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DK Filmmorks is holding a Happy Hour fundraiser Aug. 19 to support “The Runaways,” a powerful tale of overcoming domestic abuse with the power of love in the face of adversity. An IndieGoGo fundraising campaign is currently underway to help bring the film project to fruition. The Happy Hour is scheduled to be held at Khan’s Bar and Grill, […]

3rd Annual Outside the Walls Back to School Service

On Aug. 21 at 10 a.m. Christian Liberty Church is having its back to school drive service. Free backpacks and school supplies will be given out. The annual outdoor worship service will be led by the youth and followed by free giveaways of backpacks, back to school supplies and children’s clothing. The event is free […]

The Yoga Expo Convention

The Yoga Expo is scheduled to hold its convention at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW, on Aug. 20 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The expo strives to inform and empower the community to make lifestyle choices that are healthy for the mind and body. The Yoga Expo showcases […]

Black Fatherhood Project at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum

Filmmaker Jordan Thierry explores fatherhood in Black America. Through telling his own story and interviews with historians, he traces the roots of the fatherless Black home and reveals a history much more complex and profound than is often told. A post-film discussion follows on fatherhood in Black America. The conversation will be facilitated by leading […]

Federal City Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Community Day

By AFRO Staff The Federal City Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is slated to host their 2016 Community Day on Aug. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gateway DC Pavilion, 2700 Martin Luther King Avenue SE. The event is co-sponsored by the Federal City Public Service Foundation. Community Day is an […]

Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Tuesday, August 16.

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u  From 5-7 P.M. Baltimore City Delegate Curt Anderson speaks about the Department of Justice’s pattern or practice report on the Baltimore City Police Department. Also, Walter Lomax, director of the Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative on the challenges facing the ever growing ex-felon returning population.  These stories and much more […]

Baltimore Officer Suspended after Calling Protesters ‘Thugs’

by Associated PressAugust 16, 2016January 25, 2022

BALTIMORE (AP)– A vice president of Baltimore’s police union has been suspended after sending an email to the entire department that referred to demonstrators as “thugs.” Police Lt. Victor Gearhart was referring to a group protesting the state Fraternal Order of Police conference at a downtown hotel. Department spokesman T.J. Smith said Police Commissioner Kevin […]

DC Police Chief Stepping Down to Head Security for NFL

by Ben NuckolsAugust 16, 2016January 25, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington police chief Cathy Lanier, the first woman to lead the department and one of the nation’s longest-serving and most popular big-city police chiefs, announced Tuesday that she is stepping down to become head of security for the National Football League. In this Oct. 3, 2013 file photo, Washington Police Chief Cathy […]

National News

Obama Keeps Unusually Late Hours on Vineyard Vacation

by Darlene SupervilleAugust 16, 2016January 25, 2022

CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama did something unusual during his summer vacation on Martha’s Vineyard: He went out on the town four nights in a row. The motorcade of President Barack Obama leaves Lola’s, a Southern seafood restaurant in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on Martha’s Vineyard, and cruises to the usually crowded downtown street […]

National News

Man at Center of School Desegregation Lawsuit Dies at 75

by Associated PressAugust 15, 2016January 25, 2022

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Harry Briggs Jr., who as a young boy was at the center of a lawsuit that culminated with the U.S. Supreme Court outlawing segregated public schools, has died. He was 75. In this Saturday, May 11, 2002, file photo, Harry Briggs Jr., of New York, who signed of the Briggs petition, […]

Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Monday, August 15th.

by AFRO StaffAugust 15, 2016January 25, 2022

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u  From 5-7 P.M. National politics with political strategist Catalina Byrd, including Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton on the stump in Scranton, PA., preempting Donald Trump’s speech on combating ISIS in Youngstown, OH. Plus, Baltimore City Police Commissioner Kevin Davis speaks on the devastating Department of Justice pattern or practice […]