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UNREAL: Trump backers use AI images to suggest strong Black support

As the U.S. enters its first presidential election in which convincing misinformation can be created by artificial intelligence (AI), supporters of former President Donald Trump are spreading ...
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Remembering the ‘Lady In The Lake' 52 Years Later

He was just 9-years old when his mother went missing in April 1969. Two months later, long after his grandmother reported her daughter missing, her body was found in Baltimore's Druid Hill Park. David ...
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Cheltenham's lost graves spark push for juvenile justice reform

In Prince George's County, Md., an overgrown burial ground with more than 100 unmarked graves rests near the Cheltenham Youth Detention Center. The site is believed to hold the remains of Black ...
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Woman’s search for family’s roots leads to ancestor John T. Ward – a successful entrepreneur and conductor on the Underground Railroad

Shanna Ward, the owner of a publishing company and insurance agency located in Columbus, Ohio, said the elders in her family often say she inherited her entrepreneurial spirit from one of their ...
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Meet the Black CIA officer fired over a rap song

BALTIMORE, MD, May 17, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- Steve Gary Jones Jr., a former CIA employee from Maryland, is speaking out through art, activism and now entertainment. A Black man who served more than a ...
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The Great Debate: Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Du Bois

This timeline reflects the founding of some of the world's oldest historically Black colleges and universities, otherwise known as HBCUs. In 1867, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, ...
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Bukom cafe returns to Adams Morgan area

In the mid-afternoon, just before happy hour, there are moments in Adams Morgan where a visitor can hear the neighborhood come alive with the Afrobeats in Bukom Cafe. Inside the restaurant, the walls ...
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To be a Black man in Baltimore

To be a Black man in Baltimore, 2026 is to live in a state of profound, exhausting duality. It is to walk the streets of a city that is simultaneously breaking historic records for safety and still ...
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Remembering Black leaders and icons who died in 2025

This week, the AFRO reflects on the lives and legacies left behind by leaders, entertainers and noted members of the community. Take a look at the notable Black figures who died in 2025, leaving ...
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Warrior, queen and mother: Honoring the life of Rev. Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant

Rev. Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant was celebrated in a ceremony of life fit truly for a queen, as she was often called during the two-hour homegoing service on Oct. 5. The service included a host of ...
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The Four Step Brothers: Tapping into greatness through dance

Originally beginning as a trio in 1925, The Four Step Brothers formed a legendary tap dancing group that is still revered almost a century later. Maceo Anderson, founder of The Step Brothers, always ...
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No Kings Day and Black participation

This Saturday, Mar. 28, 2026, millions of Americans will come out to participate in the third major No Kings Day Protest against the presidency of Donald Trump. The last event drew more than 7 million ...