Category: Baltimore News

ANNAPOLIS – Same-sex marriage opponents counted African-American voters among their allies leading up to November’s election, expecting them to help overturn legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry in Maryland. Polls in the months prior to November’s referendum on same-sex marriage seemed to back them up, with African-Americans showing less support than whites. But as the […]

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts recently provided an in-depth look at city crime and what police are doing to curb the recent uptick in city violence when he held a meeting with concerned citizens and community leaders that was broadcast on the Internet. The meeting was an unprecedented move for a department that often […]

WOLB 1010 AM Radio on-air personality, former state Sen. Larry Young, will bring his production team to AFRO headquarters for a live broadcast, 6 to 10 a.m., Dec. 14. But it’s no ordinary broadcast. On that morning, Young will team up with Mrs. Santa and receive toys and goodies, especially for the little ones. For […]

In a glittering and elegant mix of nostalgia, big money, Wall Street and the political and economic elite of the African-American community, an overflow crowd of close to 300 people flocked November 30, to an exclusive Midtown Manhattan club to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the $1 billion leveraged buyout of Beatrice International Foods by […]

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake officially handed over the city’s Brooklyn O’Malley Recreation Center to the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Baltimore in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 3. The center, located in the Brooklyn section of South Baltimore, was the first of two centers to evolve from city-owned to private, non-profit control in December as […]

Updated 12/3/2012— The standoff between Baltimore police and a local activist played out in real time on Twitter, Dec. 1, in what was called, “153 minutes, 50 seconds of absolute online greatness.” Nobody thought it strange to see a tweet from local activist and blogger A.F. James McArthur, known on Twitter and Facebook as Baltimore […]

ANNAPOLIS – An opinion released Thursday by the attorney general’s office said that same-sex couples can obtain marriage licenses as soon as Gov. Martin O’Malley “formally proclaims” the results of this month’s election, which he is expected to do on or about Dec. 6. The law, and therefore the licenses, will not be effective until […]

A campus wide lockdown was issued and a suspect taken into custody following a shooting at Morgan State University in northeast Baltimore Nov. 30. Numerous reports indicated a man was shot at around 1 p.m. Students and faculty were notified of the incident via a campus alert system which sent a text message to subscribers and posted a […]

“Keep going, no matter what,” was the mantra of the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Reginald F. Lewis. On Dec. 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., students of the Paul Laurence Dunbar and Reginald F. Lewis High Schools will share essays, music, and dance inspired by that theme, as part of a celebration of what […]

Still full of the same energy and passion that has fueled decades of service, Maj. Gen. Leo V. Williams III is a strong model of success for young men and women across the board.  The Major General has over 33 years in the Marine Corps Reserve, several positions of national and local leadership, and his […]

If you’ve passed the corner of Pennsylvania and North Avenues lately, then you’ve caught a glimpse of the new look that Pratt Library’s Pennsylvania Avenue Branch 17 is sporting. The nearly two-story tall image on the front window of a young Black girl clad in a vividly colored, lime-green dress, sitting cross-legged while reading a book, is […]