By Kamau High, AFRO Managing Editor, khigh@afro.com The president of the Montgomery Council is trying to change the name of a school in North Bethesda to that of a former slave, who […]
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AFRO Cartoonist Accepts Top Award
Kofi Tyus, the AFRO’s long-time cartoonist, receives his first place award in the NNPA’s Annual Merit Awards for Best Editorial Cartoon, at the AFRO’s Baltimore office with his friends and […]
Valerie Ervin Quits Gov. Race; Endorses Baker
By Kamau High, AFRO Managing Editor, khigh@afro.com Valerie Ervin dropped out of the Maryland governor’s race and endorsed her rival, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker. Ervin’s campaign sent out a news […]
Lee’s `BlacKkKlansman’ Wins at Cannes
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com For the first time in his storied career, filmmaker Spike Lee captured an award at the venerable Cannes Film Festival in France, for what may […]
White Woman Cries ‘Racism’ After Controversial Graduation Picture
By Kamau High, AFRO Managing Editor, khigh@afro.com A recent Kent State University graduate is claiming that she is a victim of racism after a photo of her posing with an AR-10 […]
Houston Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell: ‘I am Innocent’
By Kamau High, AFRO Managing Editor, khigh@afro.com Kirbyjon Caldwell, the well-known Houston megachurch pastor who delivered both invocations at George W. Bush’s inaugurations and was a spiritual adviser to Barack Obama, says […]
No, White Ladies of Virginia Tech, You Can Not Use the N-Word
The women of Virginia Tech’s lacrosse team were apparently feeling themselves after beating Elon on March 24. Someone on the team posted a video of group of apparently all White […]
Is This Heineken Ad Racist?
Chance the Rapper certainly thinks so. The Chicago rapper took to Twitter to let Heineken know that their new ad, which depicts a bartender sliding a beer down a bar […]
Beverly Ledbetter, Brown University’s Long Serving Chief Legal Officer, Set to Retire After 40-Years with the Institution
Beverly Ledbetter was named Brown University’s first legal counsel in 1978. After 40 years in the position, she is set to retire at the end of this academic year. “Preserving […]
Investigators Suspect FedEx Bomb is Tied to Austin Bombings
A package bomb that authorities believe is linked to the recent string of Austin bombings exploded early Tuesday inside of a FedEx distribution center near San Antonio, leaving one worker […]
Omega Omega Service for Frankie Muse Freeman, Former Delta Sigma Theta President, Set
Frankie Muse Freeman, a civil rights attorney and the 14th national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, died earlier this year at the age of 101. Her Omega Omega sevice, […]
Remembering Lerone Bennett, Black Press Giant
Lerone Bennett Jr., a long time editor at Ebony magazine, died earlier this year. Bennett, who wrote numerous books on African American history, such as Before the Mayflower: A History […]