The Latest: 1,100 DC National Guard members being mobilized | Afro
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress’ tally of the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden (all times local): 4 p.m. The Pentagon says about 1,100 D.C. National Guard members are being mobilized to help support law enforcement as violent supporters of President Donald
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, wife Jacqueline hospitalized for COVID | Afro
By The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a famed civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, and his wife have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a statement Saturday. Jesse Jackson, 79, is vaccinated against the virus and received
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Letter to the Editor: Let’s make D.C. a state | Afro
Submitted by Eric Stull To the Editor: Right now, the hundreds of thousands of people living in the District of Columbia are being denied Congressional representation. And this denial is no accident. D.C’s status as a district and its lack of voting power and representation is deeply rooted in
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New Orleans rapper Alfred Banks becomes mental health ambassador | Afro
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY – Those songs made up ‘The Beautiful’ Album, a work that’s been embraced by organizations like the National Alliance on Mental Illness, which Banks is now an ambassador for. His songs have become life-changing for his fans. On the opening track, ‘The Funeral’, Banks
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Honoring Henrietta Lacks the matriarch of modern medicine | Afro
It’s Henrietta Lacks Day in Maryland. On this day in 1920, Henrietta Lacks was born. At the age of 30, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer and in January 1951 she was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital, one of the few major hospitals that treated “coloreds.” Researchers were astonished that
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Burgundy & Gold Breakdown: WFT Beats Falcons Despite A Defensive Stimulus Package | Afro
By Mark F. Gray Special to the AFRO The stimulus package that is the Washington Football Team’s defense continued and their special teams nearly cost them versus the Atlanta Falcons. Their struggles to stop the Falcons on third down and Dustin Hopkins’ inability to make an extra point put them in
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The Incredible Life of Daniel Smith, Living Son of a Slave | Afro
By Virginia Van Zandt Zenger News As one of the few living children of a slave, 88-year-old Daniel Smith has a unique perspective on race relations in America. Smith’s father, Abram “A.B.” Smith, was born into slavery in 1863 and was 70 years old when he had Daniel, his sixth child, in
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Lottery News: $400,000 VaxCash winner from Baltimore claims prize | Afro
(Baltimore) – The day has finally arrived! On July 4, one vaccinated Marylander was randomly selected from more than 3.2 million people to receive the $400,000 grand prize in the $2 Million VaxCash Promotion. Shortly after the drawing on Sunday, an anonymous Baltimore City man received phone calls
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Teach for America Baltimore names new Executive Director | Afro
Normandi Amprey Continues a Legacy of Leadership after Several Years of Service with  Teach For America-from the Corps (Baltimore 2009) to Development and Finance. BALTIMORE, MD—After a search process led by a hiring committee of Teach For America (TFA) Baltimore staff, alumni, and board
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TBE#38- National Black Voter Day is National Urban League's Answer to Voter Suppression, Misinformation, and Division | Afro
To Be Equal #38 September 17, 2020 National Black Voter Day is National Urban League's Answer to Voter Suppression, Misinformation, and Division Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Too many people struggled, suffered and died to make it possible for every American to exercise
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‘Native Son’ Brandon Scott | Afro
By Cody L. Dorsey Baltimoreans have spent the last five years, since the in-police custody injury that caused Freddie Gray’s death, reforming policing and reimagining what our city can be. Our leaders have sought to bring businesses and jobs to our communities, and those communities are seeking to
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Ravens Hold Off Eagles For Close Win | Afro
By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO A game that once looked like another blowout win for the Baltimore Ravens turned into a nail-biter in the end. The Baltimore Ravens comfortably led 17-0 in the first half, but the Philadelphia Eagles put together a late-game comeback rally that would have
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Op-ed: Survivors’ voices were heard & justice was served | Afro
By Carole Bernard Last week, a New York jury found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty of sex trafficking, along with separate charges of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a child. Survivors’ voices were heard, and the legal victory was theirs. Now they, and all of us, await
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Local teachers host Day of Action surrounding truth and justice in the classroom | Afro
By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO Teachers, students, and parents across the D.M.V. will gather June 12 for a truth and justice event at the African American Civil War Memorial for a final lesson about what it means to “teach the truth” before school is out for the summer.   The June 12, Day of
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NNPA to Broadcast Live 2020 Election Night Coverage | Afro
On November 3, the Black Press of America will embark on its unprecedented plan to thoroughly cover the 2020 Presidential Election, the most consequential in U.S. history. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Beginning at 7 p.m. EST, the Black Press will
