Dear AFRO, The scholars and staff at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary Middle School would like to express our sincerest thanks for the gifts you donated to help brighten the holiday season for several of our families. Due to your generosity, our families were able to provide a happy holiday memory for their children. […]
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Controversial BPD Arrest: Three Arrested In Assault on BPD Sgt.
By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO Two men and a juvenile have been arrested in the alleged assault of a Baltimore Police sergeant on a cell phone video, which has now gone viral. Zayne Abdullah, 23, and Donnell Burgess, 20, were arrested in the assault that took place in the 1500 block of Pennsylvania […]
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Chaos City From Top to Bottom
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com The video of a Baltimore Police Department (BPD) sergeant being kicked by a handful of onlookers, as he attempted to make an arrest has sparked the latest chapter in a long series of viral video indignities for our city. According to the BPD, Sgt. Simpson as he’s been […]
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Police Overtime Controversy Continues
By Stephen Janis Special to the AFRO The AFRO has filed a formal public information act request to obtain the findings of a controversial audit of Baltimore Police Department (BPD) overtime spending that has yet to be released. The request was filed after city officials continued to block the release of a taxpayer funded audit, […]
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Mosby Threatened in Violent Voicemail after St. Louis Visit
By AFRO Staff Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has been in the national spotlight since she indicted six officers connected to the death of Freddie Gray in May 2015, shortly after the Uprising on the day of Gray’s funeral April 27, 2015. Since then, she has been a national symbol in the ongoing fight […]
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Manifest Destiny and the History of Baltimore
By Peter Brooks Special to the AFRO Including some 15 million people, 8 million square miles, over the span of 401 years and counting, the genocide committed against the Native Americans is unprecedented in both size, scope, and duration. While no longer deliberately given infected blankets, or rounded up and executed in mass graves, the […]
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THE RUN DOWN – PRESIDENT TRUMP IMPEACHMENT CONTINUES
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green talks about Nancy Pelosi’s announcement of 7 impeachment managers to prosecute the impeachment trial of President Trump and trending topics in The AFRO American News Paper.
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Bill Would Make Possession of Ransomware a Crime in Maryland
By Wesley Brown Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. — State lawmakers heard arguments Tuesday on a bill that seeks to add criminal penalties for knowingly possessing ransomware with the intent to use it in a malicious way. Ransomware is a type of malware that can impede the use of a computer or computer network indefinitely […]
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Proposed Rule Could Limit the Number of Bills Senators Can File
By Ryan E. Little, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Senate bills may become a hot commodity in Maryland if a rule proposed this week is enacted. The Senate Rules Committee is planning to meet Friday to consider limiting the number of bills any one senator can propose in the yearly 90-day session of the […]
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The Values Of A King: ‘All By the Grace of God’
By Sharon Roberson Pinder CEO, Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council Last December, the Exelon Corporation appointed Calvin G. Butler Jr., CEO of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, as the new Senior Executive Vice President of Exelon and CEO of Exelon Utilities. Many of us were extremely proud and wanted a parade down Pratt Street! […]
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The Values Of A King: ‘Dr. King was Relentless’
By Bishop J. Orlando Gardner Bailey Presiding Prelate, Marketplace Fellowship & Churches Adrienne Watson Carver, affectionately known to many as Mrs. A, is a wife, mother, and entrepreneur who has been inspired by the values of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from her youth. She aspires to emulate Dr. King’s values of resilience and perseverance […]
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The Values Of A King: War Story Memories to Visions of Peace
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. Cofounder, Peace Camp If you are looking for someone to be drum major for your peace movement, Nawal G. Rajeh is the person for the job. Nawal Rajeh was born in Youngstown, Ohio to immigrant parents from war-torn Lebanon in the Middle East. Ghassan and Samia Rajeh fled civil war […]