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AFRO newsroom chosen: Report for America announces more than 300 reporter positions in 2021 | Afro
Report for America unveils more than sixty new newsroom partners—including a doubling of Black and Hispanic owned media—and opens the application window for new reporters By SAM KILLE, Report for America Report for America today announced the selection of 64 new local news organizations as host
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NAACP calls for the immediate impeachment of Donald Trump | Afro
Friends, The violence we are witnessing on Capitol Hill at this moment is the manifestation and culmination of reckless leadership, a pervasive misuse of power, and anarchy. This is not protesting or activism; this is an insurrection, an assault on our democracy, and a coup incited by President
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0
After the rain...
Three weeks of heavy, consistent rain unleashed destruction on a number of communities, particularly on the eastern end of the island. As residents try to pick up the pieces, the country is bracing for more rain this weekend, based on a forecast by the Met Service.Here are scenes from the aftermath
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Stunning!: Fantasia Dazzles In A Custom Maternity Evening Gown As She Poses With Her Family In New Holiday Photo
Your favorite stars didn't come to play this holiday season!
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“Morgan State Alumni Chapter awards $45,000 in scholarships in lieu of MLK Scholarship Breakfast” | Afro
“Morgan State Alumni Chapter Awards $45,000 In Scholarships In Lieu of MLK Scholarship Breakfast” The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has cancelled many charitable fund-raising events since the Spring of 2020.  One such event is the 36th Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast that was
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It’s not the flu | Afro
By Mylika Scatliffe Special to the AFRO I went to urgent care, Sept. 4, with a persistent cough and tight chest I’d had for a few days and just chalked up to bronchitis. It was a holiday weekend after all, and I knew I wouldn’t be able to get an appointment with my primary care
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Journalism Funding Lab Opens | Afro
By Evelyn Mateos As traditional revenue streams dry up in the media industry, there is a growing interest in funding journalism through philanthropy. The Local Media Association (LMA), with support from the Google News Initiative, aims to explore this source of funding with the launch of the Lab
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Tina Turner reflects on her life in new picture book | Afro
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I was the child who always had scraped knees and tousled hair because I climbed trees and rolled in the grass,” the “Private Dancer” singer writes. “As an adult, I wanted my clothing to reflect that free spirit and keep it alive. Leather, feathers, silk, and other natural
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Black Lawmakers And NAACP Call For Trump Impeachment And Removal Of Republican Enablers | Afro
Written by Paul Meara via BET Chaos broke out at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon (January 6) after Donald Trump encouraged his supporters to faceoff with lawmakers. In a speech that afternoon he urged them to go to the Capitol and make their feelings heard to lawmakers. “We will not let
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Letter to the Editor: Donald Trump’s final days | Afro
Submitted by Wayne Dawkins Let us resolve that American citizens not allow a person with no public service experience to be elected U.S. president. Trump had no public service experience when he ran for office and was elected to the highest U.S. government position. His lack of experience, judgment
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Baltimore Mayor-elect exposed to COVID-19, tests negative | Afro
By Jessica Dortch AFRO News Editor In a statement released on Dec. 3, Mayor-Elect Brandon Scott notified the public of his possible exposure to COVID-19 over the weekend.  Since becoming aware of the risk of contracting the virus, the mayor-elect has followed CDC guidelines to avoid the public by
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EARLEY | Chicago Defender
Earley……………Family Viewing Only was held: Saturday, November 28, 2020; Visitation will be held Monday, November 30, 2020; 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. @ Taylor Funeral Home, 63 E. 79th Street, Chicago, IL; Cremation: Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th. Street, Chicago, IL
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Baltimore’s ‘Ice Queens’ thrive all year | Afro
By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO I don’t remember much from when I was 22-years-old. I was in college, but I don’t believe I was doing anything worth writing in a newspaper about. But, times have changed and the next generation of entrepreneurs have not yet hit 30 and own businesses in
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TINSLEY | Chicago Defender
Jerome Tinsley……………Wake was held: Saturday, December 5, 2020; Funeral was held: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. @ Taylor Funeral Home, 63 E. 79th Street, Chicago, IL; Interment was held: Monday, December 7, 2020, Mt. Hope Cemetery; Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East
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Five arrested in holiday break-ins
