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56th Anniversary Selma Bridge crossing jubilee | Afro
(Selma, Ala.) The historic 56th Annual Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee has released its official schedule of activities for the virtual event taking place March 5-7, 2021. While the event typically takes place in Selma, Alabama, all of this year’s activities will be broadcast virtually, making it
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Mayor Brandon M. Scott issues statement on recent violence | Afro
'There is nothing harder than talking to a parent whose child has become a victim of violence.' BALTIMORE, MD (Tuesday, March 2, 2021) — Mayor Brandon M. Scott issued the following statement on recent violence in Baltimore: I am deeply frustrated by the amount of young people who have been victims
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Influential mayor of Mozambique city dies of COVID-19 | Afro
By ANDREW MELDRUM, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Daviz Simango, the leader of Mozambique's opposition MDM party and the mayor of the major port city of Beira, died Monday in a hospital in South Africa, according to local media. Simango, 57, died of complications from COVID-19 and
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NephCure’s COVID-19 vaccine FAQs for kidney disease patients | Afro
By Black Health Matters With the release of the new COVID-19 vaccines come feelings of hope and relief, along with a few questions. Considering all of the new information being distributed, it is understandable that some of us may feel overwhelmed, especially those of us who are most vulnerable to
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Ex-officer Derek Chauvin going on trial in George Floyd's death
By The Associated Press Dozens of people gathered in front of the Minnesota governor's mansion on March 6 to demand accountability for police officers, days before a former Minneapolis officer is scheduled to go on trial in the death of George Floyd. Many of the roughly 150 people who demonstrated
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Inside the success of Workshops Empowerment Inc.’s jobs program | Afro
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES via NNPA — WE Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Birmingham’s Avondale community, offers a broad range of vocational rehabilitation services geared toward helping people with disabilities become employed. It also has programs designed to support people reentering society
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If you own a business, you’ve only got days left to apply for a Paycheck Protection loan | Afro
By Jennifer Roberts, CEO, Chase Business Banking and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Founder, Our Fair Share, entrepreneur and media mogul In just four months last year, more than 5 million U.S. businesses received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. That helped them pay their workers, their mortgage or
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Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls taken in mass abduction | Afro
By Sam Olukoya The Associated Press Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Feb. 26, police said, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the West African nation.  Police and the military have begun joint operations to rescue the girls after the
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Mayor Brandon M. Scott to appoint proven leader Ted Carter to serve as Deputy Mayor for Community and Economic Development | Afro
Carter to Lead Scott Administration’s Equitable Economic Growth Agenda BALTIMORE, MD (Tuesday, March 2, 2021) — Mayor Brandon M. Scott is announcing the appointment of Ted Carter to serve as Deputy Mayor for Community and Economic Development in his administration. Carter will manage a portfolio
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Alvin Ailey: the Black ‘revelation’ | Afro
By Jessica Dortch AFRO News Editor Who knew that a Black man born early on in the Great Depression would rise to international fame and impact many lives through movement. Alvin Ailey was more than a dancer and a choreographer. He was a visionary who became the change he wanted to see in the
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AFRO awards Eddie C. Brown for business excellence | Afro
By Frank McCoy Special to the AFRO Eddie C. Brown, founder of Brown Capital Management, which has $19 billion under management, has always observed, learned, considered and acted decisively.  His life has been shaped by three investments. People invested in him. He invested in himself and for
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‘Better Together’ | Afro
By AFRO Staff CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield recently launched a wide-ranging campaign to help educate and encourage people living throughout Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia about the importance of everyone taking the COVID-19 vaccine when they are eligible. The multi-faceted
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Editorial: A question for Black Americans: Vaccine or body bag? | Afro
By John E. Warren, Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Today there is a crisis in Black America that is greater than the Tuskegee experiment itself. That experiment for more than 30 years deliberately used Black men as lab rats to test the effects of syphilis on men infected with venereal
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Discovery Education event celebrates Black leaders in STEM | Afro
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The members of the STEM Careers Coalition want to prepare all students for future success, and they believe STEM education helps, no matter what career and life choices students make after graduation,” Marla Wilson, executive director of the STEM Careers Coalition, told NNPA
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Innovation program targets systemic racism | Afro
By Reginald L Allen II Special to the AFRO The Cox Enterprises’ 2021 Social Impact Accelerator class has been selected. The Atlanta-based program, powered by Techstars, is an annual three-month program that will go virtual for this season due to in-person gathering restrictions because of
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Fairfax Symphony gives back to 10,000 students | Afro
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com While the COVID-19 pandemic may have silenced its concert hall, the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra (FSO) is working in overdrive to give back to students across the Washington Metropolitan region with its music education program “Link Up.”  With the
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Michael Jordan gives $10M for North Carolina health clinics | Afro
By The Associated Press WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Basketball legend Michael Jordan is donating $10 million to launch two medical clinics in underserved communities near his hometown in North Carolina, a regional health care system announced Monday. The Novant Health clinics are set to open in early
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Rosedale Federal Savings & Loan Association appoints Alicia Wilson to its Board of Directors | Afro
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Benjamin O. Davis blazed the military trail | Afro
By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Black men have been fighting and dying in defense of the United States of America, before there was a United States of America. Crispus Attucks, a man of African and Indigenous American heritage, was gunned down by British military forces during the
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Morgan State Alumnus Calvin Tyler increases endowment commitment to $20 million | Afro
Former UPS Driver Gives Morgan State University $20 Million, Ensuring Access to College for Generations of Students MSU Alumnus Calvin Tyler Increases Endowment Commitment Making it the Largest Gift Received from an HBCU Alum BALTIMORE — Morgan State University today announced receipt of a $20
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Georgia prosecutors open investigation into Trump’s call to Secretary of State | Afro
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Georgia prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s phone call to Georgia’s secretary of state Brad Raffensperger. During the call, the former President asked him to “find” the votes he needed
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The fight against racially-motivated voter suppression continues | Afro
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“‘Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, Just to take Him at His Word; Just to rest upon His promise…How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er; Oh, for grace to trust Him more!” Hymn Excerpt from “Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus” (1882) As I witnessed the recent historic U.S. Presidential Inauguration events that
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Attorney Lisa Martin is 1st African American Judge in 34th District Court | Afro
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