Oct. 23 Public viewing at Morgan State University’s Murphy Fine Arts Center, 2201 Argonne Dr., Baltimore, Md. 21218, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., immediately followed by a Community-Wide Celebration of the Life of Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. In this Aug. 7, 2019, photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks during a […]
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Funeral Schedule for Congressman Elijah E. Cummings in Baltimore, MD and Washington DC.
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AFRO to Publish Special Edition Commemorating the life of Rep. Elijah E. Cummings
By AFRO Staff The AFRO is honored to have always been listed as the first job on Rep. Elijah E. Cumming’s curricula vita and is returning the honor with a commemorative publication, “From a Sharecropper’s Son…,” on Nov. 30. Through the use of current and archival photography, it will chronicle his relationship with the AFRO […]
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Remembering A Baltimore Hero
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington D.C. Editor Father, husband, beloved Baltimorean and Maryland’s Seventh Congressional District Democratic Representative, Elijah Cummings, died in the early morning of Oct. 17, due to complications from long-standing health challenges, according to his office. He was 68. From a sharecropper’s son to chairman of the U.S. House Committee that investigated […]
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A Tribute to Elijah Cummings
Former Former Senator Nathaniel McFadden. (Courtesy Photo) Our nation, state, city and the communities he so ably served has lost a great man, and I have lost a great friend and colleague. Elijah Cummings was the epitome of the word public servant. From our days a half century ago at City College, through our formative […]
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Baltimore Community Remembers Elijah Cummings
Rep. Elijah Cummings with Sonya Murphy at the AFRO’s 85th Clean Block Celebration this past August at Cylburn Arboretum. If you’d like to share your condolences and fond memories with the AFRO readership, please send them to editor@afro.com.
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Rep. Cummings Wrote His Love for Baltimore
When we approached Rep. Elijah Cummings to write the foreword of the AFRO’s book, “The Thing I Love About Baltimore,” there was no hesitation. In spite of his schedule and the many things he could have chosen to fill whatever spare moments he found, he wanted to sign onto a project to venerate the city […]
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Powerful Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings Has Died
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper’s son who rose to become the powerful chairman of a U.S. House committee that investigated President Donald Trump, died early Thursday of complications from longstanding health issues, his office said. He was 68. Cummings was a formidable orator who […]
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City Skirts Liability for GTTF
By Stephen Janis and Taya Graham, Special to the AFRO William James was driving on Hillen Road with his girlfriend in April 2016 when a trio of Baltimore police officers pulled him over. They ordered him out of the car and gave him a daunting choice: produce a gun or tell them where they could find […]
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Candidate Charged With Campaign Violations
By AFRO Staff The Office of the State Prosecutor announces that Richard Parker, a candidate for Baltimore City Sheriff back in 2014, was recently charged with filing a campaign finance report with false and misleading information and signing an electronic submission of one of his campaign forms without express consent of his treasurer. The charges […]
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Baltimore: ‘Trump’s The Real Rat!’
By Jessica Dortch, Afro Staff, jdortch@afro.com There is nothing subtle about President Donald Trump, and his first visit to Baltimore, since his Twitter attack against the city, was anything but that. Several streets were closed in Harbor East on Sept. 12 in preparation for the president’s arrival at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel later that evening, but […]
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Maryland Communities and D.C. Receive Youth Homelessness Grants
By GABRIELLE WANNEH, Capital News Service Baltimore, Prince George’s County and the District of Columbia are among 23 communities receiving a total of $75 million in federal funds to combat youth homelessness. The $75 million was awarded as part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program, which started in 2016. The […]
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Sneed Considers Council President
By Stephan Janis and Taya Graham The Baltimore City Council may be touted as a more progressive body than its predecessors, but from a gender perspective it is predominantly male. While that imbalance seems far from changing in the near future, one of the few women with a seat on the city’s legislative body is […]