Afro Charities News Today

Afro Charities receives $500,000 grant for Upton Mansion revitalization project, aiming to become a cultural hub and permanent home for the AFRO Archives.

In August, AFRO newspaper will celebrate 132 years since John Murphy Sr. borrowed $200 from his wife Martha to buy and found Baltimore's Black newspaper.

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts on January 10 announced the fifty recipients of its fall 2023 grants.

Black- and Native-led arts nonprofits are at the forefront of the grantees in this cycle.

Questions for the author of 'Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore.'

Print Lisa Robinson, WBAL-TV 11 For years, Jim Crow laws kept Black people from opportunities in education and professional careers, among other fields. In the 1940s, the Peabody Institute turned Black people away, telling them they couldnt learn music there. So, the students organized their own school at 811 W. Lanvale St. called the Baltimore Institute of Musical Arts. At 82, Daniel Comegys can still belt out a song. His voice reflects the years he spent perfecting his craft and p...

For years, Jim Crow laws kept Black people from opportunities in education and professional careers, among other fields.In the 1940s, the Peabody Institute turned Black people away, telling them they couldnt learn music there. So, the students organized their own school at 811 W. Lanvale St. called the Baltimore Institute of Musical Arts.At 82, Daniel Comegys can still belt out a song. His voice reflects the years he spent perfecting his craft and performing. His musical career started a...