Category: Baltimore News

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police say three people have been stabbed at Morgan State University in Baltimore. One was seriously hurt. Detective Ruganzu Howard, a police spokesman, says officers were called to the university Tuesday afternoon for reports of a stabbing. When the officers arrived, Howard says they discovered one person suffering from a stab […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Morgan State University President Dr. David Wilson reflects on his visit to Selma, Alabama recently for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1965. Plus, Baltimore City Police Commissioner recently said Baltimore reminds […]

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts assured police union officials that he would not support any changes to the law enforcement officers bill of rights (LEOBR) during a private meeting, according to testimony presented before the House Judiciary Committee last week. Law enforcement and community members from around the state fill the House Judiciary Committee hearing […]

A coalition of Maryland organizations joined with officials, legislators and community members to rally in support of the Red and Purple lines in Annapolis March 9. (Courtesy Photos) With the 2015 session of the Maryland General Assembly in full swing, supporters of myriad causes have been making the pilgrimage to Annapolis. On March 9, it […]

Delegates Sandy Rosenberg (D-Baltimore City; left), Frank Conaway Jr. (D-Baltimore City) and Charles Sydnor III (D-Baltimore County) prepare to present their bills on the use of body-worn cameras before the House Judiciary Committee March 12. (AFRO/Photo by Roberto Alejandro) Two bills attempting to set basic standards for the use of body-worn cameras by police across […]

Alfreda Robinson-Dawkins When Diane Sawyer hosted an hour-long ABC News special about the lives of women in prison Feb. 27, Baltimorean Alfreda Robinson-Dawkins was also watching. Robinson-Dawkins knows the subject intimately. She has lived it, serving almost 10 years in federal prison. And in her work as founder and executive director of the National Women’s […]

Farajii Muhammad, of Young Leaders for Peace, emceed a rally in support of law enforcement reform bills in Annapolis March 12. (AFRO/photo by Roberto Alejandro) Advocates and residents from around Maryland gathered in Annapolis March 12 to rally in support of a slate of bills aimed at reforming law enforcement practices. With an important House […]

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake addresses the media on Wednesday. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake addressed criticisms of her announcement of a new mentorship initiative aimed at young Black males during her State of the City address. “ call to action has been misunderstood by some in the community as my attempt to blame our community for the […]

Loretta Lynch seeks to become the next U.S. attorney general. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo) African-American and civil rights organizations are in full lobbying mode to push for the confirmation of Loretta Lynch to be the nation’s next attorney general. The NAACP, in conjunction with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCR) and a number of other rights organizations, set up a […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A review of this week’s top stories taken directly from the pages of the Baltimore AFRO American Newspaper with AFRO reporter Roberto Alejandro. Plus, more of the week’s most controversial stories with Alejandro and political commentator Catalina Byrd. It’s all coming up this evening on AFRO’s First Edition with […]

Directed by Shirley Basfield Dunlap, “Reparations,” script and music by Joseph Edwards, will premiere at Morgan State University and run from April 10 through April 19 in the Murphy Fine Arts Center’s Turpin-Lamb Theater. A successful lawyer takes a case defending an insurance provider whose ancestor company insured enslaved Africans. He encounters an Ancient Ancestor Spirit […]

The Small Business Expo will host its ‘Networking Celebration’ at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites, 6 to 10 p.m., March 26 at 14402 Laurel Place, Laurel, Md. The cost is $20. Rsvp with Anthony_Due@aol.com or call 443-932- 2059.