By The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Kensington Palace has given details of the newly created Coat of Arms for the former Meghan Markle — an honor which is accorded by tradition to the nobility. The Coat of Arms for the Duchess of Sussex, as she is now formally known, includes symbols that invoke the […]
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Trump Pardons Late Boxer Jack Johnson a Century Later
By JILL COLVIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing’s first Black heavyweight champion, clearing Jack Johnson’s name more than 100 years after what many see as his racially charged conviction. “I am taking this very righteous step, I believe, to correct a wrong that occurred […]
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Rachel Dolezal Accused of Welfare Fraud After Race Scandal
By The Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former NAACP leader in Washington state whose life unraveled after she was exposed as a White woman pretending to be Black has been charged with welfare fraud. Rachel Dolezal, who legally changed her name to Nkechi Diallo in 2016, was charged this week with theft by […]
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After Royal Wedding, Bishop Curry Takes on Poverty
By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO The presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church will lead a silent vigil and procession on the White House Thursday. Bishop Michael Curry, the first Black leader of a church as old as the Union itself, responsible for approximately 2 million baptized and approximately 3 million self-identified […]
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Stacey Abrams Wins Historic Nomination for Georgia Governor
By Aya Elamroussi, Special to the AFRO History was made May 22 when Stacey Abrams won the Democratic primary election in the state of Georgia. She is the first Black woman to win a major party nomination for governor in the U.S. If she wins in November, she will be the first Black female governor. “Everyone […]
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CBC Helps Sink GOP Farm Bill
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com In a major, yet quiet, victory, the Congressional Black Caucus helped defeat one of the Republican Party’s signature pieces of legislation largely on the basis that the bill will hurt low and middle-income Americans. On May 18, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 213-198 to defeat a Republican version […]
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Georgia Woman Arrested for Wig Snatching
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Anyone who has ever spent any time with a Black woman has likely heard one of the major cardinal rules- Never touch a Black woman’s hair. Brittany L. Huff, not only disregarded this fundamental rule, but learned the hard way about the consequences of touching a Black woman’s hair, […]
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White High School Tennis Players Appear to Pose as KKK Members after Losing to Black Opponents
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor A group of high school tennis team players in Telfair County, Ga., will be disciplined by the school superintendent after posting a “racist” photo online last week, according to news reports. According to CBC affiliate 13WMAZ, https://www.13wmaz.com/mobile/article/news/local/superintendent-telfair-county-students-will-be-disciplined-for-racist-photo/93-553057097 several White players for Telfair County High School were seen in a photo wearing white […]
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Denver Police Review Search of Majority-Black School Amid Angry Cries from Students
By COLLEEN SLEVIN, The Associated Press Students and staff demanded answers at a school board meeting nearly a month after officers went classroom by classroom at a largely minority high school in Denver and asked teenagers for their IDs as they looked for a suspect in a shooting. Several students spoke at the May 17 meeting, […]
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Timeline of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Romance
By The Associated Press The budding romance between Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle has captivated the world. Here’s how it all happened: The newly married Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, leave Windsor Castle after their wedding in Windsor, England, to attend an evening reception at Frogmore House, hosted […]
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African-American Bishop Brings Human Rights Focus to Royal Wedding
By DAVID RISING, The Associated Press He’s the son of an American civil rights activist and the descendant of African slaves. He condemned last year’s White supremacist rally in Charlottesville as fascist and he has outspokenly stood up for gay rights. The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry also plans to join a march on the White House […]
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Love and Fire: Text of Michael Curry’s Royal Wedding Address
By The Associated Press And now in the name of our loving, liberating and life-giving God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. In this frame from video, the Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry speaks during the wedding ceremony of Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, near […]