by October Gallery
On 21 September 2018, at the peak of the #MeToo movement that had supposedly shattered the silence around the sexual assault and harassment of women, 75 women, most of them…
Dred Scott v. Sandford, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857, declared that black people, whether free or slave, could not be American citizens and were thus…
A member of the Ku Klux Klan salutes during American Nazi Party rally at Valley Forge National Park September 25, 2004 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty…
Tavia Forbes and Monet Masters had no interest in working together when they met in 2012. “I was 25 and had just landed my first major commercial interior design job,”…
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and her administration were busy throughout the city cutting ribbons and welcoming teachers and students to new…
Navigating the politically correct world we now live in can be tricky, and no one feels the brunt of their past “inappropriate” quips like comedians. During a discussion on The…
By Stephen Janis and Taya Graham, Special to the AFRO During the last conversation Marlyn Barnes had with his mother Marilyn on Aril 9th, the 30-yeard old father of five…
The numbers still aren’t adding up for African-Americans in tech. A new study conducted by Lawless Research (on behalf of Techstars and Chase for Business) found that 72 percent of…
By Dr. Sonja Brookins Santelises, Special to the AFRO As families across Baltimore prepare to send their children back to school, I am reminded of the awesome privilege and responsibility…
Jade Colin, 28, became the youngest Black woman to own a McDonald’s franchise in 2016, reports The Black Professional. The New Orleans native was introduced to franchise ownership when her…