Strong City Baltimore’s 10th annual Neighborhood Institute will be held on April 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Baltimore Design School, 1500 Barclay St., in Greenmount West. […]
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University of Maryland Open House
The University of Maryland’s one-day open house is on April 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will feature over 400 free family-friendly and interactive events that teach and […]
Stand Up Baltimore’s “I Am The Change Youth Empowerment Conference”
The “I Am The Change Youth Empowerment Conference” is on April 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Poly-Western High School located at 4600 Falls Road, Baltimore, Md. 21209. […]
Marion Louise Davis Patterson, Widow of Former Baltimore Schools Supt. Dr. Roland N. Patterson, Sr., Dies at 85
On April 19, Marion Louise Davis Patterson died in Baltimore, Md. Marion Louise Davis was born in Houston, TX., on Aug. 15, 1931 to parents Jimmie Ivory Hall and Turner […]
Upcoming AKA Regional Conference Brings Promise of Economic Impact to Baltimore
The North Atlantic Regional Conference for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) will be held in Baltimore, Md. at the Baltimore Convention Center from April 26 through April 30. The sorority […]
Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Tuesday, April 25.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Over the weekend, Baltimore topped more than 100 homicides before the end of April for the first time in two decades. We’ll discuss the […]
Greater Baltimore Urban Leagues’ 2017 Whitney M. Young Jr. Gala
The 60th annual celebration of the Whitney M. Young, Jr Gala is on April 28 at the Hilton Baltimore from 6:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. This year’s theme is ‘Save […]
Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Monday, April 24. from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u President Obama gave his first public appearance this morning in Chicago, since leaving the White House. And over the weekend his successor Donald Trump […]
Opioid and Heroin Overdoses Have Reached ‘Crisis Level’ in Maryland
WASHINGTON – When Carin Miller’s son was about 19 years old, he began to abuse heroin by snorting pills, eventually moving on to shooting up. This went on for six […]
Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Friday, April 21.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A review of some of the top news stories of the week directly from the pages of the AFRO, with managing editor Kamau High. […]
Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Thursday, April 20.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll talk to Lisa Snowden-McCray, associate editor of City Paper about the seemingly convoluted process of installing a law enforcement Civilian Review Board as […]
Turmoil in Lacks Family Shadows Premiere of Oprah Movie
Lawrence Lacks has no personal problem with Oprah Winfrey or her interest in the life of his mother, Henrietta Lacks, donor of the now world-famous immortal HeLa cells. In 1951, […]