By DaQuan Lawrence, Special to the AFRO Comptroller of Maryland, Brooke Lierman (D), was sworn into office on Jan. 16 as the first woman to serve in an independent, statewide office in the state of Maryland. Leirman will serve as the 34th comptroller in the state and has announced several key appointments for her leadership […]
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Governor Wes Moore takes office, becomes only sitting Black chief of state
On Jan. 18, Governor Wes Moore was officially sworn into office on the steps of the Maryland State House. The first Black man to take the governor’s seat in the state publicly stepped into his role on the steps of a building built by slaves, with his hand on a bible that belonged to the […]
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Black men making a difference as mentors to young male students
By Reginald Williams, Special to the AFRO When Terrell Arrington was trying to steer an academic path through Prince George’s Community College in 2009, the instructor whose guidance he valued most was Brian Hamlin, he said. Hamlin, known to the young men he mentors as “Heat,” was able to get the nearly seven-foot-tall 19 year […]
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Governor Wes Moore sworn into office as first Black man to lead Maryland
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Governor Westley Watende Omari Moore has been officially sworn into office. The first Black man to lead the state of Maryland was sworn-in at noon on Jan. 18 at the State House in Annapolis, Md., along with Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller. After a spirited introduction by media mogul […]
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Brown, first Black attorney general, targets disparities, bias in Maryland
By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO Anthony Brown, a seasoned veteran of national and state politics who was sworn in as the state’s first Black attorney general Jan. 3 in Annapolis, says he will tackle racial and economic disparities as the state’s 47th attorney general. “Maryland reflects where America is going,” he said, taking […]
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Inauguration Day arrives for Gov. Elect-Wes Moore and Lt. Gov. Elect-Aruna Miller
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Gov. Elect-Wes Moore and Lt. Gov. Elect- Aruna Miller will be sworn into office today at noon. The event will be held at the State Capital in Annapolis, Md. The swearing-in ceremony will feature performances by local artists across Maryland, including Bowie High School Marching Bulldogs, Morgan State […]
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Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman, first woman in state history to win the post, sworn into office
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Former House of Delegates member Brooke Lierman was sworn into office on Jan. 16, making her the first woman comptroller of Maryland and the first woman to hold an independent, statewide office. “I am honored and humbled to share this day with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,” Lierman, […]
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AFRO Archives: Irving H. Phillips Jr. photographs a movement
By AFRO Staff The image of civil rights giants like Martin Luther King Jr. and Justice Thurgood Marshall have been ingrained in our minds via photographs and black and white recordings over the decades. Heroes of the movement are often welcomed into the spotlight, but what about the people who freeze time with their images […]
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The movement continues: we still ‘have a dream’
By Frances “Toni” Murphy Draper, AFRO Publisher In 1963, the AFRO meticulously chronicled the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,” where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his now-famous “I Have A Dream Speech.” As more than 240,000 people of all races and creeds prepared to gather in front of the Lincoln […]
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MLK Day brings opportunities to volunteer on annual Day of Service
By AFRO Staff According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, “taking place each year on the third Monday in January, the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service (MLK Day) is the only federal holiday that is also designated by Congress as a national day of service – a ‘day on, not a day […]
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Maryland General Assembly commences 2023 session, lawmakers discuss upcoming legislative proposals
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com On Jan. 11, the Maryland General Assembly commenced the historic 445th session. All Maryland senators and delegates were officially sworn in. Though delegates and senators are still getting acquainted with each other and the operations of the 2023 session, they are ready to tackle issues of great concern […]
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AFRO Person of the Year Westley Moore discusses 100-day plan ahead of January inauguration as Maryland’s first Black governor
By Alexis Taylor, Managing Editor Maryland has produced more than a few legendary leaders. From internationally known abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, to the first Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the late Congressman Elijah W. Cummings and more– the state has long been the birthplace of greatness. Now, the name Westley Watende Omari […]