By Jessica Dortch, AFRO Staff, jdortch@afro.com Being Black in America is hard. In the 50s and 60s, it was even harder. A group of Blacks in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area were interested in boating on the Chesapeake Bay, but, unfortunately, the color of their skin restricted their access to premier boating products and supplies. Thus, […]
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Lawmaker Charged With Federal Wire Fraud
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Prince George’s County Democratic State Representative Tawanna Gaines, who has served in the Maryland House of Delegates since 2001, resigned Oct. 4 after she was formally indicted on wire fraud charges. “After much thought and consideration, I have decided to submit my immediate resignation to the Maryland House of […]
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Former BSU President Honored On 100th Birthday
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Dr. Samuel L. Myers Sr., president Emeritus of Bowie State University and distinguished graduate of Morgan State University, was honored for a legacy of leadership during a special celebration to commemorate his 100th birthday at the Minority Access National Role Models Conference at the Gaylord Hotel in Oxon Hill. […]
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Theatre Review: An Artistic, Chilling Conversation on Colorism
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com When walking in the theatre for Round House’s “School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play,” audiences suddenly leave an artistic center and are transported to a high school cafeteria and all the entertaining, terrifying, horrifying and sentimental memories connected to that central gathering location. The cafeteria isn’t just […]
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Sports Journalists Stress STEAM Education
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com CBS broadcaster and host of NFL Today James Brown and NBC-4 news anchor Aaron Gilchrist joined a panel discussion that gave a group of students from D.C. Public Schools a look into their future. The panel was part of the Minority Access Incorporated College and Career Showcase in conjunction […]
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Crime-Scene Video Ruled Admissible in Capital Gazette Hearing
By Captial News Service ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — Judge Laura Ripken ruled that video from the Capital Gazette shooting scene is admissible, Public defenders Katy O’Donnell, Elizabeth Palan and William Davis are representing Jarrod Ramos, who has pleaded not guilty and not criminally responsible to multiple charges, including murder and assault, in the June 28, 2018, […]
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Attorneys Argue Over Crime-Scene Video, Other Motions, at Capital Gazette Hearing
By Elliott Davis and Hannah Gaskill Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the Capital Gazette newsroom shooting case argued over whether to include video from the June 2018 mass shooting site during a hearing Tuesday in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, among other motions. State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess described […]
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Revenue Board Updates Tax Projections
By Elliott Davis, Capital News Service The Maryland Board of Revenue Estimates voted unanimously on Sept. 19 to increase the state’s projected revenues for the current fiscal year by just under $130 million, but cautioned that the uptick “is not indicative of long-term economic growth.” The new estimate, a 2.7 percent increase compared to the last […]
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Prince George’s Fatal Traffic Accidents
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Three fatal road accidents are under investigation as the spike in traffic fatalities continue throughout Prince George’s County. A motorcyclist succumbed to his injuries, while another man passes after an earlier accident this month when another car struck two people standing outside a disabled vehicle on MD Route 210, […]
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Residency Concerns Lead to Eubanks School Board Resignation
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Despite its new Chief Executive Officer and the spirit of optimism that spawned the beginning of the new school year, the shroud of controversy surrounding education in Prince George’s County continues. The Prince George’s County Board of Education is now looking for new representation in District 4 after questions […]
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DMV HBCU Report: BSU & HU Win, MSU Pounded By Army
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Despite the struggles that accompany the start of the season with a new head coach, Howard took advantage of getting back to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference grind to pull off their first win of the season. Bowie State cracked the nation’s Top 25 in Division II and remained undefeated […]
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Maryland Resident Named U.S. Army Colonel
By Brianna Rhodes, Special to the AFRO Maryland resident and Pelahatchie, Miss. native, Jason Tate, was recently selected to be promoted as a U.S. Army Colonel. Lieutenant Colonel Tate is a 1998 college graduate of Tougaloo College and has an extensive background in the military. He began his two year career being commissioned as a chemical […]