By AFRO Staff The cherry blossoms of Washington, D.C. scored a major win with the Washington Wizards. The basketball team recently revealed the “Bloom City Edition” of their uniform for the 2022-23 season and the famous flower is front and center as the muse. With the help of their partnership with Nike and the NBA, […]
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Vice-President Harris Celebrates Greater Washington Partnership pledge to invest $4.7 billion into minority and women-led companies
By AFRO Staff On March 30, members of the Greater Washington Partnership publicly announced a $4.7 billion commitment to businesses owned by minorities and women from Richmond to Washington D.C. U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Guzman and U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gina Romanda, delivered remarks at Howard University in Washington D.C., with Vice president […]
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Local Black restaurateurs Sandovan and ‘Chef’s of the Streets’ recipients of PepsiCo grant programs
By Demetrius Dillard, Special to the AFRO While many restaurants have bounced back from the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a number are still struggling. Over the course of the pandemic’s two-year span, countless restaurants have been forced to close down and 80 percent of them reported that they are on the verge […]
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Opinion: Eleanor Holmes Norton: D.C. Doesn’t Have a Senator to Vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson
This post was originally published on Word In Black by Eleanor Holmes Norton Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a historic nominee for the United States Supreme Court, except in one respect. While she is the first Black woman nominated for the Supreme Court — and I am confident she will be the first Black woman to […]
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Cardin meets with Supreme Court nominee Jackson
By Julia Rosier, Devin Rank and Margaret Attridge, Capital News Service Maryland Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin met with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court on March 15. “It’s an opportunity for us to get to know each other a bit better and we thank her for her willingness to […]
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Black women at forefront of Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearing
By Micha Green and Lisa Brown, Special to the AFRO, mgreen@afro.com Black women are leading the cause for confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). Many Black women-led organizations took to the SCOTUS to express their support for Judge Jackson’s seat on the Court including: the National Women’s […]
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Reimagine Main Street awards $2 million to more than 200 Black women entrepreneurs across the country
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Reimagine Main Street recently awarded cash grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 to over 200 Black women-owned small businesses and entrepreneurs through its Backing Black Business: Small Business Grant Program. Meta provided the $2 million funding for the cash grants as a part […]
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Dream Corps JUSTICE: Close prison doors and open doors of opportunity
By DeAnna Giles, Special to the AFRO Dream Corps JUSTICE is set to host the sixth annual Day of Empathy Summit to bridge the gap between lawmakers and communities disproportionately impacted by incarceration. According to Dream Corps, the goal of the event is to build empathy with governors, state legislators and federal policymakers to take […]
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Women who are ‘winning’ and speaking at the AFRO’s Black Business Matters Expo
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com This year the Afro-American Newspapers (AFRO) is highlighting ‘Women Who Win’ at its Black Business Matters Expo, which takes place on March 24. During the celebration, numerous exemplary Black business women will have the chance to talk about their professional journey, offer advice, […]
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A welcome haunting
By Savannah G.M. Wood, Special to the AFRO During the past three years, I have been immersed in the AFRO American Newspapers’ archives. As Executive Director of Afro Charities, I am working with the AFRO to care for this collection and make it more publicly accessible. As a descendant of the AFRO’s founders, I often […]
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Frances L. Murphy, II – A remarkable winner in life and in death
By Frances (Toni) Murphy Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher My mother, Frances L. Murphy II, was a winner and a role model to many- especially aspiring Black journalists. For most of her life she enjoyed two professions: working at the AFRO founded by her grandfather, John H. Murphy Sr., and teaching. She began her newspaper […]
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Black women at the forefront of COVID fight
By Micha Green, AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor, mgreen@afro.com While the President’s Chief Medical Advisor, Dr. Anthony Fauci, may have become the face of the United States’ fight against COVID-19, Black women, such as Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, have been at the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus. In fact, the […]
