PGCPS Won’t Reopen Schools Before February
By Mark F. Gray
AFRO Staff Writer
mgray@afro.com
Less than a week after reaching an agreement to rebuild several new buildings, Prince George’s County Schools CEO Dr. Monica Goldson promised that the system would not be reopening for in-person learning prior to...
First Time Voters Share Feelings on Journey to the Ballot Box
By Micha Green
AFRO D.C. Editor
mgreen@afro.com
First time voters are projected to be key in the 2020 election, and young people are making their voices heard.
According to PBS Newshour, of the 50 million people who had voted by Oct. 25, five...
Rural County Defied Election Conventional Wisdom Will It Repeat Today?
By Tory Young
Stereotypically, President Donald Trump gets support from the rural areas instead of cities.
On Nov. 3, at a polling site, a Black person by the name of Louis said he was voting for Joe Biden because "Well first...
Steady Stream of Voters Break Participation Records
By Lana Shellman
Special to the AFRO
Here at the Show Place Arena on Pennsylvania Avenue in Prince George’s County, on the afternoon of Nov. 3, there was no line outside and no voters inside.
A few voters were leaving the building...
Emphatic ‘Yes’ Vote From Mom, Stubborn ‘No’ From Her Son
By Wayne Dawkins
Special to the AFRO
Lorraine Corry-Moore of the suburban-rural city Suffolk, Va. said she was dressed to represent. It was 9:30 a.m. Election Day Tuesday and Corry-Moore had just cast her vote at Temple Beth El congregation, a...
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Hyattsville Mayor Creates ‘Our Black Party’
By Mark Gray
AFRO Staff Writer
mgray@afro.com
Hyattsville Mayor Candace B. Hollingsworth is juggling many things leading up to the Nov. 3 presidential election. She’s governing a significant racial divide. Hollingsworth is stepping out from the shadows of her community to affect...
Disagreements on PGCPS New School Funding
By Mark Gray
AFRO Staff Writer
mgray@afro.com
On Oct. 22, the Prince George’s County School Board voted 8-3 to build six new schools to replace buildings that had been obsolete for at least 20 years. However, the public private partnership, known as...
#WordinBlack: Names On School Buildings Tell Our Story
By Alexis Taylor
Special to the AFRO
“Richard Montgomery was a slave owning general whose claim to fame was a failed invasion of Canada during the American Revolutionary War.”
The Change.org petition filed by the students and stakeholders of Richard Montgomery High...
#GOTV: Prince George’s County NAACP is On a Roll
By Charnyse Burton
Special to the AFRO
With days to go before the Nov. 3 election, the NAACP of Prince George's County is encouraging people to take advantage of early voting, which started Oct. 26 in Maryland.
The organization’s slogan is "Black...
The Black Man and His Vote
By Reginald Williams
Special to the AFRO
Resolute in his mission and unmoved by the Klu Klux Klan's threats, Maceo Snipes walked into a Taylor County polling place and cast his vote in Georgia's Democratic primary. Snipes was the only African-American...
AFRO Co-Hosts `The People’s Hearing’
By AFRO Staff
Almost 90 years ago in 1934, the AFRO reported on racist police brutality and murder at the hands of law enforcement in Prince George’s County with the case of Kater Stevens. Stevens was taken from his car...
