By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com “Ms. Mary” is a 50-year old Black woman riddled with mental and physical infirmities, who resides on the streets of downtown Baltimore typically in the posh Harbor East community. And although the AFRO is not using her full name to protect her identity, she is at once anonymous […]
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PUSH honors civil rights leader Laura Murphy
Laura Murphy (Courtesy Photo) By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Laura Murphy, civil rights leader, diversity policy strategist, and member of the family that publishes the AFRO, was among five honorees May 12 at the 6th annual PUSH Tech Diversity & Inclusion Summit. “She is recognized for working two decades with PUSH for civil […]
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Howard alumna Phylicia Rashad appointed Dean of HU College of Fine Arts
Howard University alumna and award winning actress Phylicia Rashad will serve as dean of the institution’s College of Fine Arts. (AP Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Howard University’s College of Fine Arts will now be led by one of the institution’s most famous graduates, award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad. Rashad, who graduated from […]
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Most restrictions lifted in D.C. May 21, bars and nightclubs fully open June 11
In her situational update on May 10, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that most capacity and time restrictions will be lifted as of May 21 and fully on June 11. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com Taking a page from the social media trend as cities reopen- those in the […]
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Black business leaders are energizing corporate America on voting rights
The suspension rate for Black boys is 206% higher than the district average and represents the highest suspension rate for any racial or gender group. By Marc Morial, TO BE EQUAL via NNPA In the long arc of the nation’s history of racially-motivated voter suppression, 2021 will stand as a clear and distinct moment that […]
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D.C. Mayor knocks on doors looking for arms to vaccinate
Mayor Muriel Bowser greets a four-month old and mingles in Ward 4 for the “Day of Action,” which was created to influence residents to get the COVID-19 vaccination. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com This reporter is working from Chicago, but got a text this weekend that D.C. Mayor Muriel […]
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Will COVID-19 kill church attendance?
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO Church membership has declined below 50% among American adults for the first time in the 80 years since the Gallup Poll started keeping track. Only 47% responded yes, down from the 50% of 2018, when asked, “Do you belong to a church, synagogue or mosque?” And […]
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City homicide numbers outpace those of 2020
By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Only a few short hours into 2021, Baltimore registered its first homicide of the year. The murder of 33-year old Tiffany Wilson, down the street from her home on N. Stricker Street in West Baltimore, became yet another high-profile tragedy. Wilson was allegedly stabbed to death by her […]
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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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Use-of-force cases prompt state debates over officer records
In this Jan. 28, 2019 file photo, Jennell Black, mother of Anton Black, looks at a collection of her son’s belongings at her home in Greensboro, Md. Anton Black, 19, died after a struggle with three officers and a civilian outside the home in September 2018. Cases involving police use of force often include questions […]
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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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Norton notes Republicans once supported Statehood despite hesitations now
With Democratic support, D.C. Statehood passed in the House (216-208) on April 22, however Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) pointed out that Republican leaders were once supportive of giving the nation’s capital full voting rights in Congress and the Senate. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Content Editor For the second time […]