By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com The life and legacy of Ashanti Billie, the 19-year-old who disappeared from a Hampton Roads, Virginia naval base and was found dead 11 days later, has continued to thrive through the Ashanti Alert Act. “In the wake of an unspeakable tragedy, Meltony and Brandy Billie did something extraordinary: they […]
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#BFF More Than a Best Friend for Black Women Entrepreneurs in Tech
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The hashtag #BFF is widely known as “Best Friends Forever,” but now for many entrepreneurs it’s a ray of hope. According to information from “digitalundivided,” an organization that helps Black and Latinx women move their businesses from idea to execution, there are 6,691 women at the helm of funded […]
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Redacted Video Released of Jordan McNair’s Fatal Practice
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com After a tumultuous semester, just hours before the start of the holiday break, the University of Maryland released a redacted video of former Terrapin Jordan McNair’s fatal football practice. The video paints a picture of negligence by the former training staff. The videos, first released to Fox 5 […]
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Alsobrooks Named Metropolitan COG 2019 Corporate President
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com If breaking history as the first African American woman to be elected as Prince George’s County Executive wasn’t enough, Angela Alsobrooks has been named as the 2019 corporate president of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG). As the DMV is so closely related, the Metropolitan Washington COG Corporation […]
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When A Police Force Doesn’t Match the Population It Serves – Still, We Can Solve That
Submitted to the AFRO by George H. Lambert, President & CEO of Greater Washington Urban League A recent lawsuit filed by Prince George’s County police officers along with key area civil rights groups shows us something that is an all too familiar narrative in the fabric of American life: there are not only increasing tensions […]
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The Museum of African Art, the Perfect Companion to the NMAAHC
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The numbers don’t lie. According to statistics provided by the Smithsonian about 20 million people visited the collage of free museums this year. (The numbers go through October.) That number was 30 million last year. Make no mistake; a chunk of those visitors came to the popular National Museum […]
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Tubby Returns to High Point and Comes Home for Holiday Hoop Fest
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com High Point University coach Tubby Smith’s basketball life has come full circle. In a career that spans almost three decades he’s won a national championship and built a resume that is Hall of Fame worthy. Smith is one of two head coaches to guide five different programs to the […]
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Prince George’s Officers of Color File Federal Race Discrimination Lawsuit Against PGPD
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer Who protects the protectors? It’s the question several officers of color and associated affinity groups are asking the executive leadership of Prince George’s County as a lawsuit has been filed against the Prince George’s Police Department (PGPD) charging racial discrimination, authorities recently announced. In the U.S. District Court of […]
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Hyattsville Appoints First Black, First Woman and First LGBT as Chief of Police
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com There’s a new chief in town, and she’s spreading Black Girl Magic and a lot of firsts in Hyattsville, Md. Amal Awad is the first Black, first woman and first member of the LGBT community to be appointed as the chief of police in Hyattsville’s 132-year-old history. Awad was […]
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Hogan Secretly Tries to Keep NFL Franchise in Prince George’s County
By Mark Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com With the District of Columbia ready to make a strong run at luring the professional football franchise back to the place it represents, Gov. Larry Hogan appears ready to call a Hail Mary to try and keep the team from leaving the free state. According to MarylandMatters.org – an independent, […]
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Angela Alsobrooks: An Inspiration for Black Women
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Representation matters. When Angela Alsobrooks took the oath of office as county executive for Prince George’s County on Dec. 3, she became the first African American woman to do so – an act that made history and served as a major inspiration for women who look like her. Megan […]
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The Made Man Honors 100 Black Men in DC
By Brianna McAdoo, AFRO Staff Writer, bmcadoo@afro.com The 2018 U.S. Made Man Experience Tour is making its rounds to 11 cities in the nation where they are unapologetically celebrating Black men in all their excellence. This past week they made a stop at the Embassy of Ghana in Washington, D.C. Founded by Ky Dele in 2013, The […]