By PK Semler, Special to the AFRO Baltimore native and Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein filmed by The Afro-American Newspaper using CI Glass discussing his new book, American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream featuring Ken Burns, Madeleine Albright, Wynton Marsalis, Billie Jean King, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and how the son of a Baltimore postman […]
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D.C. Public Schools open amid Delta variant crisis
Mayor Muriel and Chancellor Lewis Ferebee District of Columbia Public Schools. (Courtesy Photo) By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO Just days before the District of Columbia’s 90,000 students returned to in-person instruction, the D.C. State Board of Education has called on Mayor Muriel Bowser to create more virtual options for families who are concerned […]
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‘Departure Story’ explores coming of age as a Black immigrant in the U.S.
Departure Story honors and highlights the Caribbean-American and Black immigrant experiences through the eyes of Celestine, who arrives in the United States and begins testing the boundaries of her power in several facets of life. (Courtesy Photo) By Dareise A. Jones Special to the AFRO Rowana Abbensetts Dobson, writer, mental health advocate and entrepreneur published […]
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Residents frustrated by D.C. street cameras’ failure to capture violence
MPD provided a blurred image of a white Toyota Camry sedan with a shattered rear window associated with the shooting of a pregnant woman on Eastern Avenue, N.E. (Courtesy Photo) By Sharece Crawford Special to the AFRO District of Columbia residents are fed up with violence and calling on city officials to take action and […]
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Frederick Douglass Bridge opens with Labor Day celebration
The Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge opened with a 5K and community celebration on Sept. 6 and official ribbon cutting on Sept. 7. (Photo by Micha Green) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com As many people celebrated Labor Day nationwide, Washingtonians took to Southwest, D.C. to commemorate an important part of the District’s […]
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Hogan announces boosters for people 65+ in nursing homes
Governor’s Reception Room in the Annapolis State House, Maryland, on Sept. 8, 2021. Gov. Larry Hogan announces that Maryland seniors are now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine booster shots at a press conference Sept. 8. (Photo/Rachel Logan/Capital News Service) By ALLISON MOLLENKAMP Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. —Marylanders 65 and over living in congregate care […]
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Black-owned giving app hailed as one of the fastest growing companies
Wale Mafolasire founded Givelify to make it easier for people to donate to charitable organizations and places of worship. The app boasts over 70,000 organizations, which have raised over $3 billion. (Courtesy Photo) By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member Msayles@afro.com In 2013, Wale Mafolasire launched Givelify, a Black-owned online giving […]
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Businesses eagerly await funding from FY-22 to create new job, training opportunities
By Sharece Crawford Special to the AFRO Federal funding and budgets directly affect small businesses and local programs, and people are feeling the sting. In the Fiscal Year (FY)- 2022 Budget Resolution Agreement Framework, President Joe Biden outlined a plan of $3.5 trillion in the Budget Reconciliation with instructions to enact the Build Back Better […]
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On 20th anniversary of 9/11, remember storytellers
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 […]
