and his wife, Martha Howard, gathered in 1952 at his Morgan Park home to celebrate Mother’s Day. The long-time AFRO publisher and his wife, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Co-founder, Vashti Turley Murphy* are […]
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Funeral Notice – Dorothy Theresa Briscoe Mason
Dorothy Theresa Briscoe Mason mother of Rev. Dr. Cleveland T. A. Mason II, Deacon Vivian A. Glenn, Darlene Butler, Anita Mason and Eric D. Mason died on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 3:40 P.M. Services will be as follows TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2021 VIEWING 9:00 – 10:30 A.M. New Life Church 9690 Shepherd’s Creek Place LaPlata, […]
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Morgan State welcomes the return of in-person graduation, Dr. Michael V. Drake to keynote Spring Commencement
Michael V. Drake, M.D., president of the University of California (UC), Morgan State’s 144th Commencement Keynote Speaker (Photo Courtesy of University of California) Series of Ceremonies Punctuate Highly-Anticipated Return to In-Person Exercises BALTIMORE — Morgan State University President David K. Wilson announced today the selection of Michael V. Drake, M.D., president of the University of California (UC) and […]
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Elise Beatrice Harris Clarke: She never let anything stop her
Elise Beatrice Harris Clarke Elise Beatrice Harris Clarke, eldest and sole surviving child of the late Ethel Travers Harris and her husband, East Baltimore physician, Bernard Harris Sr., (for whom School #250 is named) transitioned to eternal life at her Pikesville home on Sunday, March 21, 2021, surrounded by her immediate and extended family. At […]
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Mayor Brandon M. Scott announces removal of new owner-occupied property liens from the 2021 tax sale
Mayor Takes Historic Action to Protect Baltimore Residents and Center Equity BALTIMORE, MD (Monday, May 3, 2021) — Affirming his commitment to protecting homeowners during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, Mayor Brandon M. Scott is announcing the removal of all first-time owner-occupied tax sale liens from going to the upcoming tax sale and additional resources […]
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Morgan, Bowie educators garner attention for their work
PRNEWS recognized two Maryland professors for their work in the communications field. Chair of MSU’s Department of Strategic Communications, David Marshall, took the Outstanding HBCU Educator of the Year Award, with Bowie State’s Talisha Dunn-Square receiving an honorable mention. By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Maryland is now home to two of five educators […]
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Conversations with Dr. Kaye: Abolish the damn police
Dr. Kaye Whitehead (Courtesy Photo) By Dr. Kaye Whitehead Like many of you, I counted down the moments, with both trepidation and worry, to the reading of the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. As someone who has both studied and witnessed state-sanctioned violence against the Black community, and who grew listening to my father […]
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BMA to open exhibition of recent contemporary acquisitions highlighting multi-year focus on collection diversification
BALTIMORE, MD (April 26, 2021)—The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) charted new territory in 2018 when it deaccessioned seven artworks from its contemporary holdings to create an acquisition fund for purchases of works by artists underrepresented in its collection and within broader art historical narratives. During the past three years, this fund has allowed the BMA […]
