Afro-American Newspapers

15/08/2025

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14/08/2025

AFRO Power Pitch Black Business Matters Contestants- Stay tuned for the winners announcement

14/08/2025

Live at the 5th Annual Black Business Matters EXPO

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Sponsor session UWCM Michael Dermer CEO The Lonely Entrepreneur

14/08/2025

Enjoy this REPLAY and Get on the Boxx with guest Dr. Pam Perry, Publisher of SPEAKERS Magazine and podcast host of Get Out There and Get Known, along with our AFRO hosts, Dr. Draper, Jay Jackson, and Kevin MPECKABLE Peck!

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14/08/2025

Three key tips for newspapers to thrive for the next 100 years
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Staff Writer
https://ow.ly/PbhW50WFGNa

As the AFRO celebrates 133 years, its leaders share key tips for Black-owned newspapers to survive and thrive in a changing media landscape.

14/08/2025

Everyman Theatre will proudly open its 35th Anniversary Season with August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, directed by Baltimore’s own Paige Hernandez. This Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, presented as part of Baltimore’s August Wilson Celebration, weaves history and spirituality together in a haunting narrative that explores the conflict between protecting one’s heritage and forging a path into the future. Onstage August 31–September 28. everymantheatre.org/event/pianolesson

14/08/2025

Celebrating 133 years and Team AFRO!! We are proud of every single person who makes up the AFRO family—editors, reporters, designers, sales professionals, event planners, digital strategists, photographers, our finance team, administrative staff, board members and everyone who keeps this place running behind the scenes. You show up with skill, grit, and heart, and it shows in everything we produce!

13/08/2025

Happy 133rd Birthday, Team AFRO -- Five generations strong—and still going!

Today we celebrate 133 years of telling our community’s stories, holding power to account, and lifting up the voices that too often go unheard. It all started with the vision of John Henry Murphy Sr., made possible by his wife, Martha Elizabeth Howard Murphy, whose investment turned a dream into a reality. From that seed, we’ve grown into a media company with award-winning journalism, a strong digital presence, signature events, and even our news and logo appearing on digital billboards inside businesses throughout Baltimore City and County.

We are grateful to God for sustaining us through every season. We are AFRO strong—talented, creative, and committed to telling the truth. And we refuse to be slowed down or discouraged by today’s exhausting political climate. We know who we are, why we’re here, and the vital role we play for our community.

13/08/2025

🎉 Happy 133rd Birthday, AFRO! 🎉
Since August 13, 1892, when John H. Murphy Sr., a formerly enslaved man, borrowed $200 from his wife, Martha Elizabeth Howard Murphy, to buy a printing press, the AFRO-American Newspapers has been the voice of the Black community — telling our stories, confronting injustice, and celebrating Black excellence.

From documenting racial lynchings and challenging Jim Crow, to defending voting rights and uplifting Black businesses, the AFRO has stood “through the storm” — for five generations.

Today, we are a digital-first media company with the same mission:
🖤 Amplify Black voices
🖤 Hold power accountable
🖤 Preserve and share our history

💡 Help us keep this legacy strong for the next 133 years.
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Visit afro.com today and stand with the nation’s continuously family-owned Black media company and Maryland's oldest Black business!!.

Here’s to the past, present, and future of the Black Press. ✊🏾

13/08/2025

Cheltenham’s lost graves spark push for juvenile justice reform
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Staff Writer
https://ow.ly/akLO50WEYzE

Discover the forgotten history of an overgrown burial ground in Maryland, where over 100 Black children were laid to rest. A call for justice reform.

13/08/2025

Tuskegee University mourns sudden death of student-athlete
By Tavon N. Thomasson, AFRO Intern
https://ow.ly/tixh50WEWvi