Sean Yoes I remember when I first saw the video of Baltimore City Police officer Vincent Cosom beating the hell out of Colin Truss at a bus stop on the corner of Greenmount and North, while two of his buddies (who also happened to be police officers) held Truss’ arms and roughed up his girlfriend […]
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Making the Case for Port Covington
Sheila Brooks, chair of the President’s Rountable, says the PRT is working with the Port Covington to ensure that minorities benefit from the multi-billion dollar development. (Courtesy photo) The President’s RoundTable of Baltimore, an organization of Black CEOs, has gone on record in support of the $5.5 billion dollar Port Covington Water front Project proposed […]
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D.C.’s Top Cop Leaves for NFL
In a surprise move, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier announced Aug. 16 that she will become the National Football League’s new senior vice president for security in September. When she steps down in two weeks, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) will appoint an interim successor and launch a nationwide search for the permanent replacement. D.C. […]
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Three Black Women Who Changed Space History
When it comes to the strides of African-Americans in space, history books have always told the tales of select pioneers. Icons like Guion Bluford and Mae C. Jemison, the first African-American men and women to fly into space, respectively, have been etched into history textbooks for decades. 20th Century Fox’s upcoming feature film “Hidden Figures” […]
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Family of Marcus Garvey Launch Pardon Effort
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 […]