Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Moments before three guilty verdicts in the trial of disgraced former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin came down and exaltation erupted across the country, in Columbus, Ohio 16-year old Ma’Khia Bryant was fighting for her life. It only took seconds for her to lose that fight. […]
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Megan Sayles to join AFRO staff in June
Megan Sayles (Courtesy Photo) By Rev. Dorothy Boulware AFRO Managing Editor The AFRO is thrilled to welcome Megan Sayles, a Report for America journalist, who will come on board, June 1, to cover the business beat. She’s graduating in May from the University of Maryland with dual undergraduate degrees in multi platform journalism and government […]
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Light at the End of the Tunnel
By Mylika Scatliffe, Special to the AFRO The Covid 19 global pandemic was declared in March 2020. Since then, America has seen over 500,000 of its citizens die from Covid. Vaccines rolled out in record time for emergency use; those 16 & over and are currently being tested for children as young as 6 months. […]
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Spare the bullets and save the child
(By Lightspring_Shutterstock) By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO When a stray bullet struck and killed three year old McKenzie Elliott on August 1, 2014 as she played on her mother’s porch, Baltimore was in shock. Then-Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called it a “very, very painful time in our city.” Terrell Plummer, age 29, […]
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Op-ed: Finishing The Road Paved
By Brittany Young If you watched Lovecraft Country this summer, you might have wondered why the woman riding her motorcycle on the side of Tik’s car was significant. That woman was Bessie Stringfield: the first Black woman inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame, the beauty behind what we now call stunt riding, and the […]
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In advance of Fall Semester, Morgan State requires students, faculty & staff to receive full vaccination
(Photo Courtesy of Office of Morgan State University) President David Wilson to Form Vaccination Management Team to Oversee Campus-wide Effort BALTIMORE — Morgan State University President David K. Wilson today announced the University’s Board of Regents supported-decision to require all faculty, staff and students to have received a full vaccination by August 1, 2021, before the start […]
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Number of civilian gun applications approved in Md. increases
One of the several display cases with some of the handguns available for purchase at United Gun Shop in Rockville, Maryland, in April 2021. (Photo Credit: Jonathan Bennett) BY JACOB STEINBERG Capital News Service Annapolis Bureau From 2019 to 2020, the number of approved applications for Maryland civilians licensed to buy or own a regulated […]
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COVID-19 deaths, illnesses and a ‘she-session’
The following stories were written by Morgan State University multimedia journalism students The coronavirus brought on a year of death and illness, plus another trauma, an economic “she-session.” American women have been disproportionately hobbled in the workplace. Women held 55% of the jobs lost in the wake of COVID-19, reported The Hill last May, just […]
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Gordon: `She should resign…’
During an interview with the AFRO, prominent Baltimore defense attorney J. Wyndal Gordon (left) called for the resignation of Baltimore City Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming because he said, “she has cast a dark cloud over her agency.” By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com On April 16, standout Baltimore defense attorney J. Wyndal Gordon […]
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Maryland ranks fourth for worst robocalls
(By Massimo Vernicesole_Shutterstock) By Nicole Batey Special to the AFRO Have you ever received a call from someone claiming that you need to renew your car warranty? The problem is you no longer even own that vehicle. You, my friend, have just received a robocall. A spam robocall is an unsolicited call to your phone […]
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First Nigerian contestant on American Idol is MSU alum
Funmike Lagoke is an alumnae of Morgan State University and first Nigerian woman to compete on American Idol in the show’s history. (Courtesy photo) By Cara Williams Special to the AFRO Being a member of the Morgan State choir for four years and earning a Bachelor of Arts in music is a significant accomplishment. But, […]
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BPD sued after chase ends in death of innocent driver
(By EVA CARRE_Shutterstock) By AFRO Staff The mother of a 28-year-old Baltimore man who ultimately died after his car was struck by a stolen vehicle being chased by Baltimore Police in March, is suing the city. Rowena Simmons sued the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) on behalf of her son Darius Gore, 28, who died April […]
