A goose is startled as Northup Grumman’s Antares rocket lifts off the launch pad at NASA’s Wallops Island flight facility in Wallops Island, Va., Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. The rocket is delivering cargo to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A space station […]
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Washington taps pastors to overcome racial divide on vaccine
In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, photo Reginald Henry, 69, of Washington, receives his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at Howard University, in Washington. “I felt confident about getting the vaccine,” says Henry, who lives in a senior building, “because God helps those who help themselves.” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) By ASHRAF […]
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Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls taken in mass abduction
Some of the students that were not kidnapped from a Government Girls Junior Secondary School following an attack by gunmen in Jangebe, Nigeria, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the West […]
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Supreme Court could put new limits on voting rights lawsuits
In this Nov. 4, 2020, file photo Maricopa County elections officials count ballots at the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office in Phoenix. Eight years after carving the heart out of a landmark voting rights law, the Supreme Court is looking at putting new limits on efforts to combat racial discrimination in voting. The justices are taking […]
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Trooper kicked, dragged Black man who died in custody
Ronald Greene smiles in an undated photo provided by his family. A Louisiana State Police trooper has been suspended without pay for kicking and dragging Greene, a handcuffed Black man whose in-custody death remains unexplained and the subject of a federal civil rights investigation. (Courtesy of the Greene family via AP) By Jim Mustian The […]
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Innovation program targets systemic racism
Barry Givens, Techstars managing director. (Photo: 2020 Hand-out | Credit: Cox Enterprises) By Reginald L Allen II Special to the AFRO The Cox Enterprises’ 2021 Social Impact Accelerator class has been selected. The Atlanta-based program, powered by Techstars, is an annual three-month program that will go virtual for this season due to in-person gathering restrictions […]
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Former Wizards coach hired as Gaston College athletic director
Former Wizards coach Gene Banks has been hired as the athletic director of Gaston College. (Courtesy Photo) By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO Basketball legend and former Wizards coach (2009-2012) Gene Banks has been hired as the athletic director of Gaston College (GC), a community college in Dallas, N.C., that is reestablishing its athletic […]
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TBE#8 – Americans overwhelmingly support the George Floyd justice in policing act. Congress has no excuse
National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) To Be Equal #8 February 25, 2020 Americans Overwhelmingly Support The George Floyd Justice In Policing Act. Congress Has No Excuse Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “And that brings me to the 8 minutes and 46 seconds that America witnessed […]
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Baltimoreans are Marylanders too. They are both entitled to and deserve the vaccine.
Mayor Brandon M. Scott (Courtesy Photo/https://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/) It’s outrageous. Governor Hogan said that Baltimore City has gotten “far more than they are really entitled to.” Baltimoreans are Marylanders too. They are both entitled to and deserve the vaccine. However, city residents do not have equitable access to vaccine doses. The State has not provided an equitable […]
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Inside the wisdom and work of Frank B. Coakley
Frank B. Coakley (Courtesy Photo) By Ralph E. Moore Special to the AFRO Frank B. Coakley was Chief Lending Officer for Baltimore Community Lending when he died. He was a genius with finance as well as a gentle giant among the citizens of Baltimore and the state of Maryland where he worked. He was a […]
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Morgan State Alumnus Calvin Tyler increases endowment commitment to $20 million
Calvin and Tina Tyler Increase Endowment Commitment to $20 million with Morgan State University President David K. Wilson. The $20-million pledge is the largest private donation from an alumnus in University history and is believed to be the largest contribution of its kind to any Historically Black College or University (HBCU) nationwide from an alum. […]
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2021 BEYA STEM Conference
By Imani Wj Wright Special to the AFRO From Feb. 11-13, the BEYA STEM Conference was hosted virtually, via YouTube. This event was originally set to take place at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park, but was moved online for public health precautions. The BEYA STEM community has over 10,000 members. Young people Grades K-12, college […]
