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
Mahomes – Hurts (Getty) *There is a good reason for the euphoria legions of Blacks to feel and express about the historic first of two African American quarterbacks, Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts facing off in the Super Bowl. It’s been a long, agonizing, painful road for them and the NFL to get to that historic
Darian Sanders as Simba and Khalifa White as Nala – ©Disney – Photo by Matthew Murphy *Disney’s The Lion King musical lights up the stage once more at Broadway In Hollywood (the Hollywood Pantages). All the thrills of the animated classic play in real time as scores of talented cast members evoke the spirits of
Prince – Theo Wargo/WireImage // Getty Images *It is the biggest football game of the year, but the Super Bowl doesn’t just offer two unstoppable football teams battling it out for the win. The Big Game also promises some of the greatest performances from star-studded entertainers at the Super Bowl halftime show. While the halftime
Spencer Dinwiddie & Cam Thomas – IG screenshot *Welcome to today’s Social Heat which is – needless to say – super hot! Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas has got to give up a whopping $40,000 after being fined for using “derogatory and disparaging language during a live television interview,” the NBA announced Friday. Thomas was
F22 Fighter Jet – Getty *(CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that an “unidentified object” had been shot down over Canadian airspace on his orders. “I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. @NORADCommand shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled
By Donald Williams, Special to the AFRO It is officially tax season, according to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which declared that this year’s tax season started on Monday, Jan. 23. It’s that special time of year when people collect their documents to either rush over to their tax preparer or enter in themselves so
On Feb. 4, marching bands from some of the country’s top historically Black colleges convened in Atlanta for the HBCU All-Star Battle of the Bands. A total of six college-level marching bands participated in the event, along with Pebblebrook and Westlake High Schools, local to the Atlanta area. HBCU bands in attendance included Alabama State
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com D.C. Council Committee – human resources and employee performance oversight hearings On Feb. 15 at 9:30 a.m. the D.C. Council’s Committee on Executive Administration and Labor will hold a performance oversight hearing. The Department of Human Resources, Office of Employee Appeals, Public Employees Relations Board, Office of Labor
By Kisha Clark If you’re like me, you gasped when you first saw D.C.’s PARCC, or the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, scores this past fall. You may have even cried or became upset. I experienced all those emotions in less than five minutes. Then, I quickly shifted to thinking about