Multitudes of people from across the country will shortly converge on the National Mall in Washington D.C. to celebrate the two decades’ mark of a march that attracted over one million Black men. With the Washington Monument in the background, participants in the Million Man March gather on the Mall in Washington Monday Oct. 16, 1995. Tens […]
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5 Shot in West Baltimore Neighborhood
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Police say five people have been shot in a west Baltimore neighborhood. Department spokesman T.J. Smith says the shooting occurred about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday when a lone gunman shot at people who were on the street. Four people were shot in the legs and one person suffered a graze wound, Smith […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Tuesday, October 6.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u When it comes to terrorism in the United States are we more potentially endangered by radical Islam or White supremacy? A report in the New York Times over the summer suggests White supremacists are the more real threat to Americans. We’ll have analysis from a panel including Mark Potok […]
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DC Mayor Announcing Settlement in Exelon, Pepco Merger
WASHINGTON (AP) — Power companies Exelon and Pepco have come to an agreement with District of Columbia regulators on a proposed merger. A press conference announcing the settlement was planned for Tuesday afternoon. The city had previously rejected the companies’ proposed $6.8 billion merger. In late September, the city and companies said they were trying […]
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Poll: 51 Percent of Marylanders Say Races Receive Unequal Treatment by Police
Members of the Baltimore Police Department stand guard outside the department’s Western District police station during a protest for Freddie Gray, Thursday, April 23, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries about a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A new poll […]
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Howard Grad Returns to Roots in Senate Race
California Attorney General Kamala Harris (Twitter Photo) WASHINGTON – Kamala Harris, the California attorney general and the early odds-on favorite to become the state’s first Black U.S. senator, returned to her Howard University roots during homecoming week to raise money and reconnect with her sorority members, longtime friends and supporters. Harris, who political experts say […]
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Region Dodges Hurricane’s Worst; Stays Ready
This satellite image taken Friday, Oct. 2, 2015 at 8:45 a.m. EDT, and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Hurricane Joaquin of the Bahamas. The Category 4 storm ripped off roofs, uprooted trees and unleashed heavy flooding as it hurled torrents of rain across the eastern and central Bahamas on Friday, […]
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Baltimore Man Could Face 20 Years for Fires Set During April Unrest
21-year-old Darius Raymond Stewart A Baltimore man could face up to 20 years in prison for a fire he allegedly set at a city liquor store during last April’s unrest. Federal and state agents on Sept. 24 charged 21-year-old Darius Raymond Stewart with setting the fire. He was arrested on September 28 on unrelated charges, […]
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Organizers of Baltimore Community Conversation Event Examine the Past to Better Improve the Future
Attendees at the first installment of The Center for Urban Families’ Community Conversation event heard details of Baltimore’s history of racial injustice. The event, held October 1 at New Shiloh Baptist Church, was intended to be one in a three-part series that will explore the city’s history and develop solutions to the situation that caused […]
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Lawmakers Call for Justice in 1944 Port Chicago, Calif. Incident
African American sailors loading ammunition at Port Chicago Naval Magazine Courtesy of the National Park Service, Official US Navy Photo U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein recently called on President Barack Obama to right a 70-year-old wrong perpetrated against 50 African-American sailors. The men were wrongly convicted of mutiny, the California Democrats said, following […]
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“Empire” Star Tasha Smith to Appear At Tuskegee University’s Actor Workshop
Actress Tasha Smith (Courtesy Photo) Tasha Smith, an actor on Fox’s hit show “Empire,” is hosting a free acting workshop at Tuskegee University on Oct. 3 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The program will be open to the public and take place at the General Daniel “Chappie” James Arena. Smith is a multifaceted actress […]
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Carson Creates Unease with Joke About Police Shootings of African-Americans
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson recently made what some called an insensitive joke about police brutality. Republican presidential candidate, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson speaks during a campaign stop at the University of New Hampshire, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, in Durham, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) Speaking of his childhood during a campaign stop at the […]
