Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper, CEO and Publisher of the AFRO-American Newspapers, has released a new book that includes prayers and proverbs from Carl Murphy, the publisher of the AFRO from 1922 ...

Current AFRO team visits the Montgomery County land of Enoch and Harriet Howard, parents of Martha Howard Murphy, who helped her husband, John H. Murphy Sr., finance the start-up of the newspaper.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS The Afro-American newspaper's ... something transformative," Draper said. "John Murphy and Martha Howard Murphy build more than a newspaper. It was a truth, a lifeline for people ...