Afro-American Newspapers

The Baltimore Afro-American, often referred to as The Afro, is a weekly publication based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It serves as the main newspaper for the Afro-American chain and holds the distinction of being the oldest African-American family-owned newspaper in the country.

Local, African-American/Black

English

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#551664

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#162470

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#5506

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Tony Woods, Maryland Veterans and Military Families secretary, to step down and join tech startup

1 week ago | afro.com | D. Kevin McNeir

By D. Kevin McNeirSpecial to the AFROGov. Wes Moore recently announced that Tony Woods, secretary of the Maryland Department of Veterans and Military Families, is stepping down from his cabinet position effective May 11. Woods is returning to the private sector to assume a new role with a technology startup.
Breaking down the TikTok trend of ‘loud budgeting’

2 weeks ago | afro.com | Laura Onyeneho

Social media is best known as a place where flaunting your latest purchase or sharing your vacation snaps is the norm. A new trend has emerged on TikTok that encourages the opposite: being loud about not spending. “Loud budgeting,” a money-saving technique, is all about putting your financial goals first and being unapologetic about it.
Women of 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion receive long-overdue Congressional Gold Medal

2 weeks ago | afro.com | Alexis Taylor

Roughly 300 descendants of the women who served in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion came together on April 29 to get a glimpse of history in the making. Sitting inside of Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill, the men, women and children witnessed their mothers, grandmothers, aunts and sisters receive the Congressional Gold Medal for their sacrifice in World War II (WWII). “It’s a day long overdue but it’s here at last,” said Tara Garcia, granddaughter of Crescencia “Joyce” J.
Taking responsibility for the planet: An urgent call by Richard F. Gillum

2 weeks ago | afro.com | Stephanie Cornish

Our Creator calls us to love others and care for them by caring for the Creation on which we all depend to live, move and have our being. We all have failed to do this in the past and the Creation now cries out in wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, heat waves and more. In Africa and across the diaspora, black folk are suffering more than others.
Movie Review: Michael B. Jordan has double duty in Ryan Coogler's pulsating, vein-bursting 'Sinners'

2 weeks ago | afro.com | Stephanie Cornish

Michael B. Jordan is Stack, easy to smile, enigmatic to be around. Jordan is also Smoke, his more somber twin brother.
DC artist Reggie Gillumo creates art that the visually impaired can ‘see’

2 weeks ago | afro.com | D. Kevin McNeir

By D. Kevin McNeirSpecial to the AFROReggie Gillumo, a celebrated visual artist and sculptor, has been perfecting his unique and easily identified technique for nearly 30 years – vibrant colors with braille-like objects featured in each piece so even the visually impaired or the blind can “see” his work.
‘Playworks’ reinvents recess as a learning experience

2 weeks ago | afro.com | Christina Walker

You won’t find swings, slides or a kickball field outside Rhawnhurst School. Instead, the elementary school’s “playground” is a vast expanse of barren blacktop with just a lone basketball hoop. Yet at this aging two-story school in this deeply diverse Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood, play is not just encouraged, but deeply embedded in the school’s culture.
Erasing Black history and culture is a key step in erasing Black lives - and we must resist

2 weeks ago | afro.com | Kimberle Crenshaw |Kimberlé Crenshaw

By Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw“You will know them by their fruits,” Matthew 7:16In an executive order titled, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” Donald Trump took direct aim at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, (“NMAAHC”) among other Smithsonian museums. The NMAAHC is dedicated to accurately documenting our history and cultural contributions to America.
Black boys matter: Why are they disappearing from schools?

2 weeks ago | afro.com | Quintessa Williams

In March, when The New York Times reported that 1 in 5 young Black men between the ages of 20 and 24 are neither in school nor employed, longtime educator Dr. David E. Kirkland was not surprised. The same article noted that Black men make up just 19 percent of enrollment at Howard University — one of the nation’s most prestigious HBCUs.However, in his view, the article focused on the wrong end of a young person’s educational journey.
Wreath laying ceremony honors Freddie Gray 10 years after brutal death

3 weeks ago | afro.com | Alexis Taylor

Local officials, residents, family members and friends came together April 19 to honor the life of Freddie Gray exactly 10 years to the date of his 2015 death. With Gray’s eyes piercing through a mural in the background, Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M. Scott and family attorney William “Billy” Murphy” gave remarks alongside Gray’s sister, Fredericka “Missy” Gray.