By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Howard University’s athletic department recently accepted a monetary gift from three-time NBA champion and six-time all-star Steph Curry to help tee off a new version of their golf program. Howard athletic director Kery Davis wouldn’t disclose the donation amount but did say it was “significant” enough to fund […]
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DR. FRANCES “TONI” DRAPER Speaks On Trump, Baltimore and the 2020 Elections
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL DR. FRANCES “TONI” DRAPER speaks on Trump’s Baltimore attacks and calls the community to be proactive leading up to the 2020 Elections. #TheBlackMediaAuthority
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Fifth Annual Black Alumni Ball, Back In D.C.
By Cherrelle Swain In its fifth year, the Black Alumni Ball was an impactful evening of celebration with nearly 2,000 Black Alumni on August 10, 2019. The ball was held from 8 PM-2 AM at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, DC. It was hosted by The Massive Host, King Flexxa, with the soundtrack being provided […]
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THE RUN DOWN
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green gives THE RUN DOWN on the trending topics in this weeks AFRO AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
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Victims Remembered With Mural
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Two years have passed since random acts of gun violence led to the deaths of five high school teenagers in D.C., and now their peers have memorialized them with a mural. Thanks to the efforts of a Thurgood Marshall Academy student whose boyfriend was murdered while returning home […]
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Mayor Urges for Cannabis Legalization
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com The pot possession to prison pipeline has historically affected communities of color and become another factor in inequities faced, but now District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Boswer is emphasizing the need for marijuana legalization and law reform with her campaign #SafeCannabisDC. “It’s time to legalize marijuana. For years, marijuana […]
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Local Newsmakers Honored
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com When studying to be a journalist, many programs teach a need for grit and fearlessness in order to relay stories and speak truth to power, and that is what esteemed journalists Alexi McCammond and Dr. Sheila Brooks do in their work and action. McCammond’s and Brooks’ dedication to their […]
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Former AU Student Body President Defeats Neo-Nazis
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com When Taylor Dumpson broke barriers as American University’s first female Black student body president in 2017, a masked person responded by hanging bananas and nooses around campus the day after her inauguration. As if that blatant act of racism wasn’t enough, Andrew Anglin, publisher of the neo-Nazi site […]
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Organization Sparks ‘Year of Return’
By Nyame-kye Kondo, Special to the AFRO With 2019 marking the 400 year anniversary of the first recorded slave ships docking on Western Shores, The United States Congress recently put into motion, H.R. 1242, a bill also known as “400 Years of African-American History Commission Act.” This initiative is an umbrella for a number of different […]
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Straight Crankin’ Featured at Home
By Brianna McAdoo, Special to the AFRO The District of Columbia Office of Cable Television, Film, Music & Entertainment (OCTFME) recently had their original production and documentary, “Straight Crankin’ A Go-Go Documentary” selected for a second major film festival, but this time right at home. This year’s DC Black Film Festival is being held from August […]
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Local Boys’ Candle Business Expanding to Macy’s
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO When three of Celena Gill’s sons asked her to buy them a Nerf gun and more than $500 in video games, she told them to get a job or start a business. She was only kidding. But her sons, Collin, 14, Ryan, 11, and Austin, 8, they took […]
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BSU and HU Alumni Earn DC HBCU Alliance Awards
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Two distinguished alumni from Bowie State and Howard University are among the six-member class who will be presented with HBCU Alumni Awards September 20 as the DC Metro HBCU Alumni Alliance holds its annual gala to honor outstanding contributions by local Historically Black College and University graduates. Eunique […]