By Beth Harris, AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bronny James went into cardiac arrest during a basketball workout at the University of Southern California last month because of a congenital heart defect, according to a family spokeswoman. The 18-year-old son of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James was stricken on July 24. He
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Sixty years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic, “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a groundbreaking new report has laid bare the stark truth of ongoing Black economic inequality in the United States. “STILL A DREAM: Over 500
By DaQuan Lawrence, AFRO International Writer, DLawrence@afro.com The Jamaican Association of Maryland (JAM) recently celebrated the Caribbean nation’s 61st year of independence. Members of the Jamaican diaspora, friends and family gathered on Aug. 19 for the 2023 Independence Gala 2023. The gala took place at Martin’s West and celebrated the establishment of the nation’s modern
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Megan Sayles is a Report for America Corps member. Capital Growth Partners, a business advisory firm, assembled broadband providers, information technology (IT) professionals, digital divide consultants and leaders from the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) to discuss opportunities in President Biden’s Internet for All initiative. In 2021 Congress
By DaQuan Lawrence, AFRO International Writer, DLawrence@afro.com On Aug. 26, Charm City Live returns to Baltimore with some of the top names in the music industry. Residents are invited to attend the celebration at Market Pl & E. Pratt St., where thousands are expected to turn out for the event. Ari Lennox, MC Lyte, and
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com During a weekend of celebration for the 150-year-old security company, American District Telegraph (ADT), Fight Blight Bmore was gifted $100,000 toward their fight to end vacant housing and revitalize Baltimore. “Baltimore is a great city filled with history and wonderful people, but it needs some love,” Bob Tucker
The AFRO is rolling out its latest digital media innovation, the Digital Billboard Network (DBN). With television screens featured across 10 host sites in the Randallstown and Owings Mills area, the DBN is the first effort of its kind in the state of Maryland. Onsite screens will feature original content from AFRO programs, including AFRO
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@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
By Aria Brent, AFRO News Writer, abrent@afro.com August is National Black Business Month and organizations all across the D.C., Maryland and Virginia (DMV) area are hosting events in light of the occasion. According to the 2020 Census, cities such as Hampton, Va. and Baltimore are amongst 20 areas with the highest Black population in the
By Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher Nearly 20 years ago, historian John William Templeton and engineer Frederick E. Jordan Sr. declared August as National Black Business Month to “drive the policy agenda affecting the 2.6 million African American businesses.” Today, according to the latest data, there are more than three million Black-