AFRO — During the era of Jim Crow it was not unheard of to have Black children sitting in hot classrooms with no regard for their...
AFRO — An Australian cartoonist has faced heavy criticism after depicting tennis superstar Serena Williams in what some have described as a racially offensive illustration.
AFRO — It’s been over three months since District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser revealed she assumed another position-motherhood- and until her appearance on Thursday’s “NBC...
AFRO — Long before weed became a force for states’ economic booms, the product was a forbidden fruit that many users took a gamble to possess....
THE AFRO — According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), everyday more than 115 people in America die after overdosing on opioids misuse. Between 1999...
THE AFRO — Sports conglomerate ESPN recently released its rankings on most influential NBA player to ever play and ranked brand new Los Angeles Lakers forward...
THE AFRO — Former Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant can’t find a job and that’s crazy. The former star wideout of America’s Team was once one...
THE AFRO — “This is a new day and are creating a new identity on offense,” Jones said to the AFRO. “We don’t care who knows...
THE AFRO — Mary E. Rodman was one of BCPSS’s most troubled schools in 2017-2018 school year. District administrators requested all the school’s teachers reapply for...
THE AFRO — Childish Gambino AKA Donald Glover’s “This is America” video debuted May 5. Since then, it has accumulated almost 380 million views on YouTube.
THE AFRO — NBA superstar LeBron admitted to it during his new HBO show, “The Shop,” a “spirited, free-flowing discussions” talk show that features LeBron and...
THE AFRO — Far too many of Maryland’s children are being relegated to a future devoid of competence or hope. This is an unacceptable failing –...
THE AFRO — According to WBAL-TV, the report, which was officially released today (Aug. 28) by the Baltimore Police Department, concludes Detective Sean Suiter most likely...
THE AFRO — George Walker, a Black Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, pianist and educator, died Aug. 23 at the age of 96. According to NPR, the pioneering...
AFRO — Residents of Barry Farm Dwellings in Southeast, D.C. received a notice last week alarming them that “lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards” had been...
THE AFRO — The fallout from the disgraced Gun Trace Task Force broadened after a Baltimore County police officer whose name surfaced during the trial of...
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO When the Baltimore Ravens needed a role model in their infancy, they drafted Jonathan Ogden and he became their...
By Micha Green, Washington, D.C. AFRO Editor, mgreen@afro.com Kára McCullough, a scientist turned Miss USA 2017, is encouraging students to pursue science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM)...
