By MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, the only Black member of Nevada’s congressional delegation, is endorsing Joe Biden for president on the eve of early voting in the state’s caucuses. The Democrat said in a statement shared with The Associated Press on Friday that the former vice […]
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Inside Michael Bloomberg’s Big Play for Black Voters
By SARA BURNETT, Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A meeting with nearly 80 Black pastors in Detroit. A speech before a Black Democratic organization in Montgomery. A rally at a historically Black university. A tour of Martin Luther King Jr.’s church. An early voting kickoff at an African American museum. All in the past […]
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$1 Million Grant Goes to Record Black Women’s Histories
By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A trailblazer among Black women in the business world wants to help make sure that the stories of other pioneering women like her are not forgotten. The HistoryMakers, an oral archive that’s recorded the stories of more than 3,300 African Americans, launched The WomanMakers initiative with […]
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Trump Pardoned His Cellmate but Rufus Rochell Remains in Federal Prison
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It’s not a rags-to-riches Philadelphia-to-California story, like that of Will Smith’s fictional television character. Rufus Rochell’s story is the real-life account of how the crack epidemic of the 1980s is inextricably linked to today’s cry for criminal justice reform. It’s also the story of how the rich and powerful receive special privileges, […]
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Mike Bloomberg Makes History with the Black Press of America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The Bloomberg campaign’s initiative is groundbreaking, and it goes to significantly increasing the economic health of African Americans by tripling their net worth,” said Columbia, South Carolina Mayor Steve Benjamin, who co-chairs Bloomberg’s campaign. “The Bloomberg model is intentionally focused on creating a million new African American homeowners, 100,000 new African American-owned […]
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Douglass: ‘Build On For Those Who Come After You’
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com On May 19, 1870, more than 10,000 Black men, women and children marched through the streets of Baltimore to celebrate the ratification of the 15th Amendment, the largest celebration of Black men receiving the right to vote in the country. And it was the great abolitionist and statesman […]
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National Black News Channel Makes Debut
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts was beaming like a proud parent as he talked about the launch of Black News Channel — a project he’s worked on for years to create what’s now the nation’s only 24-hour news network aimed at African Americans. He was sitting […]
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Smollett Case Could Complicate Reelection of Top Prosecutor
By MICHAEL TARM, AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The decision to restore charges against Jussie Smollett could bedevil the reelection bid of the first Black woman to hold Chicago’s top law enforcement job and potentially alter the trajectory of a prosecutor once seen as a rising star in Illinois politics. The charges drew […]
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Buttigieg Lands Black South Carolina Lawmaker’s Endorsement
By MEG KINNARD, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg is picking up his first endorsement among South Carolina’s Black lawmakers as attention in the early voting contest turns toward more diverse states. Buttigieg’s campaign announced Wednesday that the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor would be receiving backing from state Rep. […]
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Deval Patrick, Last Black Candidate in 2020 Race, Drops Out
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the last remaining African American candidate in a Democratic presidential field once defined by its diversity, ended his 2020 campaign Wednesday after his late bid failed to catch fire or resonate with voters. “The vote in New Hampshire last night was not […]
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Gayle King Accepts Snoop Dogg’s Apology for Rant Over Kobe
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gayle King says she accepts Snoop Dogg’s apology, and the CBS anchor says she’s sorry that her interview last week added to the pain of people grieving over Kobe Bryant’s death. The rapper had posted a profane, threatening video directed toward King last week following […]
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Black History Month: Did You Know?
By AFRO Staff Provident Hospital Did you know that Provident Hospital was one of the first medical facilities for Blacks in Baltimore? The hospital opened in 1894 with 10 beds in a small private dwelling in the northwest section of the city. A group of nurses of the earlier days. (Photos/AFRO Archives) The founders, largely […]