Category: Baltimore News

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Freddie Gray, the 25-year old killed while in police custody earlier this month was laid to rest today. Yet, the city continues to grapple with unrest and the specter of more violence. We’ll have a full report on the funeral of Freddie Gray with our panel of experts and […]

Baltimore City Police Commissioner Anthony Batts updates the media on his department’s investigation into the in-custody death of Freddie Gray. (AFRO/photo by Roberto Alejandro) Baltimore City officials are walking a tightrope as they seek to balance the public’s right-to-know and frustration against protecting the integrity of the investigation into the death of Freddie Gray while […]

Kisha Brown, director of Baltimore City’s Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement. Baltimore’s police union has not sent a representative to a meeting of the city’s Civilian Review Board since 2009, according to information provided by Kisha Brown, director of Baltimore City’s Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement. The last representative sent by […]

A group of young men from the Sandtown-Winchester area of West Baltimore lock arms as they approach the Western District police station, out in front of a large group of demonstrators – many of them also from West Baltimore – who were demanding answers, transparency and accountability in the death of Freddie Gray. (AFRO/photo by […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll get a report for AFRO reporter Roberto Alejandro live in downtown Baltimore from the protests against police brutality and the death of Freddie Gray, as well as the other top stories from the pages of the AFRO. Plus, Alejandro and our other recurring guests, Stephen Janis and Taya […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We continue our coverage of the death of Freddie Gray, focusing on policing policies and legislative shortcomings that may have contributed to his death, as well as many others, and violence against many, many more. We’ll hear from Baltimore City Councilman Carl Stokes, Delegate Jill Carter, Neil Franklin, executive […]

Natalie Janae Wright (Courtesy Photo) Natalie Janae Wright, a Forest Park High School graduate has been inducted into Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) of Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA). Natalie has a 3.5 GPA at NOVA and was recently accepted into James Madison University, where she will major […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll have another full report on the death of 25-year old Freddie Gray, with the AFRO’s Roberto Alejandro, Stephen Janis of The Real News Network and legal analyst Sheryl Wood. Plus, we’ll talk to Baltimore’s three freshman delegates, Cory McCray (45th), Brooke Lierman (46th) and Antonio Hayes (40th). These […]

Baltimore’s largest youth poetry slam festival movement, Louder Than A Bomb Baltimore, finals are, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., April 26, at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Falvey Hall in Brown Center Building, 1301 West Mount Royal Avenue,  Baltimore. Many youth poets from middle schools, high schools and colleges will come together to share a space and a […]

The Frank R. Williams Scholarship Fund’s Sixth Annual Two-Mile Run Walk on April 25. The annual community event, which supports the Frank R. Williams Scholarship at Calvin Coolidge Senior High School, will make an excellent story for your news, education, high school sports and/or community sections. For more information about the Fund, please visit www.frwfund.com.