By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black One of the recurring education headlines over the last year has been America’s unprecedented teacher shortage — especially as Black teachers quit at previously unseen rates. Plenty of experts have ideas about how to end the mass exodus of educators from the classroom, but Eric Duncan, the assistant director […]
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Black students with disabilities deserve better school experiences
By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black From the lack of proper diagnosis and support for students with dyslexia and ADHD to the stigmatization of disorders like autism and Down syndrome, students with disabilities are not treated equally in our education system. And Black students with disabilities often have extremely different — and more difficult — […]
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Coalition seeks voting access for Marylanders awaiting trial
By SHANNON CLARK, Capital News Service LARGO, Md. – Thousands of Maryland residents will not cast a ballot in this year’s election because they are behind bars. They have not had their voting rights taken from them. In fact, they have not been convicted of a crime. But because they are in jail prior to […]
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Wes Moore and Dan Cox debate the topics: abortion, Jan 6, the racial wealth gap and education
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report For America Corps Member, tmcqueen@afro.com Maryland Public Television held the only scheduled one-on-one gubernatorial debate between Democratic nominee Wes Moore and Republican nominee Rep. Dan Cox (R-MD-04) on Oct. 12. The debate allowed them to prove their credibility and showcase their agendas and aspirations for Maryland just ahead […]
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Local residents connect to their ancestors, uncover family ties in St. Mary’s County, Md.
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Before 2015, Angela Wilson had never heard of Sotterley Plantation. Now a museum known as Historic Sotterley (Sotterley), the tidewater tobacco plantation located in Hollywood, Md. stretched across 7,000 acres at its height. At one point, the grounds held nearly 93 enslaved people. […]
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Tracing and connecting to your roots
This month’s special edition is all about tracing and connecting to our roots. The AFRO team encourages all readers to use this family tree from the National Archives and Records Administration to discover your own family history! How far back can you trace lineage? Help us Continue to tell OUR Story and join the AFRO […]
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Six resources to help you trace your roots
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report for America Corps Member, tmcqueen@afro.com People have made powerful reconnections by “tracing their roots” over the years, but the process isn’t always straightforward. The information available can run the gamut from dense, government documents to barely legible notes, handwritten on the back of a family photo. So, where […]
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Continuing the legacy of John Henry Murphy Sr.: it may not be easy, but it’s worth it
By Frances “Toni” Murphy Draper, AFRO Publisher and CEO A few months ago, in preparation for its 130th anniversary, the AFRO embarked on an ambitious quest to identify the direct descendants of my great grandfather AFRO founder, John Henry Murphy Sr. We knew that he and Great Grandmother Murphy (nee Martha Elizabeth Howard) had 11 […]
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2022 General Election Results Schedule Announced
By the Maryland State Board of Elections ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland State Board ofElections (on Oct. 14, 2022) released the anticipated ballot-counting and election-result announcement schedules for the 2022 General Election. Marylanders will be able to track the canvassing process and election results online here. Soon after the polls close at 8 p.m. on Nov. 8, jurisdiction-specific results […]
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MPT hosts Wes Moore and Dan Cox in gubernatorial debate
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report For America Corps Member, tmcqueen@afro.com Democratic nominee Wes Moore, and Republican candidate Del. Dan Cox (R-MD-04), will appear on the Maryland Public Television (MPT) tonight. They will discuss various topics like abortion, gun violence and education. AFRO’s News Editor, Alexis Taylor, will be on the panel to ask […]
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Four-time Grammy-nominated artist Oleta Adams to perform at The Weinberg Center
By Beverly Richards, Special to the AFRO Q: Tell me about your musical upbringing and how it influenced your sound. A: My great-uncle raised me, and he was a Southern Baptist minister. So, of course I was raised in the church, and I learned a lot about leading choirs because I was the accompanist from […]
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Maryland senators to Pentagon: address toxic chemicals on bases
By Eve Sampson, Capital News Service Maryland Democratic Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, have joined a host of other lawmakers in an open letter to the Pentagon to increase resources for cleaning up toxic chemicals found on military bases. The issue, known as PFAS, which stands for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a group of […]