2+ hour, 47+ min ago   (1040+ words) More than six decades after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. composed his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” the young Black woman who helped transform scattered notes on smuggled scraps of paper into one of history’s greatest writings is finally…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (601+ words) By Torrie WalkerHer Campus, Howard University Nearly 80 years after her death, much of Hattie Wooten Lewis’ story has slipped from the historical record. Yet through the memories and family documents preserved by her great-niece, Janette Hodge, Lewis’s contributions as a…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1230+ words) The glass panels of the Lynching Victims Monolith are simple, etched with the names of more than 600 victims of documented racial killings in Mississippi, along with the attackers’ motives. One man, Malcolm Wright, was beaten to death in front of…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (582+ words) By Kendra BryantSpecial to the AFRO Terri Freeman, president and executive director of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, will retire in December after leading the institution for six years. Freeman began serving in 2020, becoming the seventh director of Maryland’s largest African…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (577+ words) By Andrew Hall and Makayla Walker AFRO Interns AFRO News hosted its annual Juneteenth Breakfast June 18 under the theme, “Stewards of Legacy,” at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. The museum served as a beautiful backdrop as honorees, community members and…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (811+ words) By Rev. Dorothy S. BoulwareWord In Black Jason Green thought he was returning home to say goodbye to his grandmother. Instead, sitting beside Ida Pearl Green’s bed in a Montgomery County, Md., nursing facility, the former White House aide to President…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (626+ words) This Black History Month, celebrate the beauty of African American art, culture and life with a plethora of events in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Check out this calendar of events to get a better understanding of how to celebrate Black…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (77+ words) Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation, Inc. and the Maryland Historical Trust will honor Faye Allen Belt with the 2026 Maryland Preservation Award for Excellence in Community Impact for her decades of work preserving the history of the Crownsville State Hospital and…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (308+ words) Discover the inspiring story of Maj. Charity Adams, the fearless leader of the Six Triple Eight, a groundbreaking all-African American unit in WWII....

4+ mon, 3+ day ago   (152+ words) Emancipation Day in D.C. celebrates the progress since the end of slavery with a parade, concert, and activities. Thousands gather to honor the occasion. By Patricia McDougallSpecial to the AFRO More than 100 years ago, on April 16, 1862, the Compensated Emancipation Act was…...