By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi just ditched its Confederate-themed state flag. Later this year, the state’s voters will decide whether to dump a statewide election process that dates to the Jim Crow era. Facing pressure from a lawsuit and the possibility of action from a federal judge, legislators are […]
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As Monuments Fall, Confederate Carving has Size on its Side
By KATE BRUMBACK and RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — Some statues of figures from America’s slave-owning past have been yanked down by protesters, others dismantled by order of governors or city leaders. But the largest Confederate monument ever crafted — colossal figures carved into the solid rock of a Georgia mountainside […]
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Northwestern’s First All-Black MFA Directing Cohort
By Blacknews.com Every year Northwestern University, along with other universities across the nation, brings in an MFA directing cohort of one to three people, and many talented hopefuls apply for these positions. Getting accepted into an MFA directing program is a strenuous, long and intense journey, even more so for applicants who have had to […]
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Scott’s City Council Reports $1 Million Under Budget for Fiscal Year 2020
By AFRO Staff Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott has reported that under his presidency, the City Council has come in $1 million under budget for fiscal year 2020. “After an unexpected transition, ransomware attack, and other unforeseen circumstances, I’m proud that we can still be responsible with our resources and find savings in our […]
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NAACP Working To Move Headquarters To Nation’s Capital
By Associated Press The NAACP is working with the District of Columbia to move its headquarters from Baltimore to Washington, the civil rights organization and Mayor Muriel Bowser announced June 29. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) said in a news release it has signed a letter of intent with the […]
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From The Publisher: We.Are.Still.Here
“December 23, 1909 My dear Mr. Murphy: I have just read your very generous editorial bearing upon my new book, “The Story of the Negro.” I thank you for all that you have said. Booker T. Washington If the spirit moves you at some time, I wish you might say a word in your paper […]
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David N. Maine, MD Becomes President & CEO Of Mercy Health Services
(Baltimore, MD – July 6th, 2020) – David N. Maine, M.D. is the new President & CEO of Mercy Health Services (MHS), effective July 1st, 2020. In January 2020, the Mercy Health Services Board of Trustees named Dr. Maine as Mercy’s future President & CEO following Thomas R. Mullen’s decision to retire after 28 years […]
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Cleared in Shooting, Iowa Officer Fired for Letting Woman Go
By RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — As protests over the death of George Floyd grew in Iowa’s second largest city, activists demanded the firing of a White officer who shot and paralyzed an unarmed Black man during a 2016 traffic stop. On June 18, Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman […]
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REMEMBERING
It is our sacred duty to remember these and many others who have lost their lives in volatile interactions with police officers. Not only to remember, but to also call their names from time to time and tell the stories they can no longer tell. For many, the only record of their encounter is a […]
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What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
By Frederick Douglass Excerpted from his speech delivered before the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society, July 5, 1852 in Rochester, N.Y. Fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political […]
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BREAKING NEWS! Historic $40 Million Endowment For Memphis HBCU
A Memphis-based, Historically Black College Receives Largest Beneficial Gift in the School’s 158-Year History LeMoyne-Owen College is named the beneficiary of a $40 Million Endowment at the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Memphis, Tenn .—LeMoyne-Owen College, the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Memphis, Tennessee, has been named the beneficiary of an endowment […]
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Unintentional Martyr: How George Floyd’s Death Revolutionized the BLM Movement
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com In musings with my mother, current Episcopal Diocese of Washington Canon to the Ordinary (Bishop) and former Canon for Multicultural Affairs and Justice the Rev. Paula Clark, this reporter called George Floyd a “martyr.” Clark, a self-proclaimed word purist, initially countered this idea of Floyd’s martyrdom. Floyd was, […]
