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 […]
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Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic To many, he is an enigma. Or that controversial 1990s political/judicial figure who faded into a quiet corner of the Supreme Court of the United States. RBG gets all the press. Clarence Thomas does not. Rarely interviewed, rarely in front of a camera. If political junkies, students […]
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Another $5 Million Donation to NMAAHC
By AFRO Staff Walmart announced on Jan. 27, a $5 million grant to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington, D.C. Walmart’s support of NMAAHC is a part of the company’s continued commitment to advance causes that promote diversity and inclusion. “The National Museum of African American History and […]
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AFRO Exclusive: ‘Updates From Quarantine in China’
Devika Koppikar, the former press secretary for the late Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, is chronicling her experience being quarantined in China due to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). As a precaution, the local authorities are requiring anyone who traveled out of and back to China to stay in their home for 14 days, the incubation period […]
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THE RUN DOWN – Black History Month
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Happy Black History Month! THE RUNDOWN host, Micha Green, talks on legendary Journalist GWEN IFILL being honored by her selection to be the face of the 43rd stamp in the USPS’ Black Heritage series.
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How Black Twins Went From Inner City To Making History
By Joe Gyan Jr. The Associated Press/The Advocate Growing up Black and poor in Baton Rouge’s poverty-stricken inner city with their nine siblings during the civil rights era, twins Don and Ron Johnson never imagined one day going to college — or better yet, putting on a judicial robe. But when Ron Johnson was elected […]
