The American Council on Education (ACE) recently named Charlene M. Dukes, president of Prince George’s Community College, the 2014 recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity in Leadership award. According to the Council, Dukes received the award for her resolve to ensure that all students have access to the tools and resources needed to succeed academically […]
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$70M Ambulatory Center Will Serve West Baltimore
The University of Maryland Medical Center’s Midtown Campus plans to break ground at the end of this month on a new ambulatory care center in West Baltimore. According to officials the $70 million health facility to be built at the corner of Linden Avenue and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard will further the medical mission […]
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Memphis Activist to Host Lecture on Hip Hop at Howard University School of Divinity
Memphis community activist, the Rev. Kenneth T. Whalum Jr. will speak on hip hop and related societal issues on April 5 at the Howard University School of Divinity. Whalum’s lecture will also acknowledge the 46th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. King was killed on April 4, 1968 in Memphis. “I believe Memphis owes […]
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Escaped Inmate Found at Prince George’s Home
HILLCREST HEIGHTS, Md. (AP) — Maryland corrections officials say an inmate who escaped a minimum security prison has been found at the home of an acquaintance. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services says Larence Godfrey was recaptured Monday evening in Prince George’s County. Officials say Godfrey scaled a fence to escape Dorsey Run […]
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Eastside Organizations Demand Change in Housing Agenda
Donald Gresham, a medical technician, never imagined he would be homeless. Gresham, who helped people for a living, needed help himself. He lived on the third floor of a building in very undesirable living conditions where the winters were brutally cold. Gresham said “I learned how if you go to bed at a certain time […]
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Anniversary
Dear Mom and Dad, We are so very blessed to have you in our lives, Happy 69th Wedding Anniversary to Bob and Bernice Bowman March 31st, 2014 Love you always, Gloria, Barbara and Lynda
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Bowie workshop on the art of batik
Nigerian master artist Tunde Odunlade led a hands-on workshop at Bowie State University, March 25, with about 40 students and staff in the art of batik, using wax and dye on textiles. The event was sponsored by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art and Bowie State. Odunlade gives some one-on-one tips to Jamarie Spencer, […]
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Difficulties Faced by Food Stamp Recipients Poorly Understood
Natalie Hickman, a 23-year-old resident of Baltimore City, makes $8 an hour working at a McDonald’s located in BWI Airport. Only afforded four hours of work a day, Hickman spends as much time commuting to and from her job on public transportation as she does working her shift. She makes less than $480 a month. […]
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The Resurrection of State Center
After emerging from a prolonged legal limbo supporters of the billion-dollar State Center Project still believe it could be transformative for the chronically struggling neighborhoods that surround it. Last week the Maryland Court of Appeals removed what had been an obstinate legal hurdle in the form of a lawsuit by a group of business owners […]
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DC Mayor Trails Challenger in Initial Returns
WASHINGTON (AP) — The embattled mayor of the nation’s capital was trailing his top challenger in initial returns from the city’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, with many voters saying the city needed a fresh start amid a federal investigation of the mayor’s 2010 campaign. With 38 percent of precincts reporting, D.C. Councilmember Muriel Bowser had […]
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Former AFRO.com Developer Becomes Illume’s Digital Strategy Director
When the AFRO ventured onto the Internet with its own website in 1994, it was the critical support of one of its employees, Seth McMillan, which played an integral role in that process. His position as an assistant to the AFRO executive team was actually his first job, but he discovered a talent and propensity […]
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DC Mayor Signs Pot Decriminalization Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray has signed a bill that decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana. Like all new laws in the district, the bill now goes to Congress for review. House Speaker John Boehner has said Congress will “look at” the bill. Seventeen states have some form of decriminalization, […]
