White House efforts to foster improved policing and better ties between communities and law enforcement went a step further this week, as the Department of Justice announced its awarding of more than $23.2 million in grants for body-worn cameras. Seventy-three local and tribal agencies across 32 states will receive the grants as part of a […]
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Speaker Boehner Stuns Congress, Announces Resignation
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, leaves a meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. In a stunning move, Boehner informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of October, giving up his top leadership post and his seat in the House […]
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Morehouse Alum Tapped as DNC Convention Press Secretary
Lee Whack, named as the Press Secretary for the 2016 Democratic National Convention. (Facebook Photo) A graduate of the nation’s only predominantly African-American men’s private collegiate institution has been appointed to a top position for next year’s Democratic convention. Lee Whack, a 2006 graduate of historically Black Morehouse College and a 2011 recipient of a master’s degree in […]
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Best-Selling Author Ta-Nehisi Coates Slated to Speak at Howard University
Best-selling author Ta-Nehisi Coates is scheduled to visit Howard University in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 7. Ta-Nehisi Coates Coates, a Baltimore native who attended Howard in the 1990s, wrote Between the World and Me, a letter on race to his son, and The Beautiful Struggle, a memoir about his father and his childhood. Both books […]
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Blacks Embrace Pope Francis’ Address to U.S. Congress
Pope Francis touches the cheek of a young girl as he prepares to depart the Apostolic Nunciature, the Vatican’s diplomatic mission in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, en route to Andrews Air Force Base. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) The worldwide leader of the Catholic Church addressed a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress Sept. 24 and delivered […]
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Baltimore County: Black Man Fatally Shot by Maryland Officers Unarmed But Aggressive
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore County police say a man fatally shot by an officer was unarmed but aggressive and didn’t follow commands to stop. Police say the man was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon in Reisterstown, a Baltimore suburb, during a confrontation at a pharmacy where he’d tried to obtain narcotic cough syrup with a […]
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Lobster on Menu Again for Obama’s 2nd China State Dinner
In this Jan. 19, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome China’s President Hu Jintao to the North Portico of the White House in Washington for a State Dinner. China will get its second state dinner under President Barack Obama when its leader, Xi Jinping, arrives at the White House […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Thursday, September 24.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll have analysis of Pope Francis’ historic address to the United States Congress with the AFRO’s Roberto Alejandro and Dr. Catherine Osborne, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Notre Dame. Plus, we’ll take a look at Baltimore City Council President Jack Young’s effort to change the Baltimore City Charter […]
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Walter R. Dean, Civil Rights Leader and Md. Delegate, Dies at 80
Walter R. Dean in 1978. (AFRO photo) Walter R. Dean, a civil rights leader and a Maryland legislator died at the age of 80 on Sept. 18. The cause of death was reportedly congestive heart failure. Dean, while an undergraduate at Morgan State University, began to participate in the civil rights protests of the time. […]
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Wilson Elected President of Ward 8 Democrats in D.C.
Charles Wilson is a Ward 8 advisory neighborhood commissioner and a leader in the Anacostia neighborhood. (Courtesy Photo) The Democratic organization in Ward 8, which is one of the most powerful political machines in the District, recently elected new leaders. The Ward 8 Democrats held their biennial convention on Sept. 19 at the Thurgood Marshall […]
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Atlanta Illustrator Marcus Williams Brings Diversity to Baltimore Comic-Con
Illustrator Marcus Williams. The annual event known as Baltimore Comic-Con is an opportunity where a cult of artists, creators and writers come together to not be judged. Marcus Williams, an Atlanta, Georgia based illustrator is one of those unique individuals. His work is a representation of a diverse outlook on life. At Baltimore Comic-Con, you […]
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Ernest C. Hammond, Morgan State University Professor Who Worked with NASA, Dies at 76
Ernest C. Hammond, Jr. Updated Sept. 28th There will be a public viewing at March Funeral Home-West on Sept. 29 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. 4300 Wabash Ave., Baltimore, Maryland 21215. The wake and celebration of life service starting at 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 30 at the same location. Ernest C. Hammond, Jr., 76 of […]
