By Aria Brent AFRO Staff Writer abrent@afro.com On Aug. 22 Mayor Brandon M. Scott and acting police commissioner Richard Worley held the fourth community engagement meeting at Shake and Bake Family Fun Center. Throughout the meeting members of the community were able to bring the issues they are most concerned about to the attention of Scott and
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 AFRO Staff Halfsmokes, hot chili and warm smiles flooded the U Street corridor on Aug. 22 as the Ali family celebrated 65 years of ownership at the D.C. franchise, Ben’s Chili Bowl. The married couple Ben and Virginia Ali founded the restaurant in 1958 and have sown seeds in the community as a staple
By Karyn Cook, Special to the AFRO The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) hosted the second Hip-Hop Block Party on August 12. The museum held a day-long celebration of 50 years of hip-hop with performances, activities, and events for all ages. “This feels like homecoming,” DJ Marc Ifini told the crowd
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Sing! The Great Commission, the 2023 Getty Music Worship Conference, will take place September 4-6 at the Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville. The Sing! Conference, started in 2017 by famed GRAMMY®-nominated recording artists and hymnwriters Keith and Kristyn Getty, offers seminars and sessions led by top Christian speakers and artists; more than 10,000 attendees from
Katy Nichole recently visited the Candace Cameron Bure Podcast to talk about what is means to surrender to God and give Him the burdens of your life.
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Coppin State University (CSU) business students will have a new home on campus for the 2023-2024 academic year. In the fall, the university is set to open its new College of Business Building on North Avenue. The building will feature state-of-the-art smart classrooms, a stock ticker tape and
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