Instead of ringing in a new year on Thursday, some folks were busy breaking into homes and automobiles in both Girard and Waynesboro. On New Year’s Eve morning around 6 a.m., Burke County deputies responded to the 200 block of Brigham Landing Road in reference to a burglary. According to
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SAULTER | Chicago Defender
Mary Saulter ……..…… Visitation will be held: Wednesday, December 8, 2020; 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. @ Taylor Funeral Home Ltd. 63 E. 79th, Chicago, IL; Interment: Homewood Cemetery; Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th. Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300
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Voter registration deadline approaching
The deadline to register to vote in the upcoming runoff election is quickly approaching. Citizens across the state of Georgia have until Monday, Dec. 7 to do so. In-person registration is available at the Burke County Board of Elections Office, located on the first floor of the historic courthouse
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Black People Mourn The Loss of Alex Trebek | Afro
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com When news broke that Jeopardy’s beloved host Alex Trebek died on Nov. 8, at the age after battling pancreatic cancer, celebrities and the average person alike, took to social media. Fans, friends and family used the platform to pay tribute to one of
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Sophisticated Settings — Lifestyle — December 4, 2020 | Afro
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MYLES | Chicago Defender
Michael Myles …………Visitation will be held: Wednesday, December 9, 2020; 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.; Funeral will be held: Thursday, December 10, 2020; 11:00 a.m.; @Taylor Funeral Home Ltd., 63 E. 79th St. Chicago, IL: Interment: Abraham National Cemetery; Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral
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We’re Still Here | Afro
Last summer, the entire AFRO team worked together to design a year-long series of special editions under the banner, “We’re Still Here.” We brainstormed a variety of topics and decided that each month, in lieu of our regular print edition, we would produce an entire edition around a single
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Thousands Petition for LeVar Burton as Next ‘Jeopardy’ Host | Afro
By AFRO Staff By any account, Alex Trebek has left some large shoes to fill. The beloved, Emmy Award-winning game-show host, who presided over the fan-favorite “Jeopardy” for more than three decades, died Nov. 8 after battling with pancreatic cancer. He was 80. While it would be difficult to
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Photo: KENNETH CHUNG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP LINK-UP
David Chung (right) elbow bumps Leshell Francis at the inaugural presentation of the Kenneth Chung Memorial Accounting Scholarship last Friday at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ) Offices in Kingston. Looking on from left are Dennis Chung; Sixto Coy, president of ICAJ; and
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Applications invited for India Guyana pageants - Stabroek News
The Miss India Guyana Organization has reopened the application process for the Miss, Mrs and Teen India Guyana 2021 pageants where the best in each category will have the prestigious pleasure of being crowned
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Maxine Waters accuses Trump of attempting to start Civil War | Afro
By BlackPressUSA Today Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) was a guest on SiriusXM’s The Joe Madison Show, and went into detail about her conversation with the Chief of Capitol Police before the violent insurrection on Capitol Hill, and how the massive security failure could have been prevented, and
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Lamar Jackson keeps Ravens in playoff picture | Afro
By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO An exhilarating back-and-forth Week 14 exchange between the Baltimore Ravens and the Cleveland Browns was possibly the most suspenseful Monday Night Football matchup this season.  Ravens star quarterback Lamar Jackson was the story of the night. He completed
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Computer problems impede early voting
Computer issues created some confusion when Burke County citizens tried to early vote last Thursday. According to a Waynesboro couple, when they entered the historic courthouse around 4:30 that afternoon, a man who was there to vote walked out after being turned away, stating, “We can’t vote right
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Old Girard school gets historical designation
The old Girard Elementary School has been designated as a historical site by the Georgia Historical National Register Review Board. The school, built in the 1950s as one of the first “separate but equal” schools in Georgia, is also in line to be recognized nationally. Ruby L. Carter, a member of
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Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Continues to Reach New Milestones | Afro
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The album, which featured such iconic hits as “Beat It,” “Billie Jean,” and a duet with Paul McCartney on, “The Girl is Mine,” has sold an estimated 66 million copies worldwide and has traded places regularly with the Greatest Hits of the Eagles as the best-selling U.S. album of
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