When the administration of President Donald Trump announced that there would be a “listening session” with HBCU presidents at the White House there were concerns that the meeting would be nothing more than a photo opportunity for a president that has stumbled badly when it comes to reaching out to Blacks. Those concerns appear to […]
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Civil Rights Groups Prepare for Demonstrations against Sessions’ AG Confirmation
(Updated 1/6/2017) Civil rights groups are amplifying their calls to delay or extend the Senate confirmation hearings of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as the next Attorney General. NAACP President Cornell William Brooks is escorted from Attorney General-designate Sen. Jeff Sessions’ office by Mobile, Ala. police. Brooks took part in a protest opposing Sessions’ nomination as […]
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BGE Honors Community Partners
Ron Sappington, who has worked for BGE for 49 years, raises the BGE flag while (from left) Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Christie McMullen, BGE, vice president of gas operations, Steve Pennington, managing director of business and industry sector development, Maryland Department of Commerce and BGE CEO Calvin Butler look on. (Courtesy photo) Continuing its statewide […]