Category: Baltimore News

When the mayor of Baltimore City, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, and Police Commissioner Anthony Batts released a report on ways to reform the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) in the aftermath of two damning videos that surfaced showing Baltimore police officers engaged in seemingly unwarranted violence against citizens, the report included a recommendation to “convene a panel to […]

Dr. John L. Hudgins Almost a month ago as I stopped for my morning 7/11 coffee in Baltimore County, Inoticed several young people sitting outside the store. As I got my coffee (actually chocolate) a Black woman police officer came in and had a brief discussion with the person behind the counter, an elderly White […]

Carver Vocational Technical High School, Baltimore, MD. BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore teacher has been placed on administrative leave after a video emerged of her fighting a 17-year-old student. The video, taken Friday and obtained by WBFF-TV, shows the girl shoving a chair in the teacher’s direction inside a classroom at Carver Vocational-Technical High in […]

(Updated October 16, 2014) In 2006, a small group of dedicated educators began meeting on Saturdays with minority middle school-aged boys at Sojourner Douglass College in east Baltimore. This small group was the beginnings of the Paul Robeson Academic International School of Excellence, or PRAISE, a Saturday college-readiness and manhood development program designed for a population […]

Carlita Candace Murphy Jones Perkins. When family and friends gathered, Oct. 13, to celebrate the life of Carlita Candace Murphy Jones Perkins, they did indeed “rise up and called her blessed,” in the spirit of the virtuous woman described in Proverbs 31. The life she chose for herself blessed the lives of her husband of 38 […]

Former Rep. Harold Ford served as the keynote speaker for the symposium. A recent symposium at the University of Baltimore School of Law took on the issue of diversity in the legal profession, highlighting the need for improved recruitment and retention of minorities and women in Maryland’s, and the nation’s, top law firms. According to […]

Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced the creation of a task force to study the city’s ongoing heroin problems and to make recommendations by July of next year at a press conference at City Hall on Wednesday. Flanked by Dr. Jacqueline Duval-Harvey, interim commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department, and Bernard McBride, president and […]

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown seems destined to become the first Black governor of Maryland—if recent polls are any indication. Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (D) seems destined to become the first Black governor of Maryland—if recent polls are any indication. The AFRO did not get a chance to speak with him or his running mate Ken […]

The recent Congressional Black Caucus Forum on “Re-entry Citizenship” highlighted the need for many more Pro Bono days of the type to be offered by the Baltimore County Bar Association, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers, and Legal Aid Bureau from 9 a.m. – noon on Oct. 18 at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), 3637 Offutt […]

BALTIMORE – Ten school students from The Baltimore Design School got the chance to meet with first Michelle Obama at the White House Oct. 8. A spokesperson for the White House said the purpose of the event was to unite professionals already at the top of their game with young up-and-coming designers. The day before […]

Annette March-Grier, executive director of Roberta’s House in Baltimore. The executive director of a Baltimore-based grief and loss counseling center was selected as one of 10 finalists for CNN’s Hero of the Year, a worldwide competition honoring those who give back to their community. Annette March-Grier, executive director of Roberta’s House in Baltimore, was announced […]

The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) and the Eating Disorder Network of Maryland (EDN) are waging a battle against eating disorders and unrealistic “body perfect” ideals. To raise funds, spread awareness about the seriousness of eating disorders and support the local community, NEDA is holding its third annual Baltimore NEDA Walk, themed NEDA Walk. Save […]