By Ralph E. Moore Jr. A good gathering in my opinion of good people The Social Ministry Convocation was recently held at Mercy High School on East Northern Parkway. The event has been held in late winter for 44 years, but was live for the first time in person in three years. It was a […]
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DMV 48 Men of Power honor boxing great Rahman Ali
By Deborah Bailey, Contributing Editor Black History Month ends with a rousing knock out as the DMV 48 Men of Power honored boxing great Rahman Ali, only brother of Muhammed Ali at a festive and spirited ceremony Feb. 24. Program host, Dr. Renee Allen, welcomed DMV luminaries and fans from the corporate, philanthropic, sports, entertainment […]
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Lyric Baltimore encourages, nurtures dreams of Baltimore students through Dream Big Contest
By Special to the AFRO According to the most recent American Academy for the Arts and Sciences study, the historic decline in arts education over the last decade reflects the persistent inequities endemic to our educational system. Students in high-needs schools and historically underserved populations have been hit the hardest. In Baltimore – a city […]
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To Be Equal #9 – Crushing student loan debt hinders Black home ownership, feeds racial wealth gap & stalls economic growth
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League “I woke up this morning with a lot on my mind, thinking about my own mother. And the history of Black Americans locked out of every major federal relief program from the Homestead Act to the GI Bill, targeted by redlining, denied the ability to […]
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Existing service year programs may provide model for Moore proposal
By KARA THOMPSON, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. — While details of Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s service year option for high school graduates are still being worked out, there are many other existing service year programs in the state, nationally and worldwide that allow people to gain the experience and give back to the community […]
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Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Officially Granted Ghanaian Citizenship
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Viola Fletcher, a 108-year-old survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has become a Ghanaian citizen alongside her 101-year-old brother, Hughes Van Ellis. The historic event took place on Tuesday, February 28, at Ghana’s embassy in Washington, where Fletcher and Ellis were formally sworn in as […]
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Damali Rhett Harding Named Acting U.S. Program Director for Regulatory Assistance Project
By BlackPressUSA MONTPELIER, Vt. – The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that supports energy regulators in the clean energy transition, announces that Damali Rhett Harding has been named acting director of its U.S. program, effective March 17. Harding, a highly regarded expert in renewable energy and electric utilities, joined RAP last year as the […]
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Bowie State University awarded $1.5 million to increase the pipeline of Black male educators
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com The U.S. Department of Education’s Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program recently awarded more than $1.5 million to Bowie State University (BSU) to support the school’s Black Male Educators Project. The initiative strives to increase the number of Black male teachers in early childhood, elementary, secondary and […]
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Addressing the issues around public safety and policing
By Congressman James E. Clyburn, Black Press USA Following the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in 2020 at the hands of law enforcement—two, in a long line of avoidable tragedies—Democrats reaffirmed our commitment to ensuring that law enforcement truly protects the communities they serve. House Democrats passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing […]
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Black entrepreneurs and elected officials gather for MBE Night in Annapolis
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Entrepreneurs, state officials, financial services companies and members of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland gathered on Feb. 28 for MBE Night in Annapolis. The event was created by former Delegate Herman Taylor, who wanted to bring together the private and public sectors to help minority business enterprise […]
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Wells Fargo awards $50 million to NAACP
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Wells Fargo recently awarded the NAACP a $50 million grant to help the civil rights organization develop a new national headquarters in Washington D.C. and bolster local NAACP branches across the country. The grant marks the single-largest donation that the NAACP has ever received from a corporation. “We’re […]
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Coppin State University to Receive $1 Million in Grants from BGE to Support Students in STEM
BALTIMORE – Coppin State University has received a $1,000,000 grant from BGE to support the educational goals of Coppin students studying disciplines in science, technology, engineering, and math. The grant to Coppin is part of the $3 million in grants BGE will provide to HBCUs in Central Maryland, including Bowie State, and Morgan State Universities. […]