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Michelle Obama Tells Oprah that 2016 Election ‘was Painful’ https://t.co/Y6oPfltTaz #AfroNews
Judge Denies Ex-NFL Star’s Bid to Delay Double Murder Trial https://t.co/rPye45H9vl #AfroNews
Witness to an Assassination: AP Photographer Captures Fatal Shooting of Russian Ambassador
Associated Press photographer Burhan Ozbilici was covering a photo exhibition in Ankara when a gunman opened fire, assassinating Russia’s ambassador to Turkey. He recounts the chaos that unfolded as he captured the scene. ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The event was routine enough — the opening of an exhibit of photographs of Russia — and when
Beauty Maven Maisie Dunbar is Thankful to Mother Africa This Holiday Season
Celebrity beauty expert and Bluffa Jo Cosmetics creator Maisie Dunbar once told her social media followers: “God sent me to Ghana for the 2015 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week” and that “Ghana chose her and she chose Ghana.” “I felt like I was home….I hadn’t been to Ghana in 35 years,” Dunbar recently said of
Dylann Roof: CONVICTED ON ALL COUNTS!
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dylann Roof was convicted Thursday in the chilling attack on nine Black church members who were shot to death last year during a Bible study, affirming the prosecution’s portrayal of a young White man who hoped the slayings would start a race war or bring back segregation. Instead, the single biggest
Police: Notorious 86-Year-Old Jewel Thief Strikes Again
ATLANTA (AP) — Police just outside Atlanta say a notorious 86-year-old jewel thief has struck again. Doris Payne was arrested Tuesday at a Von Maur department store after she put a $1,995 diamond necklace in her back pocket and tried to leave the store, Dunwoody police spokesman Mark Stevens said in an email. She faces
Omega Psi Phi Assists AFRO’s Ms. Santa in Bringing Christmas to Kids across Baltimore
On Dec. 8, members of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Pi Omega Chapter delivered 40 brand new bikes to the AFRO headquarters as part of the Ms. Santa program. The Ms. Santa program is organized by the AFRO’s own Ms. Santa, Diane Hocker. Hocker also serves as the director of Community and Public Relations for
Ku Klux Klan: “We’re Not White Supremacists…” Who are They Lying to Now ?
PELHAM, N.C. (AP) — White supremacy is a label that’s too hot to handle even for groups like the Ku Klux Klan. Standing on a muddy dirt road in the dead of night near the North Carolina-Virginia border, masked Ku Klux Klan members claimed Donald Trump’s election as president proves Whites are taking back America
Honoring the Past – The Medal of Honor for Dorie Miller?
As the nation honors the past on the 75th commemoration of the dawn of World War II, I am requesting that you write to the President about awarding the Medal of Honor to World War II Messman Attendant Second Class Doris Miller for his acts of valor during the December 7th, 1941, attack on Pearl
Black American Journey Finally Enshrined in National Museum
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture opens this week alongside the Washington Monument and the National Museum of American History, it will firmly — and finally — anchor the Black experience in the nation’s narrative. “In 1915 . they say, ‘There should be a monument. There should be a
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