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Apple Announced ‘Digital Harvest,’ Some Customers Not Ready to Reap | Afro

By Joshua Moore Special to the AFRO Apple held its annual big tech release event on Sept. 15. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, was the host and showed off new products that will be hitting the shelves this fall including the Apple Watch Series 6, iPad 8, and the iPad Air. Along with these

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The Incredible Life of Daniel Smith, Living Son of a Slave | Afro

By Virginia Van Zandt Zenger News As one of the few living children of a slave, 88-year-old Daniel Smith has a unique perspective on race relations in America. Smith’s father, Abram “A.B.” Smith, was born into slavery in 1863 and was 70 years old when he had Daniel, his sixth child, in

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Virtual NNPA 2020 National Leadership Awards Reception | Afro

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LeBron James Adds Weight to Effort to Help Ex-Felons Vote in Florida | Afro

By AFRO Staff NBA superstar LeBron James is continuing his social equality agenda, this time partnering with other athletes and entertainers to empower ex-felons to vote. “Because of everything that’s going on, people are finally starting to listen to us — we feel like we’re finally getting a foot

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Georgetown Legendary Coach John Thompson Dies At 78 | Afro

By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com The towering figure that stood large among the great leaders from Georgetown University has passed away. John Thompson, Jr., the first Black coach to win a national collegiate sports championship, died Aug. 30. He was 78. Thompson became

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TBE#42 - Confirmation Of Barrett To Supreme Court Will Mark The Point Of No Return For Independence Of Federal Courts | Afro

To Be Equal #42 October 16, 2020 Confirmation Of Barrett To Supreme Court Will Mark The Point Of No Return For Independence Of Federal Courts Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “The Supreme Court doesn’t have an army, and it has no power of the purse. Its power comes from the

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Sophisticated Settings — Lifestyle — September 25, 2020 | Afro

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally identifiable information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as used in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to

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Op-Ed: Mask Up and Vote | Afro

By Larry Young This October brought us a different kind of campaign season. Yes, the importance of the closing weeks of the national and local elections is a big part of the story. However, Black communities are also contending with the crisis of another dangerous increase of COVID-19 cases. These

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OP-ED: BLACK VOTERS AND THE CASE FOR BIDEN-HARRIS | Afro

By Ben Jealous My 104-year-old grandmother, Mamie Bland Todd, fought for civil rights her entire life. Now she and I are fighting to protect Black people and communities threatened by President Donald Trump and the people he has put in positions of power. We are working hard to elect Joe Biden and

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Refugee Families Face Unique Struggles With Online School | Afro

By ANITA SNOW, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Samuel Lavi knew he'd have to find unique ways to stay connected to refugee families when the coronavirus pandemic shut down Valencia Newcomer School. Parents and students speak more than a dozen languages, and they'd need help navigating the

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NAMI and Designer Kenneth Cole Team to Fight Mental Illness | Afro

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Even before COVID-19, mental illness was one of the most prevalent public health crises, affecting hundreds of millions of people globally. As the pandemic has claimed more than 177,000 Americans with over 5 million

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Incumbents and Newcomers Win | Afro

By Etolia Magdalena Special to the AFRO Like many places in the country, Washington, D.C. had races at stake on the Nov. 3 general election, and when the polls closed, many wondered the fate of the large group of candidates running for At-Large Council positions, and included Initiative 81, which

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Mayor Young, Baltimore Ravens Announce Plan to Allow Fans at M&T Bank Stadium | Afro

Mayor Young, Baltimore Ravens Announce Plan to Allow Fans at M&T Bank Stadium Special exception to Mayor Young’s executive order will allow approximately 5,000 fans at the Ravens’ next home game BALTIMORE, MD. — Today, Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young and the Baltimore Ravens announced that the team

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Cash ≠ Justice: Remember Breonna By Reforming Police Institutions | Afro

By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Say her name. The family of Breonna Taylor, the EMT and girlfriend who was shot dead in her Kentucky apartment last spring, on Sept. 15, received a $12 million settlement from the City of Louisville. Compensation after months of stonewalling, character

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Tradition and Mistrust Drive Baltimore’s In-Person Early Voters | Afro

By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Even in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of Baltimoreans have cast ballots in the first three days of early voting for the 2020 presidential election. According to unofficial early voting data released by the Baltimore City Board of Elections

