Darroll Cribb, president of the Upton Planning Committee, Frances “Toni” Draper, CEO and publisher of the AFRO American Newspaper, Savannah Wood, executive director of AFRO Charities, U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7), Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). (Photos by James Fields)