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By TRAVIS LOLLER, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The number of African-American men entering medical school hasn't budged since the late 1970s, and Dr. James Hildreth wants to change that. Hildreth is president and CEO...

By Stephen Janis, Special to the AFRO Another corruption scandal inside the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) came to partial resolution with the sentencing of former Baltimore top cop Darryl DeSousa to ten months in prison for...

By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, [email protected] The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) did not find sufficient evidence to file federal hate crime charges against former University of Maryland student Sean Urbanski, in the suspected 2017...

By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer After 60 years of asking the tough questions, Dorothy Butler Gilliam, the first Black woman reporter at The Washington Post, sat down at the Barnes & Noble on Howard...

By Renee Foose, Special to the AFRO Historically black women have been the backbone of their communities.  Black women like Maya Angelo, Phyllis Wheatley, Angela Davis and Misty Copeland inspired us with their creativity and artistic...

By NNPA News Service It’s undeniable that rap legend Jay-Z has left an indelible mark on the music industry and he recently received a huge honor for his contributions to hip-hop and beyond. According to...

By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, [email protected] Part one of a two-part series. Ultra Nate is on fire. It is just before midnight on March 16 and the globetrotting singing star and DJ entered 1722 N. Charles Street in...

By AFRO Staff Dr. Charles Edward Booth, native of Baltimore, and pastor of Mount Olivet Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio passed away Saturday March 23rd. He was 72.  Dr. Booth was known around the nation...

By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO “Last set, best set,” Mark Harding says, his legs taped together. He’s doing resistance training at MedStar Good Samaritan’s gymnasium. Each step up, each step out, stretching against the tape,...

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated A Service Sorority Founded in 1913 DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INCORPORATED JOINS THE CALL FOR CHANGE AT CNN WASHINGTON – Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated has a 106-year record of taking proactive...

By AMANDA SEITZ and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors on Tuesday abruptly dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett, defense attorneys said, apparently abandoning the case barely five weeks after the "Empire" actor...

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Nationalist, Pan-Africanism movement leader and Negro World newspaper founder Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Washington AFRO-AMERICAN publisher emeritus Francis L. Murphy II, were enshrined into the National Newspaper Publishers...