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Amanda Gorman is everything! | Afro

By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com It's been a little over a week since Amanda Gorman captivated us all at United States Capitol with her words during the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Madame Vice President Kamala Harris and became an international household name in the process. Her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” […]

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By Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Newswire Contributor When word broke of the President and First Lady testing positive for Covid19, an image flashed into my mind. The image was from the 1980s series St. Elsewhere, about a hospital and its staff in Boston. A major character, played by Mark Harmon, was

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Trump, Biden Go at It — from a Distance — in Town Halls | Afro

By Jonathan Lemire, Will Weissert and Darlene Superville The Associated Press President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden squared off, in a way, in dueling televised town halls that showcased striking differences in temperament, views on racial justice and approaches to a pandemic that has

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Hopkins U. research reveals `abolitionist’ founder to have owned slaves | Afro

By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com For more than a century, the philanthropist Johns Hopkins, founder of two Baltimore pillars, Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital, has been touted as an abolitionist, an anti-slavery crusader who was, “a man (beyond his time) who knew

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St. Francis Neighborhood Center-Central West Baltimore-Groundbreaking Announcement | Afro

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Wells Fargo sued for racial discrimination | Afro

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Tony Award winner Leslie Odom Jr. takes on the late, great, Sam Cooke | Afro

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Locksley leads Terps to historic win at Penn State | Afro

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August Declared Black Mental Health Awareness | Afro

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Mayor Young, Baltimore Ravens Announce Plan to Allow Fans at M&T Bank Stadium | Afro

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A day of service honoring Delegate Ruth M. Kirk and Art Kirk | Afro

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