The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they ...

Murphy Sr., finance the start-up of the newspaper. Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper (left), AFRO American Newspapers CEO and publisher and great-granddaughter of the AFRO founder, takes photos on the ...

Baltimore experienced activism for civil rights as early as the 1930s. Leaders in these efforts included Carl Murphy, who edited the Afro-American newspaper, which articulated the black community ...

When finished, it will become the home of The Afro-American newspaper, as well as a cultural and research center with more than a century of archives chronicling African Americans in Baltimore and ...

He served a stint as editor-in-chief of the Baltimore Afro-American Newspaper, before moving into the broadcast space.