by October Gallery
Congratulations are in order for director Anthony Hemingway and actor Steven Norfleet, as the couple recently announced their engagement via social media. Hemingway, who was recently honored by the African…
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO An upcoming public forum aims to groom more Blacks, Latinos, women and other marginalized groups for careers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics…
Syracuse University has suspended 15 members of the Theta Tau chapter over the weekend after they were recorded making homophobic, racist, sexist and anti-semitic remarks in videos published by The…
By Elijah Cummings, Special to the AFRO Anyone with any doubts about the value of “OrchKids,” the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s instrumental music program for inner city students, should listen to…
A video shows the owner of the Small Pharoah’s food truck in Portland, Oregon arguing with and throwing a bottle and hot sauce at a Black woman who claims he…
By ANITA SNOW, Associated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — The beating of a 33-year-old man and the rough treatment of teenager prompted the chief of a suburban Arizona police department…
Video captured police handcuffing a 10-year-old boy outside of his grandmother’s Chicago on Friday (June 1) after they mistakenly accused him of being a juvenile runaway with a firearm. According…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he may pardon another late heavyweight boxing champion — this time, Muhammad Ali. Trump tells reporters he’s looking at “thousands of names” of…
In a nod to body positivity, Waka Flocka’s wife, Tammy Rivera shared an unedited photo of herself in a bathing suit from her swimsuit line. Rivera created T Rivera Swim…
By Lauren E. Williams, Special to the AFRO In April, two Black men, Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson, were arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia for no apparent reason. Cell…