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By Dr. Joanne M. Martin It took a camera phone and shocked eye-witnesses to the in-plain-sight death of George Floyd to bring mass attention to the killing of countless numbers of mainly Black men in America by the police. It took ten minutes and nine seconds on her iphone for 17-year-old Darnella
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AFRO Exclusive: Black Face Photo Sparks Concern | Afro
By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO A picture snapped nearly eight years ago in Rotterdam, Netherlands led to a resignation letter from the lead contractor in South Baltimore’s Middle Branch waterfront redevelopment. The Baltimore City Board of Estimates announced May 11 that West 8 Urban Design
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Comprehensive Services Key In Deterring Violence, Crime and Negative Interactions With Police | Afro
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Editorial Commentary: The Chi’s’ Yolonda Ross Talks Art, Creativity | Afro
By Jessica Dortch AFRO Production Editor jdortch@afro.com If you are a fan of one of Showtime’s top series, “The Chi,” then you are no stranger to Yolonda Ross who plays Jada Washington on the show. Watching her in her acting element, you might not know that Ross is also a quadruple threat as an
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Unintentional Martyr: How George Floyd’s Death Revolutionized the BLM Movement | Afro
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