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SCLC wants President Joe Biden to use executive order to restore the gutted 1965 Voting Rights Act with expansion | Afro
THE ATLANTA VOICE — “We have to do it all over again,” said Dr. Charles Steele, Jr., president and CEO of the SCLC. “We are asking President Joe Biden to do an executive order, not on a new Voting Rights Act, but on the existing 1965 Voting Rights Act. Some members of Congress are working on
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The eateries of Old Black Baltimore | Afro
By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Black Baltimore has experienced a particularly virulent version of segregation that continues to resonate and in some ways, devastate to this day. When Baltimore Mayor Barry Mahool instituted the city’s housing segregation ordinances on May
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Power to Decide continues to prioritize reproductive health | Afro
By Joshua Moore Special to the AFRO Reproductive health has been a major issue among women in the Black and Brown community for some time, and now the topic is finally getting the attention it deserves. Power to Decide, an organization that strives to make known the dangers, myths and solutions of
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What’s next for Black America? | Afro
By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Despite the seemingly inane political machinations and protestations of Donald John Trump, he will become a former president on Jan. 20, 2021, and Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Ultimately, what does the
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Tina film review | Afro
By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic She’s like an eternal flame. Can’t remember when she wasn’t around. Can’t imagine life without her. That’s the magic that some music legends can create. They get people to think about them in the past, present and future. The here, now and always.  Tina
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They’re right here, yet Santorum’s clueless about Indians | Afro
By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Rick Santorum, a CNN conservative talking head, was canceled by that network for saying Indians aka Native Americans “contributed nothing” to America.  “We birthed a nation from nothing,” the former Republican senator from Pennsylvania told a Young
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Women’s History Month: A tribute to my sister: Honoring the memory of Dr. Debra Antoinette (Bass) Dudley | Afro
By Kim Williams Special to the AFRO Shattering glass ceilings, breaking down barriers, overcoming insurmountable challenges and beating the odds describes my older sister’s accomplishments. Dr. Debra Antoinette (Bass) Dudley was the first Black woman to graduate from University of Maryland Dental
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More than 200 bodies found at Indigenous school in Canada | Afro
By The Associated Press The remains of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, have been found buried on the site of what was once Canada's largest Indigenous residential school — one of the institutions that held children taken from families across the nation. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the
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‘Henrietta Lacks’ bill to balance medical scales for Blacks | Afro
By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO Congress paid homage to a local hero this week with the passage of legislation named for Henrietta Lacks. The House of Representatives passed the “Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act” in honor of the African-American woman from Turners Station, who
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Apple IPhone 13 will not get in-display touch ID | Afro
By Saptak Datta and Praveen Pramod Tewari Zenger News With Apple’s iPhone 13 series launch fast approaching, more and more speculations and rumors are beginning to surface. Apple is expected to launch four iPhone 13 with a smaller notch and tweaked camera sensors. While nothing is certain just
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Child hunger spikes in Baltimore amid COVID crisis | Afro
Weekend Backpacks Kicks Off Virtual Food Series to Feed Baltimore City Kids Amid COVID Pandemic Local star mixologists put their skills to the test to fight child hunger BALTIMORE (March 2, 2021) – Weekend Backpacks, a nonprofit that provides weekend meals to food-insecure youth in Baltimore
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Police Investigating Threat Against NAACP's Richmond Chapter | Afro
By The Associated Press Police in Virginia are investigating a report that somebody left a threatening message on the voicemail for the Richmond chapter of the NAACP. Richmond Police Chief William Smith said in a statement that the department opened an investigation after being notified of the
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Board of Public Works approves compensation for man wrongfully convicted | Afro
By CATHERINE SCOTT Capital News Service Annapolis Bureau After serving 19 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of attempted murder, a man was awarded more than $1.6 million in compensation from the state of Maryland. The Board of Public Works voted unanimously Wednesday to approve
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Mayor Bowser announces Hotel Recovery Grant Program | Afro
By Tyra Wilkes Special to the AFRO Mayor Muriel Bowser, together with the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) and Events DC, have announced the Hotel Recovery Grant Program. The $40 million relief fund will support qualified hotels, inns, motels, and bed and
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Mayor Scott to save 454 homes from tax sales | Afro
By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO Mayor Brandon Scott plans to purchase hundreds of tax liens on Baltimore City homes. The action, announced in a Sept. 23 press release from the Mayor’s office, makes 454 Baltimore homes and their homeowners eligible for relief from mounting tax burdens. The plan
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