The DMV was full of excitement in the past month, with celebrities and VIPs taking part in a variety of public events. On Jan. 21, one of the largest Krewe of Pyros Mardi Gras Ball was held at the Grand Hyatt D.C. The event featured performances by the Force MDs and T-Ray. R&B group Force
The 2023 Washington Auto Show, showcasing some of the world’s top car manufacturers, was held from Jan. 20 to Jan. 29. The car show attracted people from across the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area and beyond. The post D.C. residents and organizations gather for the 2023 Washington Auto Show appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers
Submitted by Lynn Pinder and Kimberly Armstrong, Founding MembersBaltimore Green Justice Workers Cooperative Dear Editor: Baltimore’s Mayor Brandon Scott is signing off the City’s underground conduit system to Baltimore Gas Electric (BGE). The conduit system is an intricate network of electrical, cable/WIFI, and phone wires. I and some other activists believe this is a bad
Dr. George Fraser, internationally acclaimed author of the classic work Success Runs in Our Race has once again tasked convening and facilitating the Issue Area on Socially Responsible Black Business/Economic Development at the State of the Black World Conference April 19-23, 2023, in Baltimore, Maryland. The global Conference is being convened by the Institute of
By Deborah Bailey, Contributing Editor Marion Turner Stubbs Thomas sought a place where her own children could bond with other Black children in Philadelphia’s rapidly expanding, early twentieth century, Black middle class community. So in 1938, Thomas did what any Black mother would do – she invited 20 women to her home for a strategy
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press Middle seats at many U.S. movie theaters just got more expensive. AMC Theaters, the nation’s largest movie theater chain, on Jan. 6 unveiled a new pricing scheme in which seat location determines how much your movie ticket costs. Seats in the middle of the auditorium will cost a dollar
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) returned this February with its Black History Month Festival. This year’s theme is “Black Resistance,” and the organization has a month-long line up of events celebrating Black changemakers, civil rights leaders, the African diaspora, Black press
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