By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Sonya Ross, Associated Press White House correspondent, was traveling with President George W. Bush on Sept. 11 when all hell broke loose. The 43rd president was at a Sarasota, Fla. elementary school to witness a class of mostly Black first graders who could read exceptionally well, reported CNN […]
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Remembering 9/11: How the terrorists attacks created an annoying, sometimes frustrating, but indispensable inconvenience
Black women complain they are subjected to intrusive searches because of their hair. TSA five years ago said it would monitor its practices, but complaints continue. Photo courtesy TSA By Gregory Smith, Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – Yolanda Williams, a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) supervisor at Los Angeles International Airport, said that passengers were […]
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Rolling Art Exhibit to honor murder victims on the National Day of Remembrance
(Washington, DC) Rizpah Network, a non-profit organization with chapters in DC, and Tennessee, is proud to announce that it will host, the Rolling Art Exhibit & Remembrance Celebration in conjunction with Family Skate Day in honor of victims and survivors of violence on the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. The Black Girl Grieved […]
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Van Hollen, Cardin, Ruppersberger announce more than $120,000 in Federal funding for Community College of Baltimore County’s Transportation Training Program
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) announced $123,641 in federal funding to expand the Community College of Baltimore County’s Transportation Training Center program from 18 students to 28 students. These funds will help grow the program for more veterans and their family members, providing quality training for students who receive their Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) and guaranteed job placements in transportation companies across Maryland […]
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Remembering 9/11: Firefighter Roderick Lewis was there, and in ways, he still is
Retired New York Center firefighter Roderick Lewis still carries scars from Sept. 11, 2001, attack. Among the 345 firefighters lost that day were dozens of his friends. (Courtesy photo) By Ahnayah Hughes, Howard University News Service Even now, the pain of that day lays just below the surface for retired New York City firefighter Rodney […]
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Morgan awarded $7.5M DoD Grant, establishes center for advanced electro-photonics
(Photos Courtesy of Office of Morgan State University) By Morgan State U Johns Hopkins, JHU Applied Physics Laboratory and Aberdeen Proving Ground Among Partners on First-of-Its-Kind, HBCU-led Center BALTIMORE – Morgan State University announced today that researchers from its School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences (SCMNS) were awarded a five-year, $7.5-million grant from the […]
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#WordinBlack: Policing in schools: How Black, Brown, Indigenous and students with disabilities are criminalized at higher rates
(Photograph by R.D. Smith/Unsplas) By Maya Pottiger This story was produced as part of a collaboration with the Center for Public Integrity and USA TODAY. Since the summer of 2020, there has been a lasting national focus on the relationship between the police and Black people in this country. One of the bigger conversations has surrounded the role of police officers […]
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More on Social Unrest and Racial Conflict in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
DaQuan Lawrence is a global human rights advocate and scholar activist. (Courtesy photo) By DaQuan Lawrence During the last several weeks, the Republic of South Africa has received much attention due to the social unrest that ensued following the legal decision to jail former president Jacob Zuma. Zuma is to serve 15 months in prison […]
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Voting-rights groups urge Marylanders to help with redistricting maps
Census data from 2020 show Maryland’s population moving to the center of the state, and fair-map advocates say district lines need to shift to represent the change. (maryland.gov) By Diane Bernard, Maryland News Connection BALTIMORE, Md. — As two competing Maryland redistricting commissions offer multiple chances for public input, voter-advocacy groups say technology developed since […]
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Mayor’s Office bridges gap with religious organizations
(Photo courtesy of the Mayor’s Office) By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO Religious organizations are a force within local communities, always going above and beyond religious instruction and services to serve their communities. Churches, synagogues and mosques regularly offer extracurricular activities for children, food and clothing for those in need and criminal justice interventions, […]
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Op-ed: Pan-African Considerations for the Diaspora in COVID-19 Era
Photo by Nechirwan Kavian on Unsplash By DaQuan Lawrence As the global pandemic continues to develop, catalyze worldwide change, and affect various populations and segments of society disproportionately and indiscriminately, it’s important to consider how working together to support not only the African-American/Black community, but international African diaspora is important. The diaspora’s experience has always […]
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Honoring the life of Tupac Shakur: A poet, a prophet and a beloved son of Baltimore
Tupac Shakur By Ralph E. Moore Jr. The Poet-Prophets Before Tupac Shakur In the beginning was the spoken word. It came forth from a group known as the Last Poets and they blended and recorded 60s music and poetry from the movement and it was good. Very good. Then along came a poet-jazz musician (magician) […]