Dr. Frances “Toni” Murphy Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher (Courtesy Photo) By Local Media Association Dr. Frances Toni Draper, chief executive officer and publisher of The AFRO-American Newspapers, has been named an Innovator of the Year by Local Media Association for her work to develop audience and engagement via strong local journalism. Each year, the […]
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Financial Literacy Month offered tools and resources to help all year
D.C. and Digital Editor Micha Green spoke to JPMorgan Chase Executive Director of Community and Business Development Michele Lawrence on JPMorgan Chase’s deliberate work surrounding financial literacy in communities of color. (Screenshot) By Carl Thomas Special to the AFRO If you’ve been following the AFRO’s April coverage of National Financial Literacy Month, you’re already aware […]
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Cicadas emerge
A cicada nymph moves in the grass on May 1 in Frederick, Md. Within days, a couple weeks at most, the cicadas of Brood X (the X is the Roman numeral for 10) will emerge after 17 years underground. There are many broods of periodic cicadas that appear on rigid schedules in different years, but […]
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Happy Mother’s Day!
Murphy Family Photo Carl Murphy’s family, one of 10 branches that form the legacy of AFRO founder John H. Murphy Sr. and his wife, Martha Howard, gathered in 1952 at his Morgan Park home to celebrate Mother’s Day. The long-time AFRO publisher and his wife, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Co-founder, Vashti Turley Murphy* are […]
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Morgan, Bowie educators garner attention for their work
PRNEWS recognized two Maryland professors for their work in the communications field. Chair of MSU’s Department of Strategic Communications, David Marshall, took the Outstanding HBCU Educator of the Year Award, with Bowie State’s Talisha Dunn-Square receiving an honorable mention. By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Maryland is now home to two of five educators […]
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Maryland Teen’s beauty line makes $90k in sales
At just 16-years-old, Lexi Proctor’s beauty line is nearing record sales of 100,000 units of products. (Courtesy photo) By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO Though she’s only in 10th grade, Maryland’s Lexi Proctor is both an accomplished author and seasoned entrepreneur. Proctor’s Curlanistas beauty line, which she started just a few years ago, has […]
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Fenway Health makes historic appointment of Prince George’s County resident
Stacie Burgess BOSTON, MA –Fenway Health announces today that Stacie Burgess has been hired as its Vice President of Communications. With her historic appointment, Burgess will become the first African American to join Fenway Health’s leadership team. She comes to Fenway Health with 20 years of experience in strategic communications and marketing, most recently at […]
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Former Coppin State Men’s Basketball standout Andrew Robinson signs professional contract in Costa Rica
BALTIMORE – Former Coppin State men’s basketball player Andrew Robinson (Takoma Park, Md./Springbrook HS) has signed a professional contract to play for the Roswell Rayguns in Costa Rica, it was announced on Thursday. The Rayguns compete in the Federacion Costarricense de Baloncesto (FECOBA) which was founded in 2005. A native of Takoma Park, Md., Robinson […]
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Crittenton girls host talk for teens on COVID-19 recovery
Young women off Crittenton Services of Greater Washington (CSGW), which hosted their annual High Tea and conducted a student panel under the theme, “My Voice Matters.” (Courtesy Photo) By Briana Thomas Special to the AFRO More than 100 teen girls from Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County school districts gathered on April 22 at 6 p.m. […]
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Real law enforcement reform in Maryland, finally
By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Maryland enacted the first and what proved to be the most comprehensive Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights in the nation in 1974 (LEOBOR). And for many law enforcement reform advocates, those protections provided great cover for countless incidents of egregious police misconduct for decades and in myriad […]
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Opioid use, fentanyl deaths spike amid pandemic
By CALLAN TANSILL-SUDDATH Capital News Service Annapolis Bureau Preliminary data from 2020 reveals a dramatic increase in deaths linked with opioids in Maryland, particularly fentanyl; health officials blame the pandemic. The number of unintentional intoxication overdoses — those involving all drugs and alcohol — rose 18.7% to 2,773 in 2020 from 2,379 in 2019, according […]
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Agreement reached, millions for Maryland HBCUs
Local HBCUs Howard, Bowie State, Coppin State, Morgan State and Maryland Eastern Shore. (Courtesy Photo) By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO An agreement has been reached to settle a 15-year old lawsuit that will bring millions of dollars to Maryland’s four HBCUs beginning in 2024. “This settlement marks an historic investment in Maryland’s Historically […]