by October Gallery
Blair Underwood and Tiffany Haddish join the Oscar winner in a lively period piece about a black woman succeeding. After the debacle that was the Oscars all but ignoring black…
Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young and the Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) will announce the development team selected to revitalize the Historic Upton Mansion located at…
By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s wife offered a poignant portrait of her NBA superstar husband and their daughter Monday at a sold-out memorial…
Stop Unjust Financial Burdens on African-Americans and Others By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA President/CEO NNPA NEWSWIRE – It is a serious financial problem that far too many African-Americans…
By Candyce BurkeSpecial to the Afro A staple in Baltimore’s culture and history, the world-famous Lexington Market, the oldest market in America, is finally undergoing redevelopment in a project called…
By Jasmine JohnsonSpecial to the Afro One Maryland student has received the opportunity of a lifetime. Caitlyn Lynch, 18, of Hyattsville is among 100 outstanding high schoolers chosen to receive…
Katherine Johnson, played by Taraji P. Henson in 20th Century Fox’s highly-anticipated new film Hidden Figures, is the real life mathematician, physicist and space scientist depicted in the film. The…
To the Editor: Between the holidays and the new year, things are busy. And sometimes, signing up for a health plan during open enrollment doesn’t make it to the top…
If the wage gap between middle class black families and middle class white families began to close during the ‘70’s, that gap exploded in the 1980’s due to the introduction…
By Sean YoesAFRO Baltimore Editor In 1892, the AFRO American Newspaper, then known as the Afro-American Ledger, was founded and headquartered in the Upton community of Old West Baltimore. 130…