The AFRO announced their full slate of endorsements for the 2024 campaign, including Angela Alsobrooks for U.S. Senate, Brandon M. Scott for Baltimore City mayor, Nick Mosby for Baltimore City Council president and more.
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Nick Mosby picks up AFRO endorsement for president of Baltimore City Council
Nick Mosby, President of the Baltimore City Council, is running for re-election and the AFRO endorses him for his community-oriented initiatives and integrity as a city leader.
Associated Black Charities to host Teen Financial Literacy Summit
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Associated Black Charities (ABC), a Baltimore-based racial equity organization, will hold its first Teen Financial Literacy Summit on April 13 at the DoubleTree Baltimore North Hotel in Pikesville, Md. The free event builds on the success of ABC’s six-week Teen Financial Literacy summer series that took place last […]
Viola Ford Fletcher, 109, continues to tell her story as oldest living survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre
By Alexis Taylor, AFRO Managing Editor Viola Ford Fletcher was a mere seven years old when she was forced to reckon with hatred and racism in America. The date was May 31. The place was the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Okla., and at the time it was known as the “Black Wall Street.” African-American entrepreneurs […]
Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby convicted of mortgage fraud
By Mekhi Abbottmabbott@afro.com After a day of deliberation, former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby was found guilty of making false statements to a mortgage lender by federal jurors in the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md. on Feb. 6. The jury acquitted Mosby of fraud regarding the first of two properties she purchased in Florida, […]