At the helm of Baltimore’s three Black news organizations ... As Draper explains it, she was born into “a newspaper family.” The AFRO has remained under the control of Murphy descendants ...
The $16 million project in West Baltimore will be completed by late June 2026. STORY HIGHLIGHTS The Afro-American newspaper's new home will be Upton Mansion. The $16 million project began with a Feb.
a civil rights trailblazer and longtime president of the Baltimore NAACP; John Henry Murphy, founder of The Afro-American Newspaper; Dr. Nellie Louise Young, Maryland’s first African-American ...
He served a stint as editor-in-chief of the Baltimore Afro-American Newspaper, before moving into the broadcast space.