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Talking to Kids About Racial Bias | Afro
By Black Health Matters Children are always watching and listening, but since protests for racial justice have spread across the globe, they’re witnessing, absorbing and internalizing possibly more than anyone knows. A recent statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics says pediatricians are
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Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm creates oasis in a food desert | Afro
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. Oasis is defined as something serving as a refuge, relief or pleasant
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THE EQUALIZER Renewed for Season 2!!!!! | Afro
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By JC Glancy Special to the AFRO Alongside their hectic celeb lifestyles, some of the biggest names today including Stella McCartney and Gianni Versace are leading the way in sustainable fashion- and we just don’t know how they do it! According to The Business Research Company, there is an
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Black Firefighters in NC Allege Racism amid Larger Reckoning | Afro
By Tom Foreman Jr. The Associated Press They threw her new cellphone on the roof of the station house and placed nails under the wheels of her pickup truck. As she prepared to answer a call, someone poured tobacco juice in her boots. It was too much for Timika Ingram to bear. 'It caused me
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Tradition and Mistrust Drive Baltimore’s In-Person Early Voters | Afro
By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Even in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of Baltimoreans have cast ballots in the first three days of early voting for the 2020 presidential election.  According to unofficial early voting data released by the Baltimore City Board of Elections
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Mayor Brandon M. Scott launches My Digital Data Locker to help vulnerable residents maintain vital dDocuments | Afro
BALTIMORE, MD (Tuesday, March 9, 2021) — To better meet the needs of Baltimore’s most vulnerable residents, Mayor Brandon M. Scott has announced that the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services (MOHS) and Baltimore’s Continuum of Care (CoC) have launched My Digital Data Locker Baltimore – a web-based
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White headmaster made Black son kneel during apology | Afro
By The Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — The white headmaster of a New York Catholic school forced an 11-year-old Black student to kneel while apologizing to a teacher and later explained that the punishment was an 'African way,” the boy's mother said. Headmaster John Holian of St. Martin de
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Dr. Felder: ‘Every student can do it’ | Afro
By Jannette J. Witmyer Special to the AFRO When Dr. Theresa B. Felder officially began serving her appointment as president of Harford Community College (HCC) on Jan. 1, she stepped into a position for which she’d been acquiring knowledge and experience throughout the past 20
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‘My Digital Data Locker’ launches to help vulnerable residents | Afro
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AFRO Endorsements 2020 | Afro
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First slave freed by Lincoln buried under Peoria pavement | Afro
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Baltimore’s Voxel returns to in-person showings with Blast of Funk and Black Futurism | Afro
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AFRO reporters reveal ongoing racism in documentary | Afro
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Word In Black partners dominate NNPA Media Awards | Afro
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‘Chucks & Pearls:’ the force behind Madame VP Kamala Harris | Afro
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Frederick Douglass Bridge opens with Labor Day celebration | Afro
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