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Mosby Shuts Down ‘No-Knock’ Warrants | Afro

By Stephen Janis Special to the AFRO Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has instructed prosecutors not to sign off on so-called “no knock warrants,” a controversial police tactic that allows officers to enter a home unannounced. The tactic which is used thousands of times per year is used

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Ravens Hold Off Eagles For Close Win | Afro

By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO A game that once looked like another blowout win for the Baltimore Ravens turned into a nail-biter in the end. The Baltimore Ravens comfortably led 17-0 in the first half, but the Philadelphia Eagles put together a late-game comeback rally that would have

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Voting Groups Scramble to Reach College Students in Pandemic | Afro

By BRYAN ANDERSON and SARA BURNETT, Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Chase Gaines wishes he could get more young people in North Carolina to answer their front doors and take his GOP flyer. Rick Hart longs for the days where he would wake up at 6 a.m. to prep for a day

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COVID and Flu: Baltimore Coalition Urges Vaccination | Afro

By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO A lot is coming together in Park Heights (PHR) and the Park Heights Renaissance Master Plan appears to be firing on all cylinders. On Oct. 20, in the shadow of Park Heights Renaissance offices, nursing students, nurses, professors, pharmacists and providers came

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25 Under 30 | Afro

The AFRO is looking for community activists in the DMV. Please send name or contact information to editor@afro.com. In the subject line please put #25under30. The post 25 Under 30 appeared first on Afro.

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Step Afrika Founder Honored as ‘Creative Force’ in Strathmore’s Monuments | Afro

By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com There’s nothing like the sting of a pandemic to understand the key role art plays in communities, culture, society and the world. Through their new outdoor exhibit, “Monuments: Creative Forces” Strathmore is honoring local artists who are major

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Black Voices Are Loud and Clear at New York Film Festival | Afro

By Dwight Brown NNPA Newswire Film Critic The lineup at the 2020 New York Film Festival (NYFF) included an impressive array of African diaspora films and the festival’s usual collection of international motion pictures. Attesting to NYFF’s eagerness to hear Black voices, the fest featured three

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Rwanda's President Says 'Hotel Rwanda' Hero Must Stand Trial | Afro

By Ignatius Ssuuna The Associated Press Rwanda's president says that the man portrayed as a hero in the film 'Hotel Rwanda' will stand trial for allegedly supporting rebel violence. President Paul Kagame, appearing on national television Sept. 6, did not explain how Paul Rusesabagina was brought to

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DNC Launches Ad Campaign in Black Newspapers Across 5 Battleground States | Afro

On the first National Black Voter Day, Sept. 18, the Democratic National Committee launched a print ad campaign calling out Donald Trump’s failed pandemic response and directing readers to IWillVote.com — the DNC’s newly updated voter participation website. The ads will run in five African

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DMV HBCU Report: Howard Coach Tempers Expectations | Afro

By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Howard University Basketball Coach Kenny Blakeney understands that the weight of expectation grows heavier in the face of reality. If there is a college basketball season, the Bison fans are expecting a massive improvement because of the transcendent

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Finally, It's Biden and Harris | Afro

By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter More than 72 hours after the last polls closed on Nov. 3, the Associated Press declared former Vice-President Joseph R. Biden the next President-Elect of the United States. Biden clinched the Electoral College vote by officially winning his birth state of

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Study Shows Decline in Awareness, Treatment and Control of High Blood Pressure | Afro

(Black PR Wire) — After nearly 15 years on an upward trend, awareness among Americans about high blood pressure and how to control and treat it is now on the decline, according to a new study. Even with the help of blood pressure medications, some groups, including older adults, are less likely

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Op-ed: Tell Republicans: Stop Trump from Trashing Our Post Office | Afro

By Ben Jealous The post office is one of the most respected institutions in America, a lifeline for millions of Americans, and a source of good jobs for thousands of Black people—and the Trump administration is trying to destroy it. Senate Republicans have a choice to make right now: are they going

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Breast Cancer Champion Empowers Warriors | Afro

By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Ranneisha Champion’s surname does justice to the true woman she is, and as a pregnant, full-time entrepreneur and Triple Negative breast cancer warrior, she is using her experiences, achievements and all that she has overcome and learned, to

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LDF Statement on the Senate Vote Confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court | Afro

LDF Statement on Today’s Senate Vote Confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court Today, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney

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