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!
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New Art @ Work mural has African roots
Govans community unveiled a new mural called “Together Govans.” By Joshua Moore Special to the AFRO The Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts (BOPA) program, Art @ Work, held an official unveiling on Aug. 5 in the Govans community for the new mural called “Together Govans.” The design shows clasped hands to represent togetherness […]
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National certification awarded to Morgan State University’s Department of Strategic Communication
By Morgan State University Newsroom BALTIMORE – The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), the nation’s leading professional organization serving the communications community and principal advocate for industry excellence, ethical conduct and the advancement of its membered practitioners, has approved the recommendation for the School of Global Journalism and Strategic Communication’s (SGJC) Department of Strategic Communication (SCOM) […]
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Swimming federation to splash millions on African strategy
Ahmed Hafnaoui, of Tunisia, celebrates after winning the final of the men’s 400-meter freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) By Graham Dunbar AP Sports Writer After an Olympics of too little diversity in the swimming pool, and less on the medal podium, the sport’s governing […]
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Refugees find more bodies in river separating Tigray, Sudan
In this photo taken from a video shot on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021 in Wad el-Hilu, Sudan, a man washes in the Setit river, known in Ethiopia as Tekeze River. Locals and refugees have pulled dozens from bodies from the river separating Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region from Sudan in the past week, many with bullet […]
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Over 800 Ugandans injected with water in Covid-19 vaccination scam
Health advocates believe the administration of fake Covid-19 vaccines to more than 800n Ugandans could discourage others from taking the jab. (Courtesy photo) By Guyson Nangayi Zenger News (Zenger News) — Siraje Bukenya, a councilor in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, was among the first to receive the opening jab of the Covid-19 vaccine when the government started […]
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Companies, nonprofits, government agencies make combined commitment to alert millions to emergency rental assistance
The Census Bureau will share the CFPB tool and information on emergency rental assistance with members of their Census Counts and States Count lists,” officials stated. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The White House on Aug. 4 announced commitments from major companies, nonprofits, and government agencies to […]
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HBCU Grad Marcus Coleman appointed to head Homeland Security Center
Marcus T. Coleman, the Director of the Department of Homeland Security Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (DHS Center). By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The Biden-Harris administration recently announced the appointment of Marcus T. Coleman as the director of the Department of Homeland Security Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (DHS […]
