Holiday Shopping and Inflation
We have tips for getting around higher prices this holiday shopping season.
Prince George’s County mourns the death of Sheriff Melvin High
By Reginald Williams, Special to the AFRO Melvin C. High, Prince George’s County Sheriff, died unexpectedly on Nov. 17. Sheriff High was 78 years old and he was due to retire. Feeling ill, the Union County, Miss. native died shortly after driving himself to the Washington Hospital Center. “We are extremely saddened to hear of
Baltimore Museum of Art hosts new exhibit, A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
By Beverly Richards, Special to the AFRO The Baltimore Museum of Art recently hosted a packed auditorium as journalist, author and the Pulitzer Prize-winner Isabel Wilkerson discussed her book, “The Warmth of Other Suns” and its impact. The manuscript details the impetus and effects of the Great Migration, one of the largest mass relocations in
Price Rite Marketplace in Pigtown set to close next month
By Nicole D. Batey, Special to the AFRO The Price Rite Marketplace of West Pratt Street has served West Baltimore for 10 years. Now, just days before families are set to gather around the dinner table, Price Rite has announced that it is closing the sliding doors permanently at the end of December. Price Rite
Black Girls Vote continues to inspire at their fifth annual ball
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report for America Corps Member, tmcqueen@afro.com Black Girls Vote (BGV) held its fifth annual ball on Nov. 18 at Martin’s West in Baltimore County on Nov. 18. Members of the organization celebrated Black women with elected officials and community leaders, all gathered to recognize the efforts in politics and
The Moore Report: the best baseball players and all center fielders in the league
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO Pardon my name dropping, but I mentioned to Adam Jones in a Zoom meeting the other day that all my favorite baseball players were center fielders. I loved watching baseball with my dad when I was a little boy. He’d be sitting in his easy chair