Special to the AFRO
The Enoch Pratt Free Library’s Central Branch hosted a full, yet intimate gathering Sept. 4th as Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper, fourth-generation publisher of the AFRO-American Newspapers, presented her newest work, “Prayer and Pen.”
In conversation with Karsonya “Dr. Kaye” Wise Whitehead of WEAA 88.9 FM, Draper invited Baltimore into the life and words of her grandfather, Carl J. Murphy, who led the AFRO from 1922 to 1967 and quietly penned prayers that spanned some of the nation’s most turbulent decades.
The evening opened with reflections on the AFRO’s enduring role in Baltimore and beyond…