Journalist and author Nick Charles (Photo: NPR/Nick Charles) By Alexis Taylor, Special to the AFRO National Public Radio (NPR) has announced that esteemed journalist and author Nick Charles will be the nonprofit media organization’s chief culture editor. Vice President and Executive Editor Edith Chapin praised the decision in a message to newsroom employees, made public by […]
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US Army corrects status of colored soldier SGT Thomas Fraction
Photo of African American Union soldiers during the Civil War in Kentucky. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky. (explorekyhistory.ky.gov) By Daryl Moore Special to the AFRO A request to the United States Army for a correction to the military record of United States Colored Soldier Thomas Fraction, who fought for the Union during the Civil War, was granted on […]
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SAILS helps families navigate loss of pregnancy and stillbirths
Sadija Smiley, Founder & CEO of SAILS By Mylika Scatliffe Special to the AFRO In 1988, President Ronald Reagan designated October as Pregnancy And Infant Loss Awareness Month. Stillborn And Infant Loss Support (SAILS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping those who have lost a child or children before they draw breath. SAILS was […]
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The Moore Report: Just wondering how come the police aren’t all getting vaccinated?
Ralph E. Moore Jr. By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Reportedly, just over half of Baltimore City police officers have been vaccinated for COVID-19 as of Oct. 18. Why is that? That is, why has this set of first responders not been 100% vaccinated? That translates to about 1500 of the 2500 sworn officers on the […]
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University of Maryland’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism presents ‘Printed Hate’ series
By Deneen L. Brown Capital News Service For scores of years, newspapers printed hate, leading to racist terror lynchings and massacres of Black Americans. For decades, hundreds of White-owned newspapers across the country incited the racist terror lynchings and massacres of thousands of Black Americans. In their headlines, these newspapers often promoted the brutality of […]
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Barrier breaking Gen. Colin Powell dies from COVID complications
In this Nov. 30, 2006 file photo, former Secretary of State Colin Powell looks on during a ceremony for the Alexis de Tocqueville prize, a French literary award, in Tocqueville, east of Cherbourg, western France. Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications. In an announcement on social media […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Attorney Ben Crump talks Henrietta Lacks injustice, current lawsuit
Attorney Ben Crump, center, holds Zayden Joseph, 6, the great-grandson of Henrietta Lacks, while standing with attorneys and other descendants of Lacks, whose cells have been used in medical research without her permission, outside the federal courthouse in Baltimore, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. They announced during a news conference that Lacks’ estate is filing a […]
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Largest donation in Morgan State University Athletics history paves way for return of Division I Collegiate Wrestling, following 24-year hiatus
(Photo Courtesy of Office of Morgan State University) By Morgan State U Endowment Funded by HBCU Wrestling and Billionaire Philanthropist Mike Novogratz Positions Morgan as the Only HBCU to Offer D1 Varsity Program BALTIMORE — Morgan State University today announced the return of competitive collegiate wrestling to its athletic programs, making Morgan the only Historically Black […]
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Park Heights Renaissance hosts youth vaccination clinic
By AFRO Staff Park Heights Renaissance, in partnership with Langston Hughes Community Resource Center, Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital, Baltimore Health Department and the NAACP, hosted a youth vaccination clinic that was free and open to the public on Oct. 8. At the event, attendees over the age of 12 could receive a COVID vaccine and […]
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Help us find us: Families of missing African Americans say more must be done
By Ariana Cobb, Howard University News Service With more than 543,000 missing person cases in the United States, African-American families are finding they are not receiving the same amount of media coverage and resources as their white counterparts. HUNS reporter Ariana Cobb spoke with David Robinson about his missing son, Daniel. Help us Continue to […]
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Kids on the street: Families left homeless due to pandemic
By Desiree Williams-Chin, Howard University News Service The eviction moratorium that has protected tenants from evictions during the Covid19 pandemic was lifted by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Washington, DC, one mother of three is racing the clock to secure housing for her and her sons. HUNS reporter Desiree Williams-Chin has the story.
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Texas GOP advances new maps that would tighten slipping grip
In this Tuesday, June 30, 2009 file photo, The south side of the Capitol and its surrounding grounds are shown in Austin, Texas. Texas Republicans are set to approve redrawn U.S. House maps that would shore up their eroding dominance as voters peel away from the GOP in the state’s booming suburbs. The Texas House […]
