By Beverly Richards, Special to the AFRO Q: Tell me about your musical upbringing and how it influenced your sound. A: My great-uncle raised me, and he was a Southern Baptist minister. So, of course I was raised in the church, and I learned a lot about leading choirs because I was the accompanist from […]
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Prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ case
By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors dropped charges against Adnan Syed on Tuesday in the 1999 killing of Hae Min after additional DNA testing excluded him as a suspect in a case chronicled by the hit podcast “Serial.” Marilyn Mosby, the state’s attorney for the city of Baltimore, said her office would continue […]
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Councilwoman Odette Ramos hosts rally for the renewal of Inclusionary Housing Law
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report For America Corps Member, tmcqueenafro.com “Through rain or shine,” Councilwoman Odette Ramos (D-MD-14) told the AFRO that the inclusive housing rally would happen –and that it did. The rally was created to further awareness of inclusive and equitable housing and demand Council Bill 22-0195 be passed. Ramos created […]
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Networking key during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference
By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO There was no shortage of networking opportunities at the Congressional Legislative Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) this year. The event drew nearly 10,000 people of all ages to the nation’s capital, from Sept. 28 through Oct. 2. It had been two years since Washington, D.C. had […]
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‘Our Town’ opens at Center Stage in Baltimore
By Beverly Richards, Special to the AFRO Located in the heartbeat of Baltimore, play lovers united to see Stevie Walker-Webb’s contemporary take on the American classic, “Our Town,” by Thornton Wilder. The play focuses on community and how we live this life connected, “two-by-two.” That sense of community hits you immediately when you enter Center […]
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Emory University offers 1st ever course on Tyler Perry
By AFRO Staff Madea is going to school this fall. Emory University’s Oxford College, based in Georgia, is currently offering a course based on Tyler Perry’s body of work, including his most-known character, “Madea,” and his impact on the entertainment industry. It is the first college course of its kind in the country, according to […]
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first African-American woman on Supreme Court, set to face controversial topics in first term
By Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, AFRO U.S. Supreme Court Correspondent Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is poised to decide her first cases as a member of America’s highest court. Cases involving voting rights, gay rights, affirmative action, criminal justice, the Environmental Protection Agency, and Native American adoption rights will all be heard during the current session of […]
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American wallets are being hammered by inflation- is relief in sight?
By Barrington Salmon, NNPA Newswire Contributor Everywhere ordinary Americans turn, it seems, the spectre of inflation haunts their everyday lives. Everything costs more: Food. Shelter. Gasoline. Eating out. Clothes. Vehicles. And most goods and services. Rising rents, the increased cost of new and used cars and even seemingly unconnected services– like dental care– have illustrated […]
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The Moore Report: Undrinkable water in Jackson, Miss, and Brett Favre ‘Robin Hood in reverse’ scheme with TANF funds
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO It is outrageous! If you speak to longtime residents of Jackson, Miss. You learn that their water system has been unreliable and has produced increasingly undrinkable water for decades until the system completely failed this summer. In case you missed it, there was a water crisis […]
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Maryland senators to Pentagon: address toxic chemicals on bases
By Eve Sampson, Capital News Service Maryland Democratic Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, have joined a host of other lawmakers in an open letter to the Pentagon to increase resources for cleaning up toxic chemicals found on military bases. The issue, known as PFAS, which stands for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a group of […]
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Debutant Amos Kipruto of Kenya wins London Marathon
By The Associated Press Debutant Amos Kipruto won the men’s race at the London Marathon on Oct. 2, with Yalemzerf Yehualaw triumphing in the women’s. Kipruto, a world bronze medallist in Doha in 2019, finished in a time of 2 hours, 4 minutes, 39 seconds. The 30-year-old Kenyan beat Leul Gebresilase of Ethiopia into second […]
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Black Women’s Agenda convenes in Washington
By AFRO Staff While life, for many, paused during the COVID-19 pandemic, issues challenging the Black community persisted or worsened. Addressing some of those concerns—inflation, health disparities, voting rights—was the focus of the Black Women’s Agenda Inc.’s 45th Annual Symposium Town Hall & Awards Luncheon, which was held Sept. 30 at the Waldorf Astoria Washington […]