Championship or Bust for Bowie State This Year
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO All that Bowie State has done over the last three years is win everything except a CIAA championship. The Bulldogs won the…
Florida School Forces Black Student Cut to His ‘Distracting’ Hair
Kiara Hudson, a mother from Jacksonville, Florida is claiming a private Christian school discriminated against her 8-year-old son, Austin Garrick, by forcing him to get a haircut to be able…
The David C. Driskell Center, African American Museums, and Digitizing for Access, Education and Engagement
The David C. Driskell Center presented African American Art: Increasing Resources for Education in the 21st Century at the annual conference for the Association of African American Museums (AAAM), held…
John McCain discontinuing treatment for brain cancer, family says
Although McCain’s colleagues had braced for the worst following his cancer prognosis a year ago, Friday’s announcement left them shaken. It effectively closes a tumultuous Washington career that included two…
Papa John’s taps investment banks amid pressure from founder: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Papa John’s International Inc (PZZA.O), the world’s third-largest pizza delivery company, has hired Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) and Lazard Ltd (LAZ.N) to help find ways…
Doctor in eastern Congo contracts Ebola in ‘dreaded’ scenario: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – A doctor has become the first probable Ebola case in one of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s most violence-ridden and inaccessible zones, a scenario “we have…
See Robert Townsend’s ‘Making The Five Heartbeats’ For a Master Class On the Business of Entertainment
The Five Heartbeats are back. No, award-winning actor, comedian, and filmmaker Robert Townsend has not created a sequel or a remake of his 1991 classic about the rise and fall…
Trevor Paglen Launches Photographs into Space, in 2012 -ARTnews
Trevor Paglen, The Last Pictures and the Gold Artifact, 2013, etched gold plated disk and HD video. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND METRO PICTURES Trevor Paglen has been making some of…
Lisa Fleming of ‘My 600-lb Life’ dead at 50
Lisa Fleming, who appeared on “My 600 Pound Life,” has died. (TLC) Lisa Fleming, a woman who appeared on the TLC series “My 600-lb Life,” has died, according to a…
Grace McKissick at the Fashion Lab – Ron Wilch – October Gallery
http://www.octobergallery.com – Wednesday night 6/16/10 at the Fashion Lab – Germantown, PA. source