At least 109 people died in Maryland during police encounters between 2010 and 2014, 69 percent of whom were Black, according to a new briefing paper by the ACLU Maryland. Sonia Kumar, staff attorney with the ACLU Maryland and one of the authors of a recent briefing paper on police-involved killings in Maryland. (AFRO Photo/ […]
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Road to Success Scholarship Program Announced by University
The University of Phoenix is offering 40 full- tuition scholarships to individual making a difference within the African American Community. The application period is open until March. To learn more visit www.phoenix.edu/dream.
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Cardin Discusses International Human Rights at University of Baltimore School of Law Symposium
For Immediate Release March 2, 2015 CONTACTS: Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524/Tim Zink 410-962-4436 Cardin Discusses International Human Rights at University of Baltimore School of Law Symposium Senator calls for passage of Global Magnitsky Act, aid to Central America to reduce surge of unaccompanied children attempting to emigrate BALTIMORE — U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today […]
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Col. Paul Green, Member of Tuskegee Airmen, Dies at 91
In a Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 photo, Col. Paul L. Green, USAF (Ret.) talks about his experiences as a Tuskegee airman during an interview at his home in Highland, Calif. Green died Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, at Brightwater Senior Living in Highland, Calif.,with Angel Green, his wife of 68 years, at his side, Jennifer Lee, […]
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Visit Baltimore Offers Legends and Legacies Heritage Pass
Celebrate the inspiration and achievement of everyday people who changed history. During Absolutely Febulous, add this pass when booking your hotel through Visit Baltimore and Buy one pass, get a second free. The Legends & Legacies Heritage Pass provides discounted entry into three of Baltimore’s most celebrated African-American attractions and saves 20 percent over single […]
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De-Constructing Uncle Tom Awakens Audiences to Endemic Racial Bias
De-Constructing Uncle Tom was performed entirely in blackface minstrelsy by a diverse group of actors during The Atlas Theater’s Intersections Festival. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) When The Conciliation Project founder Tawnya Pettiford-Wates decided to explore a deconstruction of the archetype Uncle Tom from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s controversial novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” it’s doubtful she […]
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Blacks Dying for Lack of Black Help
Bi’ja Thatch sat nervously beside her mother when her doctor entered through the doors of her hospital room a little over a year ago bearing troubling news. Thatch was diagnosed with a rare, cancer-like disease that causes cells to destroy and damage each other. Thatch’s only chance of survival was a bone marrow transplant. Thatch […]
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A Domestic Violence Monster: Stepmom Covered 10-year-old’s Head Gash with Hair Extensions
10-year-old Charlenni Ferreira (Screenshot nbc news report) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 48-year-old woman who split her stepdaughter’s head open and tried to cover it by affixing hair extensions to her head was sentenced Friday to life in prison in the 10-year-old’s death. Margarita Garabito began abusing her stepdaughter, Charlenni Ferreira, in 2006 when the girl […]
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Is Digital Redlining Causing Internet Caste System?
As the digital revolution continues to evolve, the gap between the “haves” and “have nots” continues to persist in what former Secretary of State Colin Powell coined a “digital apartheid.” The Internet and broadband connectivity has become the backbone of society. Commerce, political engagement, health care, communication—such as making free international calls via Internet, education, […]
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Cardin: Omnibus Spending Bill Benefits Public Health in Maryland
Cardin: Omnibus Spending Bill Benefits Public Health in Maryland Veterans’ health, NIH research among key programs WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Finance subcommittee on health care, highlighted some of the key provisions in the $1.014 trillion funding package passed by Congress that avoids a government shutdown and advances […]
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Howard Beats N.C. A&T at Home in MEAC Opening Weekend
Junior guard James Carlton posted a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Howard University Bison to a 54-47 win over the North Carolina A&T Aggies in the first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) action for both teams on Dec. 6 at Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C. The win advanced Howard to a […]
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No NYC Indictment for Cop Chokehold Killer of Eric Garner
NEW YORK (AP) — A grand jury cleared a White New York City police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed Black man who had been stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes — a case that sparked outrage and drew comparisons to the deadly police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. The […]