By Deborah Bailey, Contributing Editor Black History Month ends with a rousing knock out as the DMV 48 Men of Power honored boxing great Rahman Ali, only brother of Muhammed Ali at a festive and spirited ceremony Feb. 24. Program host, Dr. Renee Allen, welcomed DMV luminaries and fans from the corporate, philanthropic, sports, entertainment
By Special to the AFRO According to the most recent American Academy for the Arts and Sciences study, the historic decline in arts education over the last decade reflects the persistent inequities endemic to our educational system. Students in high-needs schools and historically underserved populations have been hit the hardest. In Baltimore – a city
By AFRO Staff Black excellence was on full display Feb. 25 at the annual NAACP Image Awards, which took place this year in Pasadena, Calif. The show, which was broadcast on Black Entertainment Television (BET), was hosted by legendary entertainer Queen Latifah. She performed a rendition of the 1950’s song“I’m Gonna Live Til’ I Die”
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Chris Rock (Jamie McCarthy-Getty Images for National Board of Review-FILE) *(CNN) — Get ready for Chris Rock to make history. The comedian will take the stage on Saturday night to perform “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage,” the first-ever live global streaming event for Netflix. The performance will mark Rock’s sixth standup special and his second for
*Former Boston Celtics player Paul Pierce has been ordered — and he has agreed — to pay $1.4 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after he was accused of touting crypto securities. Pierce promoted EthereumMax (EMAX) tokens, according to CNBC, but he never publicly revealed that he was paid by EMAX to do