The Prince George’s Harlem Renaissance Festival, an annual event that draws children, adults and families together in a celebration of the county’s arts and cultural programs and history, has been scheduled for May 3. This year’s event marks the 15th annual festival, which is put on every year by the Prince George’s Harlem Renaissance Remembrance […]
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Ministers Form National Task Force to Repeal ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws
Enough is enough, says Rev. Dr. R.B. Holmes, noting the list of young Black people dead or in jail in states where “stand your ground” laws are in place. “Our young Black boys are being senselessly killed just for being Black teenagers,” said Holmes, who on March 25 announced the formation of the National Pastor’s […]
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Conservative Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly Blasts Black Caucus Members as ‘Race Hustlers’
Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly had some harsh words for Congressional Black Caucus members this week in response to CBC members’ recent attack on Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). In his March 24 “The O’Reilly Factor” broadcast, O’Reilly supported Ryan’s latest apparent put-down of Blacks and came out firing against Ryan detractors, calling Rep. Barbara Lee […]
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Baltimore Man Charged in Possible BGF Shooting That Left One Woman Dead
A home invasion in South Baltimore left one woman dead and two others injured after a man broke into their home and opened fire on the trio as they sat in the living room of their row home. According to city police, on March 25, they received a call for a shooting in the 3800 […]
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Baltimore’s State Center Project Poised to Move Forward
On March 27, the state Court of Appeals dismissed a lower court’s ruling that upended all-important state contracts with the developer of the $1.5 billion redevelopment of State Center, a potential economic boon for the West Baltimore community surrounding it. The State Center Project had languished for years due mainly to a lawsuit (funded partly […]
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Cheatham’s Campaign Slammed By Posters
Marvin “Doc” Cheatham stared in disbelief at the posters he held in his hands. “We have taken down close to 80 posters,” Cheatham told the AFRO. “There were blue posters posted on top of my posters that read: Do Not Vote for Marvin ‘Doc’ CHEAT HAM.” On March 18, Cheatham noticed his flyers – strategically […]
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Lt. Col Melvin Russell Leads Baltimore Community Policing Effort
As violence and fear encroach upon schools and shopping malls even in the sleepiest of Baltimore’s suburbs, so has the stark reality that crime is everywhere, and that faith leaders and communities must abandon their own apathy first in order to change anything. Gone are the years of so-called zero tolerance policing during the 1990s […]
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A Great Shout at Carter Memorial
Dr. Tony Torain served as worship leader at the gathering to celebrate the new home of Carter Memorial Church of God in Christ, March 15, at what used to be St. Peter’s, the city’s second oldest Catholic church, at 13 S. Poppleton Street in Baltimore. Elder Carl A. Pierce Sr., senior pastor, told the AFRO […]
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Exhibit of Long-lost Renoir Opens at the Baltimore Museum of Art
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Renoir painting returns to public display this weekend for the first time in more than 60 years since it was stolen from the Baltimore Museum of Art. Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s painting “On the Shore of the Seine,” dated about 1879, became the subject of a dramatic legal dispute after a Virginia woman […]
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African American Mental Illness Targeted at Baltimore Conference
Baltimore’s Black Mental Health Alliance (BMHA), in conjunction with the American Psychiatric Association and Baltimore City Healthy Start, will conduct a day-long conference April 11 to spur awareness about mental health issues in the African-American community. This conference, titled Black and Blue: The State of African American Mental Health, will be held at the Mt. […]
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Ardmore Elementary Principal Georgette Gregory Honored for Leadership in Arts Education
Georgette Gregory, principal of Ardmore Elementary School was recently honored by the Arts Education in Maryland Schools (AEMS) Alliance for establishing an institution that is rich in the arts. “An arts-infused education plays an integral role in the development of a student,” Dr. Kevin M. Maxwell, chief executive officer for PGCPS said in a statement. […]
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Towson University’s Debate Team Claims Historic Win 1st Black Women’s Team to Win
Towson University Debate Team members Ameena Ruffin ‘15 and Korey Johnson ’16 won the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) national championship, March 24, at Indiana University. “Ruffin and Johnson are the first African American women’s team to win a national tournament,” according to Mike Davis, CEDA president. “No African American woman has ever won our […]