Category: Baltimore News

Pastor Harriet Noakes Serenity Village Dancers It was only fitting that musicians played, singers sang and dancers danced at a celebration of life gathering to honor the life of the Rev. Dr. Harriet Marie Robinson Walker Grigsby, Aug. 7 at Mt. Zion Apostolic Church,   5501 Liberty Heights Ave., Baltimore. For so many years she lit […]

Johnny Gill sings “Never Could Have Made It” at New Shiloh Baptist Church to the Rev. Dr. Harold Carter Jr. and his wife, Rev. Monique Carter. (Photo by J.D. Howard) Singer Johnny Gill, center, with Timothy Carter,left, and Daniel Carter, following their parents’ anniversary salute. (Photo by J.D. Howard) When service ended Aug. 10 at […]

President-Elect Paulette Brown with former Chief Judge Robert Bell at ABA annual meeting in Boston. Paulette Brown began her one-year term as president-elect of the American Bar Association Aug. 12 at the conclusion of the ABA Annual Meeting in Boston. The move is a historic one – Brown is the first African-American female to hold […]

Due to concerns about their safety and well-being, no pictures were taken of the women who recently sat down with the AFRO to share their experiences living in Baltimore. Their real names will not be given.  These women, Black and transgender (born biologically male, but live and identify as women), face an array of obstacles and […]

Baltimore’s expanded curfew law, which is being described by some as one of the strictest in the nation officially went into effect last weekend on August 8 and the new measure is already dramatically influencing the decisions of some parents. “My kids…worked summer jobs saved their money, did chores around the house in order to […]

Harry Black, after serving as Baltimore’s director of finance for two years, is preparing to take over the role of city manager for Cincinnati, Ohio. After serving two years as Baltimore City’s director of finance, Harry Black is preparing to pivot into the role of city manager for Cincinnati, Ohio and its almost 300,000 residents. […]

Robert Mills says his work as an autopsy technician is more a calling than a job. On a rainy Tuesday morning, Aug. 12, just after 7 a.m., the lifeless, contorted bodies of seven men of assorted ages and races lie separately on steel carts within the autopsy suite at the Office of the Chief Medical […]

Michael Brown Sean Bell, unarmed, hours away from becoming a husband when he was slaughtered by police in a 50-bullet fusillade in November 2006, in Queens, N.Y. Ariston Waiters, 19, of Union City, Ga.; unarmed, shot twice in the back and killed by a police officer in December 2011. Ramarley Graham, an unarmed Bronx teen chased […]

This image provided by Prince George’s County Fire Dept. shows firefighters reaching riders stranded on a roller coaster at Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro, Md., Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Prince George’s County Fire Dept., Marc Bashoor) UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Authorities say 24 people stranded on a roller coaster have been rescued […]

The Children’s Home’s FACES 2014 celebration will take place 6 to 9 p.m., Oct. 23 at Morgan State University’s Murphy Fine Arts Center, 2201 Argonne Dr., Baltimore 21218. Approximately 200 guests in business attire are expected to gather for this chic and savory evening filled with an amazing collection of wine, chef cuisine and an […]

Wreath Laying Ceremony Baltimore Metropolitan area Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority members, including Epsilon Omega President E. Francine Stokes-McElven, the 27th North Atlantic Regional Director Erma W. Barron, and the 18th International President Mattelia Grays took part in a tribute to the organization’s 12th International President Edna Over Gray Campbell during a Wreath Laying Ceremony in Owings […]

The Edmondson High School Class of 1964 will hold its 50 Year Reunion, Aug. 15 at the Embassy Suites Hunt Valley, 213 International Drive.  There will be dancing, fine dining, gifts and a veterans’ remembrance as part of the event. According to Brenda Henson-Pinnick, committee chairperson, in addition to the gala event on Aug. 15, […]