Category: Baltimore News

Come on August 16th at 10 a.m. to Christian Liberty Church’s Back to School Service. Free back packs and school supplies will be given to elementary and high school students. The services will be held at Frederick Douglas High School, 2301 Gwynn’s Falls Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21217. To donate or for more information contact 410.523.LOVE […]

Andre Powell, left, an organizer with Baltimore People’s Power Assembly and Rev. C.D. Witherspoon, president of the Baltimore SCLC, lead a march on North Avenue in Baltimore at one of the sites of unrest following the death of Freddie Gray, who died after being arrested by Baltimore police in April. The University of Maryland’s Francis […]

Dr. David Wilson with the members of the Quarles Institute Committee and members of the College Of Liberal Arts. The AFRO-American and Morgan State University announced a partnership on Aug. 11. Morgan State received a grant of $500,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help establish the Benjamin A. Quarles Humanities and Social Sciences […]

John Jacob “Jake” Oliver, CEO of The Afro-American Newspaper, was named Chairman of the 2015-2016 United Negro College Fund Baltimore Campaign. He will provide advice and counsel to the UNCF staff on community outreach and developing new partnerships.

l to r: Timothy McCoy, 555th Parachute Infantry Association, Baltimore chapter; Liane Young, author and national representative of the 555th Parachute Infantry Association; Dennis Symes, National Smoke Jumpers Association; Art Hinaman, assistant, US Forest Service, Fire & Aviation, holding the plaque to be attached to Brown’s headstone; Mary Wagner, associate chief, US Forest Service and […]

Yvonne Fields Designs (Photo Credit Ashleigh Wingfield) As Designers get closer and closer into presenting their Fall 2015 collection, they are becoming mad about fashion. On Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Baltimore Fashion Week Presents “Mad About Fashion & Africa Art Collective” will take place at the War Memorial in Baltimore. Designers from […]

Taking place from August 11-16 at the War Memorial in downtown Baltimore, this is the 8th annual production of Baltimore Fashion Week. On August 10 Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake kicked off the event. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake signals the beginning of Baltimore Fashion Week as Sharan Nixon, founder of the event, looks on. (Photo by Janneh […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Following the firing of a Arlington, Texas police officer, who shot and killed an unarmed Black teen vandalizing a car dealership, we talk to Seth Staughton, assistant law professor at the University of South Carolina about the obstacles faced by police chiefs and commissioners when disciplining officers accused of […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We will get a report from St. Louis Missouri, which is still under a state of emergency as protests continue marking the 1-year anniversary of the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson. Plus, we’ll talk to Baltimore Brew reporter Mark Reutter about his story comparing Baltimore, St. Louis an […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Eight months into the year, Baltimore’s homicide count has hit 200. In this July 30, 2015 picture, a man walks past a corner where a victim of a shooting was discovered in Baltimore. Murders are spiking again in Baltimore, three months after Freddie Gray’s death in police custody sparked riots. This year’s […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u National politics with political commentators Catalina Byrd and Sean Breeze, including what some argue is Black Lives Matter’s misguided move against presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and a lack of color among the candidates for the democratic FROnomination for president. Plus, the pervasive problem of witness intimidation in Baltimore, the […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll dive into last night’s GOP debate in Cleveland with political commentators Barry Rascovar, John Bullock of Towson University and the AFRO’s Roberto Alejandro. Plus, more on 21st Century Jim Crow in Pocomoke City, MD. and the firing of that town’s first Black police chief, with our regular contributors, […]