By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com The Biden-Harris Administration invited members of the Black Press to the White House on Feb. 10 for a debriefing of President Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address. To kick off the day, officials reflected on the legacy of Harry McAlpin, who became the first Black reporter to gain […]
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Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, enters hospice care at home
By BILL BARROW, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, a statement from The Carter Center confirmed Saturday. After a series of short hospital stays, the statement said, Carter “decided to spend his remaining time […]
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Gov. Moore testifies in support of bill giving a larger tax break to military retirees
By KARA THOMPSON, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Gov. Wes Moore testified Thursday in support of a bill that would give military retirees a larger tax break, one of the pieces of legislation his administration requested the Speaker of the House to submit for this session. “What this would allow us to do is […]
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AFRO review: a look at lesser known figures of Black history
By Taylor Gardner, AFRO Intern Each year Americans flock to the history books in search of stories about great Black heroes in time. From important scientists and their discoveries to civil rights icons and artists, we can recite the list of names that have been ingrained in our memory over the decades: George Washington Carver, […]
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First Black woman judge in Prince George’s County retires from the bench
By The Circuit Court for Prince, George’s County The Honorable Sheila R. Tillerson Adams recently retired on Dec. 31, 2022, as the Chief and Administrative Judge of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County and Seventh Judicial Circuit of Maryland. Judge Adams has served as the Administrative Judge for 12 years. Judge Adams was the […]
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Alexa Irene Canady: the first Black woman neurosurgeon in the U.S
By Tamara Shiloh, Black Press USA It was during a health careers summer program at the University of Michigan that Alexa Irene Canady, born in 1950, decided to pursue medicine. Her undergraduate degree was in zoology, but she was convinced that continuing her studies at the university’s medical school was what she wanted. It was […]
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Father and son team become second largest owner-operators in Las Vegas area
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Father and son duo Ron and Chris Smith, who lead the FRSCO Corporation (FRSCO), opened their 17th McDonald’s franchise in Las Vegas on Feb. 11, making them the second largest owner and operator in the Las Vegas area. The grand opening event had traffic backed up, as the […]
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First Black Wells Fargo Foundation president shares perspective, discusses career journey
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Otis Rolley possessed a desire to drive positive change in local communities, a craving that led him to Wells Fargo, where he would lead social impact at the banking giant. He said he approached the interview process with Wells’ CEO Charlie Scharf as a two-way conversation. […]
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The U.S. Army Women’s Foundation to host 2023 scholarship awards and Hall of Fame ceremony
By The Army Women’s Foundation As our nation prepares to celebrate Women’s History Month in March, the U.S. Army Women’s Foundation will recognize extraordinary Army Women by awarding scholarships and inducting the 2023 class into the Army Women’s Foundation Hall of Fame. The Army Women’s Foundation, founded in 1969 as the U.S. Women’s Army Corps […]
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First to serve: how Black soldiers and sailors broke barriers in the armed forces
By AFRO Staff Take a short walk through military history and you’re bound to notice the contributions of African-American soldiers and sailors. In a country that used race to decide everything from education to water fountains, African Americans joined the armed forces at surprising rates, looking to do more than labor in the fields. They […]
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From Civil Rights to Silver Rights: How Black entrepreneurs are making history with peer-to-peer car sharing
The Black community has a remarkable legacy of business ownership, tracing all the way back to the Reconstruction Era. From Reconstruction to the 1960s and 70s, the Black community had to rely on its own resources for economic growth. Due to systemic racism and abhorrent Jim Crow policies, professional opportunities were extremely limited for Black […]
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St. Thomas University names law school after veteran Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO Contributing Editor Ben Crump recently became the only practicing Black attorney to have a law school named after him when Miami’s St. Thomas University (STU) named its law school in his honor this month. STU President David A. Armstrong reflected on the common values the institution shared with the civil rights […]