By Sen. Jill P. Carter Covid-19 has prompted a reckoning in Maryland. Very few facets of our society are more in need of reform than our state’s broken criminal justice system. Regrettably, Maryland has earned the dubious distinction of being the worst practitioner of mass incarceration in the nation – locking up the highest percentage […]
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Archbishop Naomi C. DuRant’s Altar Call
By Jannette J. Witmyer Special to the AFRO If your connection to Baltimore radio runs through R&B and gospel stations WSID, WEBB, and WBGR, then it’s quite likely that you’re familiar with the late Archbishop Naomi C. DuRant. Maybe you were one of the countless listeners who, through the years, started their day by responding […]
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Dr. Anne O. Emery, Dead at 93
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com Dr. Anne Osborne Emery, one of the most beloved and venerated educators of the Baltimore City Public Schools has died. She was 93. According to a source close to Dr. Emery’s family, she died this morning Aug. 19. Her career in public school education spanned several decades from […]
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Talbot County Votes to Cling to Confederacy
By Stephen Janis and Taya Graham Special to the AFRO In a move decried by activists as a step backwards, the Talbot County Council voted against a resolution that would have removed a controversial confederate monument from the courthouse lawn. The measure which called for the removal of the so-called “Talbot Boys” statue was defeated […]
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The American Non-Violent Protest Movement is Rooted In Baltimore
Originally Published January 11, 2018 By Sean Yoes The Montgomery Bus Boycott, which began Dec. 1955 propelled the boycott’s leader, 26-year old Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., into the national spotlight and sparked the American civil rights movement. However, more than 20 years earlier Baltimore’s Black community organized protests to begin the eradication of one […]
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DPW: Trash, Recycling Delays
DPW Outlines Factors Contributing to Trash, Recycling Delays The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) is facing delays collecting trash and recycling due to COVID-19, weather conditions, an increase in the amount of waste that DPW’s Bureau of Solid of Waste crews are collecting and shortages in staff reporting to work each day. Today, […]
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An Update from Governor Larry Hogan
Dear Marylanders, I hope you and your family are staying safe and healthy during this unprecedented time. The State of Maryland is taking decisive action to address the COVID-19 pandemic, and our highest priority is keeping Marylanders safe. As we continue on the road to health and economic recovery, I have no doubt we will […]
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Steps: The Life and Times of Carl Murphy
By Frances L. Murphy II Steps – they seemed to ascend all the way to the sky but in truth only to the third floor of 628 N. Eutaw Street in Baltimore. The great and small including such persons as Thurgood Marshall, Mary McLeod Bethune, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, President John Kennedy and his […]
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The Forgotten Freedom Rider
Originally published Jan. 15, 2005 By Sean Yoes AFRO Staff Editor Before Rosa Parks’ definitive act of civil disobedience in 1955, Irene Morgan bucked Jim Crow and, with the help of Thurgood Marshall, took her case to the Supreme Court and won. As a young man in Harlem of the 1940s, Stanley Kirkaldy experienced the […]
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Coppin President First to be Tested for COVID, Kicking-Off Free COVID-19 Testing
Coppin State University President Anthony Jenkins being COVID tested by nurse and CSU 2004 (BSN) and 2008 (MSN) graduate Darlene Hinds-Jackson, DNP, RN. Cars lined up to free COVID-19 testing for Coppin State University faculty, staff and students. Jeremy Andrews, a CSU plumber, gets tested. Joseph Manu, CSU junior and track team member, takes COVID […]
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The Roots of Student Nonviolent Protest in Baltimore
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com When the legendary civil rights warrior the Hon. John Robert Lewis died last month, his legacy of unselfish sacrifice on behalf of the disenfranchised resonated throughout not only the nation, but around the globe. A big part of Lewis’ legacy is connected to the early days of the […]
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Baltimore County Rec Councils Authorized to Hold Youth Sports in Fall with COVID-19 Safety Protocols
Baltimore County Rec Councils Authorized to Hold Youth Sports in Fall with COVID-19 Safety Protocols Plan for youth sports must follow requirements based on guidelines from CDC, County Health Officer TOWSON, MD — The Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks today announced that it will authorize rec councils to hold youth sports in the […]