Afro Charities, the nonprofit partner to the AFRO, will break ground on its $16-million redevelopment of the historic Upton Mansion in West Baltimore on Feb. 28. The property will serve as ...
Ana Yency Lemús says her grandmother was pulled out of school in El Salvador at the age of 8 after experiencing physical violence and insults over her dark complexion and curly hair. “Today we call ...
April Showers is a magical force of unique kindness and mythical passion. So much so that years ago, a friend would continuously compare her likeness to that of a unicorn. “I thought what I was doing ...
It could be called a revelatory moment, learning about the presence, history, and culture of Black people in Mexico. For Jorge Gonzalez, a college course on the ethno-history of Oaxaca first gave him ...
For the past seven years, Afro-descendant women in Mexico have celebrated the International Day of Afro-descendant Women on July 25. These gatherings occur in regions inhabited by people of Black ...
Afro-Latino identity is a distinct one, with deep roots in colonial Latin America. As a result, it can often exist alongside a person’s Hispanic, racial or national origin identities. The life ...