Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/2581302368852234/ Twitter: twitter.com/SNFAgoraJHU/status/1268270462905331714 Faith Leadership in Times of Crisis Friday, June 5, 12–12:45 p.m. ET Watch: 3 In turbulent times, many people turn to their faith leaders for guidance in navigating the pain they are feeling and seeking pathways to a more just future. At this moment, when unrest is erupting here in Baltimore and […]
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Meet the Essential Worker
Interviewed By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Le’Asha Julius is an actor and rapper, native to the Washington Metropolitan Area, who is serving on the frontlines as a delivery service worker. AFRO: Tell us about your life as an artist before the pandemic? Le’Asha Julius is an actor and rapper serving as a delivery service […]
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Howard Grad Launches HBCU Bingo Online
BLACK ENTREPRENEUR LAUNCHES HBCU BINGO TO HONOR 2020 GRADS WITH OVER $1 MILLION IN GAME PRIZES AND CASH Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Veteran Hollywood TV Producer and HBCU graduate herself, TeeJ Mercer, will launch “TeeJ’s Bingo Nite: HBCU 2020 Grad Edition” (TBNHGE), a loud and lively online Bingo game event that will award over $1.3 million […]
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From Peaceful Protesting to a President Posing
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Thousands took to the streets of downtown D.C., June 1, to protest systemic racism after the unlawful death of George Floyd, who died from the murderous knee of Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer who pinned his neck down for more than eight minutes, while other officers observed. […]
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Legendary NBA Star Wes Unseld Dies at 74
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com Wes Unseld was one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history and a world champion with the Washington Bullets. But, he was also known as a man of great integrity, who became a vital community leader in his adopted hometown of Baltimore. Unseld died today from pneumonia […]
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Chaos As Police Clash With George Floyd Protesters At White House
Protesters threw fireworks, bricks and water bottles at police. Police used tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets against the crowd. Chaos ensued outside the White House Saturday night as anti-police brutality protesters fought with Secret Service, Parks Police, and Military Police. This is the second night of rioting in Washington D.C. in solidarity with […]
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CBC Legislative Conference to Go Virtual this Year
By AFRO Staff Amid Covid-19 concerns, the Congressional Black Foundation recently announced its Annual Legislative Conference would be conducted online this year. Historically, the five-day event welcomes tens of thousands to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., to discuss social and policy issues impacting Blacks in the United States and across the […]
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AFRO FACTS – US RECONSTRUCTION ERA
By AFRO.COM / Be Inspired Global Host Micha Green talks America’s reconstruction era and its absence of equality.
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Arrests In DC As Activists Take To The Streets To Support Minneapolis Protesters
Multiple arrests occurred as hundreds of activists marched throughout Washington D.C. for George Floyd and his supporters Friday evening. “We are standing in solidarity with our people in Minneapolis,” said event organizer Joella Roberts. “I want to remind you that the system that George Floyd was heading to was just as deadly,” she said, referring […]
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Bipartisan Mayors Demand More Federal Support in Pandemic
Bipartisan Mayors Demand More Federal Support in Pandemic Mayors Warn of “Massive Cuts” to Critical Services Without Federal Aid Washington, D.C. (May 30, 2020)—Yesterday, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, held a briefing with mayors across the country where they stressed the need for additional federal funding such […]
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THE RUN DOWN – GEORGE FLOYD’S Senseless Death
By AFRO.Com / Be Inspired Global Host Micha Green talks about the death of George Floyd and trending topics in the AFRO AMERICAN NEWSPAPER.
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Meet the Pageant Queen
Interviewed By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor Sydney Jackson, 18, is the reigning Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 2020. Sydney graduated from the Edmund Burke School in Washington, D.C. where she was the co-president of the student body, played varsity volleyball, was a member of the schools feminist cooperative club, the students of color […]
