By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Racially segregated movie theaters and Whites-only water fountains disappeared decades ago after court rulings struck down the legal framework of Jim Crow America, but another element of the era just won’t die: Walt Disney’s 1946 movie “Song of the South.” With racist stereotypes and Old South […]
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Black Med Students Hope Slave Plantation Photo Inspires Kids
REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In the background of a powerful photo of 15 Black medical students from Tulane University is a slave cabin. In the foreground stand the students, wearing the white lab coats that tell observers they’re members of a highly trained and prestigious profession. “We are our ancestors’ wildest […]
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Congressional Black Caucus Members Talk Impeachment, HBCU Funding
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Shortly after the House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to impeach President Donald Trump on Friday, December 13, members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held a conference call with publishers of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade association of Black Press publications […]
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Kamala Harris: Will McConnell Let the Senate Hold a Fair Impeachment Trial?
By Kamala D. Harris, U.S. Senator (D-CA) December 18 — Today the House of Representatives will vote on whether to impeach President Trump. If it votes yes, sometime early in the new year I will take an oath on the Senate floor to uphold the Constitution, review evidence and follow the facts wherever they lead, […]
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Late-Starting Candidate Deval Patrick Lays Out Policy Vision
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Deval Patrick has outlined a broad policy agenda while jabbing at his progressive rivals for proposals that he considers too ideologically inflexible. The former Massachusetts governor held a policy roundtable Thursday in Manchester, New Hampshire, and told reporters afterward that while “others have plans, […]
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Five Reigning Black Beauty Queens
The world rejoiced when South Africa’s Zozibini Tunzi won Miss Universe in early December, but with the crowning of Toni-Ann Singh from St. Thomas, Jamaica for Miss World, the glass ceiling shattered. As if 2019 hasn’t already been an incredible year for African Americans across the board, as they advance in entertainment, business and technology; […]
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AAAS Selects Dr. Willie May as a Fellow
By AFRO Staff The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced the election of Morgan State University’s Willie E. May, Ph.D. as a 2019 AAAS Fellow. May, who serves as Morgan’s vice president for the Division of Research and Economic Development (D-RED), was among the more than 400 newly elected leading scientists […]
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Richard Hatcher, a Pioneering Black Mayor of a Major City, Dead at 86
By Tom Coyne and Rick Callahan The Associated Press Former Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher, who became one of the first Black mayors of a big U.S. city when he was elected in 1967, has died. He was 86. Hatcher died the night of Dec. 13 at a Chicago hospital, said his daughter, Indiana state Rep. […]
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THE RUN DOWN – TRUMP IMPEACHMENT UNDERWAY
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green talks TRUMP IMPEACHMENT and trending topics in The Afro American Newspaper.
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Shooting at Suburban Atlanta Mall Injures 1 as Shoppers Flee
By JEFF AMY, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A shooting that wounded one man in a mall food court sent suburban Atlanta shoppers fleeing in panic Saturday. The Cobb County Police Department said in a statement that the man was wounded at Cumberland Mall around 1 p.m. following an argument and that the shooting suspect […]
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House Judiciary Committee Approves Trump Impeachment
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent House Democrats have had their say and history has been made. After a marathon session that began on Dec. 11 with the consideration of two articles of impeachment, The House Judiciary Committee gave its final approval on Dec. 13 to impeach President Donald J. Trump, making Trump one […]
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Urban One Honors Recap
By Micha Green D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The second annual Urban One Honors, which celebrated 40 years of the African American media conglomerate, was held on Dec. 5 at the MGM National Harbor, and it was truly a night of Black excellence personified. Guests donned gorgeous gowns and swag-filled suits, walked the purple carpet and filled […]
