By Reginald Williams, Special to the AFRO On March 2, Keith Person visited his doctor for his annual physical. He weighed in at 253. His blood pressure read 110/75, and his A1C was 5.9. Two months earlier, on January 1, the Pathway to Housing D.C. Peer Support Specialist tipped the scales at 275 pounds. His
By Reginald Williams, Special to the AFRO A two-and-one-half-hour panel discussion recently took place at Sankofa Video Books and Cafe on Georgia Avenue in Northwest D.C., delving into a discussion on the nuances of what it means to be a Black boy and man. The panel explored what was required of boys to survive, and
By AFRO Staff Though 26 months have passed since insurrectionists violently took over the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021, trials, convictions and sentences are still being handed down. The attack on the U.S. Capitol disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress, which was in the process of affirming the 2020
By Roslyn JonesAFRO Faith Squad#FaithWorks#SecureTheBag This Easter holiday, thanks to a partnership with two local schools in the Howard County school system, The Hill Church and Ministries as well as the Rachell L. Gray Community Foundation, 50 families will receive food baskets containing the makings of an Easter feast with meat and all the trimmings.
By The Associated Press A developer on March 31 ended plans to purchase a 100-acre (39-hectare) property from the local school system in a historically Black town in Florida following a public outcry that the deal threatened the cultural heritage of the community made famous by Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston. Derek Bruce said
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum received a $2 million federal investment, which was presented by U.S. lawmakers Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.), Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) to museum co-founder and President Joanne Martin on March 31. “These funds represent the ability
By AFRO Staff The 2023 edition of the ESSENCE Festival of Culture will celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and its global impact with two headlining female MCs that represent the past and present of the art form. Back in New Orleans for its 29th year, the four-day festival kicks off June 29 and will
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Rape. Sexual assault. To most people the terms are likely interchangeable. Google both terms and you will find multiple definitions. Go online to the U.S. Department of Justice and the definition of rape is: “The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Maryland became the first state in the nation to start using funds from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to reimburse victims of Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) fraud on March 27, with outreach efforts to affected individuals already underway. Gov. Wes Moore recently announced the Department of Human
By Aziah Siid, Word in Black After blocking AP African American Studies from being taught in its schools, Florida is at again. In today’s episode of “White Efforts to Ban Black History,” the Disney film “Ruby Bridges,” is on the chopping block at a school in Pinellas County. The 1998 movie depicts the famous story