Nicholas Hayes is spending an amazing six weeks getting to know the Fire Department. (Photo/BCPS) FIRST “OFFICIAL, HANDS-ON” JOB Nicholas Hayes, a rising junior at Loch Raven High, is not too proud to admit that when he began his summer job with the Baltimore County Fire Department, he knew nothing about the agency. “I just […]
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#MeToo Take 2? Movement’s strength hailed amid Cuomo fallout
In this Feb. 9, 2020, file photo, Anita Hill arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Hill, who essentially introduced sexual harassment to the public in 1991, says “the conversation has changed” as a result of #MeToo. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) By JOCELYN NOVECK, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — […]
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Hill Harper joins local leaders, activists to address vaccine-hesitant communities
Award-winning actor, author and philanthropist Hill Harper. (Courtesy Photo) By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO Award-winning actor, author and philanthropist Hill Harper took a break from his busy schedule and made his way to Baltimore to join city leaders and medical experts for meaningful conversation around the emerging Delta Variant and COVD-19’s impact on […]
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigning over sexual harassment
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at New York’s Yankee Stadium, Monday, July 26, 2021. State lawmakers are telling Gov. Andrew Cuomo that their ongoing impeachment investigation is “nearing completion” and gave him a deadline of Aug. 13, to provide additional evidence. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) By MARINA VILLENEUVE, Associated Press […]
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MPD under fire for police brutality in viral video
By Micha Green D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com A viral video showing D.C. Police punching a man and using excessive force has activists demanding justice, Washingtonians saying “enough is enough,” and three Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) members on suspension and under investigation. On Aug. 8 officers were filmed physically harming 23-year-old Kiman Johnson, while attempting […]
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Activists remember Voting Rights Act 56 years later
Activists including representatives from March on for Voting Rights, met on Aug. 6 to celebrate the 56th anniversary of the {1965 Voting Rights Act} and plan for a nationwide march on Aug. 28 to continue the fight to end voter suppression. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com Fifty-six years after their […]
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Aspen Institute pilots new way to build neighborhood trust with 10 hyper-local grants in Baltimore
Simple applications, local judges, and M&T Bank partnership yield $7,000 awards Baltimore, MD, August 9, 2021 –– M&T Bank and Weave: The Social Fabric Project, a program of the Aspen Institute, today announced winners of the first-ever Weaver Awards celebrating and supporting neighbors who are weaving Baltimore’s social fabric. Each awardee receives $7,000 for a […]
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The sounds of music return to the nation’s first, private HBCU
l-r: Mr. James McLeod and Dr. Virgil Goodwine bring music back to the nation’s first, private HBCU! Wilberforce University gears up for a musical rebirth. A talented addition to the WU faculty is Mr. James McLeod, who brings a 27 year career in instrumental education to WU. His history of building music and band programs […]
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SEC approves Nasdaq’s plan to require board diversity
In this Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004 file photo, The price of shares of the Internet search engine giant Google are shown shortly after trading began midday at the NASDAQ marketsite in Times Square in New York. The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved Nasdaq’s groundbreaking proposal to boost the number of women, racial minorities and […]
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National Council of Negro Women, Ben Crump file suit against Johnson & Johnson
A complaint filed by the National Council of Negro Women against Johnson & Johnson requests corrective action to inform Black women and all other consumers about the risks associated with using the products and their connection to ovarian cancers. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By NNPA NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury […]
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Murder plot reveals deadly mix: White supremacists and law enforcement
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The FBI recently unearthed a deadly secret: top Ku Klux Klan members work in America’s prisons, holding unlimited power over inmates, including recent revelations in Florida where authorities thwarted a plot to kill a Black prisoner. “I have long asked (Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Mark […]
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#SecuringTheBag: USAF Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown, Jr. on Covid-19 vaccines
USAF Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown, Jr. on Covid-19 vaccines at the National Press Club Help us Continue to tell OUR Story and join the AFRO family as a member – subscribers are now members! Join here!
