By Jessica Dortch AFRO News Editor One of the best gifts I’ve ever received was an Amazon Kindle tablet. Now, this may not seem like a major gift, but for an avid reader like myself, it was perfect. Although I love the touch and feel of a hardback book, I wanted to go digital and […]
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Maryland Chapter of Public Relations Society of America Announces 2021 Board of Directors
BALTIMORE, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Public Relations Society of America Maryland Chapter (PRSA Maryland), the leading organization serving communications and public relations professionals in central Maryland, has announced its 2021 president, executive committee, and board of directors. The chapter elected David Marshall, Ph.D., APR as 2021 President. Marshall is professor and chair of The Department of Strategic Communication […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Michael Steele talks anti-trumpism, tells all on the ‘Boxx’
Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor and Republican National Committee Chair from 2009-2011, Michael Steele, talked Trumpism and work being done to combat it on the Dec. 3 episode of “Chicken Boxx,” an {AFRO} show on Facebook Live. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The AFRO began the show “Chicken Boxx,” to offer experts from […]
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Baltimore’s ‘Ice Queens’ thrive all year
Baltimore’s owner of Ice Queens snowball shop, 22-year old Dasia Kabia. (Courtesy Photo) By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO I don’t remember much from when I was 22-years-old. I was in college, but I don’t believe I was doing anything worth writing in a newspaper about. But, times have changed and the next generation […]
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Biden should choose Ifill for Attorney General
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com The time is nigh for Donald John Trump, perhaps the most criminal man ever to occupy the Oval Office. His legacy is chaos, corruption and death strewn throughout. But, perhaps in the end it was the ham handed attempt at a coup that was too much […]
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From the Jackson/Mitchell Files: More about our fight for freedom
Clarence Mitchell, Jr. holding first born son Clarence Mitchell III (Photo courtesy of Lisa Mitchell Sennaar) By Lisa Mitchell Sennaar On my father’s first birthday in 1940, his father wrote a letter to him that started with “My Precious Little Son, …I want you to know that from the very beginning that you were loved […]
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Wells Fargo sued for racial discrimination
Wells Fargo (Photo: Wells Fargo via AP) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com A Black real estate developer from Baltimore is the latest person to formally accuse Wells Fargo of fostering a climate of systemic racism, creating an experience for some of its patrons known as “banking while Black.” And that real estate developer, […]
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BCPS and ransomware ‘catastrophe’
Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS). (Courtesy Image/Logo) By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) continue to recover from a “catastrophic” cyber attack on its systems Dec. 9. “As pleased as we are with the progress that we’ve made so far in our recovery from the ransomware attack, especially in […]
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Attempted smear of Jill Biden, Black educators backfires
Wayne Dawkins is a writer, author and professor at Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism. (Courtesy photo) By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO On Dec. 12, the Wall Street Journal published the commentary by Joseph Epstein, “Is there a doctor in the White House? Not if you need an M.D.” Epstein, a former […]
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Scott funds give wings to HBCU visions
By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO Three of Maryland’s HBCU’s were transformed this week after receiving early Christmas gifts from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Bowie State University ($25 million), Morgan State University ($40 million) and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore ($20 million) each received multi-million-dollar gifts, much of which will go toward […]
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Morgan State Receives Largest Gift in School History from Billionairess Mackenzie Scott
President David Wilson and VP of Institutional Advancement Donna Howard participate in ceremonial signing of gift agreement. (Photos Courtesy of Morgan State University) Morgan State University Receives Historic Gift of $40M from Philanthropist Mackenzie Scott Largest Individual Donation in University History to Support Student Success Efforts, Spur Research and Further Strategic Plan Baltimore, MD — Morgan State […]
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Court ruling on DACA a relief for Marylanders ‘in limbo’
(By NextNewMedia_Shutterstock) By Kaitlyn Francis Capital News Service COLLEGE PARK, Maryland — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a program that prevents some residents brought to the United States as children from being deported, is being restored to its former, Obama-era policies after a ruling on Dec. 4 that overturned the Trump administration’s attempt to limit […]
