By Megan SaylesAFRO Business Writermsayles@afro.com Baltimore-based CLLCTIVLY is set to honor five community leaders during its annual Changemaker Awards on Aug. 4. The ceremony is a part of the organization’s larger CLLCTIVGIVE campaign, a 24-hour fundraiser for local Black-led social change nonprofits. The Changemaker awardees include, Darlene Cain, president and founder of Mothers on the
By Megan SaylesAFRO Business Writermsayles@afro.com What was once a small funeral parlor inside of a Baltimore home is now a family-owned funeral business empire with several branches spanning the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. In 1957, William Carrington March and his wife, Julia Roberta March, took a chance and opened March Funeral Homes on the main floor
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia With the white sheets removed, the hoods now off, and the dog whistles as overt as they were during Jim Crow and the struggle for civil rights in the mid-20th century, a conservative group that spearheaded the Supreme Court’s overturning of affirmative action now has
By Ericka Alston Buck, Special to the AFRO Technology has made single people everywhere accessible at the click of a button. Love is available online with the help of dating websites and apps that make the selection process as simple as a swift right or left swipe. Jumping back into the dating game after a
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Hollywood actors are battling the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) after contract negotiations came to no resolution in July. On July 14, SAG-AFTRA, which represents nearly 160,000 actors, dancers, stunt performers, voice over artists and other media professionals, went on strike. This move came a
By Reginald Williams, Special to the AFRO The Florida State Academic Standard—2023, a social studies curriculum developed by the Republican administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis and approved by the Florida Board of Education (FBOE), has ignited a firestorm amongst Black people. The 216-page syllabus includes the history of African-Americans in America– with an interesting take
By Zsana Hoskins, Special to the AFRO The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention and Career Fair will be held in Birmingham, Ala. at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex from Aug. 2 to Aug. 6. Journalists and other media industry professionals from across the country are traveling for over 200 training sessions and workshops with
Detectives need your help in identifying this child or his parents or guardian. On July 29, 2023, at approximately 11:35 p.m., officers responded to the 4000 block of Fernhill Avenue to investigate a call for service regarding child neglect. Once officers arrived at the location, they were met by a concerned citizen who found a
By Khira MooreAFRO Intern It’s almost here, folks! National Night Out is Aug. 1, the first Tuesday in August. It’s a fun night of good food and even better company. Not to mention, it’s free! According to the National Night Out Organization, this celebration in the Baltimore community began in 1984 and is primarily hosted
By Mylika ScatliffeAFRO Women’s Health Writer If you visit the Atlanta Fibroid Center website, you will see pages of testimonials from mostly Black women who no longer live a miserable existence of heavy bleeding, unbearable cramps and planning their lives around their periods. Dr. John Lipman, the center’s founder and medical director, has made it