The AFRO American Newspapers and Afro Charities team recently visited the land where Martha Howard Murphy, wife of AFRO founder John H. Murphy Sr., was enslaved and later owned, which provided seed money for the founding of the AFRO.
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Walters Museum to host AFRO Publisher Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper for ‘Women as Creators and Leaders’ conversation
The Walters Art Museum will invite AFRO Publisher Frances “Toni” Draper to share the journey and accomplishments of the Black-owned newspaper while in conversation with Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts Lynley Herbert on March 23.