By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com June 26 will be a historic day in Congressional and District of Columbia record, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D- California) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D- Maryland) announced that is the day when the House will vote on D.C. statehood. Pelosi, Hoyer, D.C.’s Representative to Congress Eleanor […]
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“Father’s Day”
By Makaila Nelligan-Tarpley Special to the AFRO Makaila Nelligan-Tarpley, 14, is from Brookeville, Maryland, who will be entering the ninth grade this fall and enjoys writing in her free time. Father’s Day- such a simple phrase that holds so many meanings to the people who know of it. From those who give praise to their […]
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“Virtual Vibe” Launches March to Charm City CIAA
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Write mgray@afro.com Four of America’s hottest deejays will help the nation’s oldest HBCU athletic conference begin the countdown to it’s march to Charm City with a day party in cyberspace. Visit Baltimore and the CIAA, the nation’s first Black athletic conference, will host the CIAA Virtual Vibe day party […]
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Investments Into Labor Force Change Lives
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com In trying to combat unemployment and homelessness a company is making investments in human capital. A company called R Investments is working on the two major crises that America is facing today, systemic racism and COVID-19, by transforming the process of education and preparing a new workforce […]
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Juneteenth: Celebrating and Still Fighting
Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The celebration of Juneteenth comes during a revolutionary time in America, where hundreds of thousands protestors are emphasizing the importance of Black Lives and fighting for equity and true freedom. While the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863 technically freeing all slaves, it took two years on June 19, […]
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Young Black Men Share Discomfort In Dealing With Police
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Trauma from the effects of watching the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta has local Black male college students coming to grips with their mortality after being bombarded with images of those who look like them being killed on social media. Recent […]
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Justices Rule LGBT People Protected From Job Discrimination
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment, a resounding victory for LGBT rights from a conservative court. The court decided by a 6-3 vote that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act […]
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Racism, Police Reform Focus of Virginia Legislative Session
By The Associated Press Virginia lawmakers are vowing to take strong action on systemic racism and police reforms during a special legislative session planned in August. Protests have spread across Virginia following the May 25 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Marchers have called for sweeping criminal justice reforms, including an […]
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NCBCP Supports ‘Justice in Policing Act’
By AFRO Staff In support of the Justice in Policing Act, led and introduced by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) organized and co-hosted a National Black Leadership Virtual Briefing on the Justice in Policing Act, in partnership with several national Black civil rights and women’s rights […]
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Meet the Organizer
Interviewed By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Zada Smallwood, 18 is a recent graduate of South County High School and plans to attend Sacramento State in the fall where she will be majoring in Psychology. In her spare time, she enjoys running track and did so for 4 years in high school. She also […]
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17-Year-old Recording Artist TYLAN Releases Music Video (Quarantine Version)
‘2R’s Entertainment & Media PRESS RELEASE 17-Year-old Recording Artist TYLAN Releases Music Video (Quarantine Version) for His Top 30 R&B Single, “FEEL THIS WAY” featuring Ronnie DeVoe Tylan’s album is a coming of age story we are all familiar with, and that everyone can relate to. The world desperately needs this kind of music again. […]
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“Where Do We Go From Here?”
By Frances Murphy (Toni) Draper AFRO Publisher For many of us, including me, the past two weeks have been the most impactful, life-changing weeks in my entire life. I am old enough to remember many marches and demonstrations; many protests and sit-ins; and, unfortunately too many instances of African Americans dying at the hand of […]
