The youngest son of Pan Africanist Marcus Garvey honored what would have been his father’s 129th birthday by calling on President Barack Obama to grant a posthumous pardon to the civil rights leader, who was wrongly convicted of mail fraud almost 100 years ago. Dr. Julius Garvey, activists and supporters also used the occasion to […]
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Back to School
President Barack Obama, right, and first lady Michelle Obama wave as they board Air Force One at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Station in Bourne, Mass. on Aug. 21. President Obama and the first family are returning to Washington D.C. following their vacation on the island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.
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AFRO Names Clean/Green Block Winners
Baltimore residents of all ages braved the hot weather to gather at Druid Hill Park in Baltimore for the New Africa Festival on Aug. 20 where the winners of the AFRO Clean/Green Block contest were named. Winners of the AFRO Clean/Green Block program (from left)Leona Banks, LaTarsha Ellet, Kisha L. Webster, Marvin “Doc” Cheatham (organizer) […]
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Prizes Awarded in AFRO’S Clean Block Campaign
(Reprint of an original October 12, 1935 AFRO article) Many happy children assembled at the AFRO building, Saturday, October 5, to receive awards for work done during the Clean Block Campaign. Because of the tie between the four hundred block of East Twenty-third Street and the Twenty-four hundred block of McCulloh Street, a double award […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Wednesday, August 24.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u From 5-7 P.M A local political roundtable with community activist Kim Trueheart and LGBT advocate Carrie Evans, including the push for a $15/hour minimum wage stalling in the Baltimore City Council and secret surveillance of Baltimore neighborhoods by the Baltimore City Police Department, following last April’s uprising. Plus, The […]
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Complaint: Black Students Punished More Harshly than Whites
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal complaint accuses public schools in Virginia’s capital city of more frequently and more harshly punishing Black students and those with disabilities than their classmates. In this Aug. 10, 2016 photo, Samuel Jackson, Life Coach at Highland Middle School in Anderson, Ind., talks to students during their lunch period. Superintendent […]
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Black Community Mourns Passing of Journalist and Civil Rights Icon George E. Curry
(Updated 8/24/2016) George E. Curry was an unabashed advocate of truth–ensuring it even in the most basic word choice, punctuation, spelling–and was courageous in its telling. It is one of the many attributes that define the legacy of the acclaimed journalist and Black Press champion, who died of a heart attack Aug. 20 at the […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Tuesday, August 23.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u From 5-7 P.M. Remembering the life of George Curry, a champion of the Black Press, and thoughts on the 21st century role of the Black Press with AFRO publisher Jake Oliver, Carla Wills, senior producer for NPR’s Democracy Now, Charles Robinson of Maryland Public Television’s, State Circle and Jackie […]
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Nigeria: Air Raid ‘Fatally Wounds’ Boko Haram Leader
Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military said Tuesday it believes an airstrike has “fatally wounded” Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, but there was no way to confirm yet another claim of the death of Nigeria’s Islamic extremist leader. In this Monday May 12, 2014 file photo taken from video by Nigeria’s Boko Haram terrorist network, shows […]
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Expressions of Baltimore at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum
On August 27 at 12:30 p.m., the Reginald F. Lewis Museum will host Speak Life Expressions, a selection of spoken word, song poetry and hip hop dance performed by teenagers about Baltimore. For more information call 410-263-1800.
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The Journey Continues 5K Warrior Walk for Cancer Research and Awareness
The Journey Continues, a breast cancer survivors support organization, will host a 5k Walk around Druid Hill Lake in Baltimore on August 28 at 9 a.m. The Journey Continues was co-founded by Marlene King, who died last November. For more information go to tjccares.org
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School Is Open But We Don’t Have To Go
This annual fundraiser is on August 29 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. at Martin’s West. Retired educators from Baltimore City School systems and surrounding counties are coming together to raise scholarship money for students attending college. This year’s theme is “Wake up Everybody.” Contact Mildred Long Harper by email at mildredharper1224@gmail.com for more information.