(Screenshot from Saturday Night Live’s Youtube Channel) In character as T’Challa from the Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman gives the correct answer concerning potato salad as he finally understands “Black Jeopardy.” (Screenshot from Saturday Night Live’s Youtube Channel) By Rev. Dorothy Boulware AFRO Managing Editor Yes we have rules for everything and everybody. Rules for behavior […]
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Mac and Cheese is truly the pinnacle of Black American dishes, culture
Mac n Cheese is truly the pinnacle of Black American dishes, culture. By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com While Thomas Jefferson is credited with bringing macaroni and cheese to the Americas, it was the work of his enslaved chef, James Hemings, that put the dish on the proverbial map and made it […]
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#SecuringTheBag: Baltimore food deserts can become opportunities
By PK Semler Special to the AFRO Nothing better defines the disparities of urban America than the rowhouses of Baltimore encircled by food deserts as their neighborhoods sit in the shadows cast by the opulent inner harbor skyscrapers that hold powerhouses of the financial industry. The term food desert — originally coined in the 2015 seminal […]
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Thank God for Wednesdays
Frances “Toni” Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher Is it Wednesday yet? Will there be Smithfield ham, fried chicken, roast beef, sweet potatoes, string beans, homemade rolls, Hendler’s ice cream, little cakes with lots of sweet icing on top? These are the questions my brother, sister and I asked each other every week before we traveled […]
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Recipes and more from the AFRO Cooking School
In 1932, the AFRO staged a free Cooking School and Homemakers Institute for housewives, led by home economics expert Ms. Laura Kennedy. The day-to-day tasks of cooking and cleaning can be dull and get boring, but Kennedy will bring new methods, equipment, menus and recipes to share with the group. Since the free cooking school […]
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Black and minority-owned businesses: The road to recovery
BRIEFING Black and Minority-Owned Businesses: The Road to Recovery Wednesday, May 26 | 1:30 p.m. Eastern Black and Minority-Owned Businesses In this National Press Foundation briefing, Major L. Clark III, the Small Business Administration’s expert on minority-owned businesses, will share the agency’s latest research into the challenges facing minority entrepreneurs, including access to credit, the […]
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Baltimore AFRAM Festival to Return in August
2019 AFRAM Festival at Druid Hill Park (Photo credit: BCRP) Baltimore AFRAM Festival to Return in August The Cultural Festival Is Back for a Week-long Hybrid Experience BALTIMORE, MD – Mayor Brandon M. Scott, Baltimore City Recreation and Parks (BCRP) and their partners are excited to announce the return of the Baltimore AFRAM Festival. The […]
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Abandoned row home in West Baltimore set to become a home for the arts
Workers finishing up the demolition of row-home space in West Baltimore, soon to be CHICA. Photo Courtesy of Dalila Muir By Abigail Matthews Special to The Afro West Baltimore is about to get a new home to help the homeless through the arts. The Coppin Heights Industrial Complex for the Arts (CHICA) in the 1700 […]
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Morgan Commencement: Pomp and circumstance returns to the national treasure
(Photos Courtesy of Office of Morgan State University) Graduates Reaped the Rewards of Resilience at Morgan’s Spring 2021 Commencement Ceremonies More Than 1,500 Return to the National Treasure for the Long-Anticipated Reprise of ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ (Photos Courtesy of Office of Morgan State University) BALTIMORE — May afforded the Morgan State University (MSU) family a break […]
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Self-taught engineer and veteran becomes first-generation college graduate
In addition to being a first-generation college student, Edwin Gonzalez will also be the first college graduate in his family. (Courtesy photo) By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO Of all the triumph and adversity that veteran Edwin Gonzalez has experienced, one guiding principle that he live by, drives his success in life: hard work […]
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Coppin State University awards degrees to ‘20 and ‘21 graduates
Top row l-r: Essence Vinson, Charde Rogers, Tabria Cephas, Helen Abebe, Ikechukwu Nduka; middle row l-r: Osazim Ojukwu, Taylor Ibrahim, Zariah Lewis, Daryn Young, James Ikegwu; bottom row l-r: Katrice Pratt, Viktor Martynov, Myesha Jones, Kennedy Ojinnaka, Eric Nelson. (Photos by Michael Davenport)
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Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm creates oasis in a food desert
Richard “Farmer Chippy” Francis, Director of The Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm. (Courtesy photo) By Nicole Batey Special to the AFRO If you drive by too quickly, you might just miss it. In an area slightly hidden from street view, amongst dilapidated buildings along Park Heights Avenue, there sitting atop a hill is an oasis. […]