125th Anniversary Kickoff – AFRO-American Newspapers

Pictured (LtoR) André Draper, retired AFRO-American Newspapers board member/employee; Rev. Frances Toni Draper, AFRO-American Newspapers immediate past president/current board treasurer; Jake Oliver, AFRO-American Newspapers CEO/publisher; and Morgan Peck, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology IT junior

Pictured (LtoR) Benjamin Phillips IV, AFRO-American Newspapers president; Felicia Murphy Phillips, AFRO-American Newspapers board member; and Edgar Brookins, AFRO-American Newspaper Washington D.C. general manager

Pictured (LtoR) Kip Ward, retired US General; Joyce Ward, Northern Virginia-based philanthropist; Rev. Frances Toni Draper; and John R. Hawkins, retired US Major General

Pictured (LtoR) Lenora Howze, AFRO-American Newspapers director of advertising; Diane Hocker, AFRO-American Newspapers director of community and public relations; and Ganesha Martin, Baltimore Police Department chief of the department of justice compliance, accountability and external affairs

Pictured (LtoR) Ibrahim Mumin, Mumin & Associates president/CEO; and LaTrina Antoine, AFRO-American Newspaper Washington D.C. editor

Pictured (LtoR) Annette Fisher, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport chief of marketing and air service development; Cara Paige, CoverPaigeCreative.com founder/chief creative officer; and Toni Robinson, 360 Media producer

Pictured (LtoR) Miriam L. Brewer Prince George’s County Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Prince George’s County first vice president; Kathleen Driver, journalist; Norma J. Hatot, retired US Public Health Service Captain; and Alicia Hardy, supervisor/program specialist

Pictured (LtoR) Kevin Davis, Baltimore City Police Commissioner; and Phyllis Reese, Morris A. Mechanic Foundation board member

Pictured (LtoR) Dorothy A. Marshall, retired Baltimore City College music teacher; Freddi Vaughn, Kappa Silhouettes Baltimore Chapter past president; Deborah Ferguson, Kappa Silhouettes Baltimore Chapter vice president; and Thelma Daley, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority past national president

Pictured (LtoR) Ramona Williams, retired educator; Lisa Crawley Mills, Johns Hopkins University international treasury analyst; and Robert Blount, AFRO-American Newspapers Baltimore advertising manager

AFRO-American Newspapers board chair/publisher Jake Oliver welcomes his guests.

Some of the guests take a moment for a big group shot.

And a year of celebrating The AFRO’s 125th is off and running!