Naja and Greogory Brown, founders of the Land of Kush. (Courtesy photo) By Michelle Richardson AFRO Arts & Entertainment Writer Maryland’s first-ever Restaurant Week kicked off last week and there is one restaurant participating that has set out to change minds and capture taste buds. The Land of Kush, Baltimore’s only vegan-soul food restaurant is […]
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City Council Gets ‘In the Dirt’
Baltimore City Council President clearing trash at the intersection of Sidney Avenue and Manokin Street, Westport. (Courtesy Photo) By J.K. Schmid Special to the AFRO Activists, volunteers and City Council representatives gathered for a Westport community cleanup on Sept. 19. “It’s a cold Saturday morning,” Keisha Allen, acting president of Westport Community Association, said of […]
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Jackson vs. Mahomes
Baltimore Ravens quarterback, Lamar Jackson (l) and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (r). (AP Photo/Annie Rice and Julio Cortez) By AFRO Staff The Baltimore Ravens will host the Kansas City Chiefs for one of the biggest showdowns of their regular season. The Ravens will face off the defending Super Bowl Champions on prime time […]
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#HBCUMonth: Students Urge Their Peers to Get Involved, Vote
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com While college campuses might look a bit different this year, September marks the celebration of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) month and Sept. 20- Sept. 24 is National HBCU Week. This conference was planned under the White House Initiative on HBCUs. However, even when the glitz of […]
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What’s Your Voting plan?
By AFRO Staff Most of us know the importance of planning. We are told by our relatives and friends; if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Let’s not fail when it comes to the vote. Not this vote in this upcoming General election when the lack of effort is sure to reelect this […]
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Harriet Tubman Grove Makes Its Mark in Wyman Park Dell
The park where a Confederate monument once stood has now been officially renamed after Harriet Tubman. (Courtesy of Twitter @LewisMuseum) By Reginald Allen II AFRO Business Writer Cailin McGough and the Friends of Wyman Park Dell made Harriet Tubman Grove official by dedicating the space centered on the former abolitionist and slave. McGough, president of […]
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Op-Ed: The Roost Tribute
(Courtesy Photo) By Keyia Yalcin When I think about The Roost (aka Lake Trout), which was located on Reisterstown Road for over 25 years, the first things that come to mind are the lines. They always stretched around the side of the building, but people willingly waited. I would argue that folks waited for a […]
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Award-Winning Black Journalists Launch News And Social Justice Podcast With Inaugural Episode On The Breonna Taylor Case
The Rev. Carl L. Washington Sr., founding pastor, St. Timothy’s Christiann Baptist Church. (Courtesy Photo) New York, NY (Wednesday, September 23, 2020) Four-time Emmy Award winning journalist Mara Schiavocampo, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Wesley Lowery, and former magazine editor and sportswriter Keith Reed have announced the launch of a news and social justice podcast entitled […]
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Morgan State University Serves Baltimore Voters As 2020 Early Voting and Election Day Voting Center
(Photos Courtesy of Morgan State University) Morgan State University Designated As 2020 Early Voting and Election Day Voting Center University to Serve as One of Only Eight Early Voting Sites and One of 24 Election Day Voting Locations in Baltimore City BALTIMORE — As part of an effort to expand access to voting this fall, the Baltimore […]
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Tech Solutions Address Justice, Blight and Youth Workforce
Nneka Nnamdi, founder and CEO of Fight Blight Bmore. (Courtesy Photo/fightblightbmore.com) By AFRO Staff Three HACK Baltimore teams have been selected for the 2020 AccelerateBaltimore cohort. Five companies in total have been selected to participate in its AccelerateBaltimore 2020 program, each receiving $50,000 in seed funding from the Abell Foundation. The three HACK Baltimore teams […]
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Morgan State Wins Ford HBC Challenge
Morgan State University’s Food Resource and Expanded Shuttle for Healthy Living Year-round (FRESHLY) Program secures first place in the Ford HBC-You Mobility Challenge for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Talladega College wins second place and $10,000 to produce raised sidewalks with truncated domes that assist the visually impaired in partnership with the Alabama Institute […]
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SBLC Appoints Sid Wilson Executive Director
Sid Wilson (Courtesy Photo) Baltimore, Md., — SBLC, a Baltimore nonprofit that for 30 years has provided adults with functional literacy, life skills training, career preparation services and several pathways to a high school diploma, has appointed Sid Wilson as executive director. Wilson’s professional background includes expertise in workforce development, education, individual and corporate relationship […]