By AFRO Staff This Labor Day weekend, the Love Groove Music Festival is back for its third annual music extravaganza. Due to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions, the festival will transition to a virtual backdrop featuring eight local artists over a two day period. Founded in 2017, this showcase aims to bring all genres of music […]
Category: Baltimore News
Posted inCoronavirus
Maryland Governor Authorizes All State Schools to Reopen As Pandemic Continues
By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Just one week after hitting a milestone for decreased coronavirus cases, Governor Larry Hogan has authorized all schools to reopen in Maryland. The authorization was released with economic data, COVID-19 statistics, and the announcement of an additional $10 million in grant funds to school districts that make a […]
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
AFRO Archive Inspired Exhibition Opens
By AFRO Staff From Aug 27. to Oct. 1, the facade of 2519 N. Charles St. will illuminate with newly commissioned artwork by three Baltimore based artists. Since last year, SHAN Wallace, Akea Brionne Brown and Savannah Wood have engaged in research in the AFRO American Newspapers archives, creating new work inspired by their findings […]
Posted inNEWS
MSU Student-Athlete Dies in Accident
By Reginald Allen II Special to the AFRO As if the COVID-19 pandemic was not enough, the Morgan State University community lost another student this year. Jordan Cofield, 20, a multi-sport student-athlete at the Baltimore campus, died in a motorcycle accident on Interstate-795 in Owings Mills, Md. on Aug. 22. With this loss comes somber […]
Posted inNEWS
Hello Baltimore Votes!
Baltimore Votes is partnering with the League of Women Voters to run a voter registration drive at Enoch Pratt Free Library during the month of September. We need a lot of volunteers to staff the 13 locations. Learn more or sign up below. All volunteers must attend a short training to register voters. If you […]
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Study Results: Guns Flood Baltimore From Other Places
By Stephen Janis Special to the AFRO A study has found that a majority of guns confiscated by police in Baltimore come from areas outside the city. The data released by the office of Council President Brandon Scott revealed that 71 percent of the guns seized by police in the city were purchased or originated […]
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Is This a Case of a Klacik Con?
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com This week, Kim Klacik, a Republican candidate for the legendary 7th Congressional District of Baltimore City addressed the Republican National Convention, also known by some (I am actually some) as the Republican Cavalcade of Clowns, Cons and Cowards. I myself did not tune into the RNC, because after […]
Posted inBaltimore Community
Dr. Anne O. Emery, Consummate Educator, ‘Queen Mother’
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com Dr. Anne O. Emery embraced thousands of former Baltimore City Public School students that she referred to as “my children” during a storied career as an educator. The woman many of those students referred to as “the queen mother” passed away earlier this month. Emery died the morning […]
Posted inCoronavirus
Personal Trainer’s ‘Build Bodies & Bonds’
By Jessica Dortch AFRO Production Editor If you frequent Lake Montebello, then you can’t help but notice the group of men who use the provided equipment to work out. What you didn’t know is that some of these men are certified personal trainers who not only help to build bodies, but they build bonds with […]
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“What Older Adults are Doing to Promote Racial Justice”…
By Dr. Jennifer Jimenez Maraña, Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Broadmead www.broadmead.org In his video series “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man,” Emmanuel Acho reads a letter from a White woman who grew up in the 1940s. She wrote that racism was embedded in her experience growing up, but now she has been listening […]
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‘Fearless’ Murals Promote Diversity in Tech
By AFRO Staff Fearless has commissioned a series of murals for its main hall and new large conference room as part of its expansion at Spark, a co-working space located at Power Plant Live. The murals were designed by Jesse James, a UX/UI Designer at Fearless, and Jeff “Jahru” Huntington, co-founder of Future History Now. […]
Posted inOPINION
Op-Ed Submission: Enough is Enough
By Bob Wallace Nearly 3,000 homicides have occurred in Baltimore City over the last 10 years. Since 2001, the number is nearly a staggering 5,300 lives lost. Without comparing these numbers to other cities and trying to justify whether these were targeted killings or not, the fact remains that thousands of people have been senselessly […]
