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 By PK Semler, Special to the AFRO The powerful chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Jelena McWilliams, last week launched a USD 120m investment fund targeting businesses […]
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(Courtesy Empowerment Temple) By AFRO Staff There’s a new pastor in town and he’s beginning his tenure at Empowerment Temple’s 9:30 worship service this Sunday. The Second Episcopal District of […]
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Presented by the Baltimore Rock Opera Society, “Funktopia – A Super Afro Intergalactic Tribute To Hip Hop And Funk” features Baltimore-based hip-hop artists Meek S. Blaylock and Dre “Drizzy Tha […]
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By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. A vote was taken at the September 14 Talbot County Council meeting, in Easton, Md., to decide whether the statue of the Talbot Boys, the […]
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(Courtesy Photo) By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO Carmelo Anthony’s memoir, “Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised” (co-authored with D. Watkins) reads like a friendly conversation on the front […]
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