Category: Baltimore News

The Rev. Dr. Heber Brown addresses demonstrators from the Thurgood Marshall Memorial during Jan. 15th march on Annapolis. (AFROPhoto by R. Alejandro) Demonstrators packed the first hearing of the House of Delegates’ Judiciary Committee, a show of community strength and resolve to see law enforcement reforms passed during the 2015 legislative session in Annapolis. Organizers […]

On Martin Luther King Holiday, a coalition of Maryland clergy, community organizers and civic organizations will hold a rally and march at the state capitol in Annapolis to call on lawmakers to address social justice issues facing the African-American community. The Jan. 19 rally will begin 6 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Annapolis, […]

Dorothy A. Williams New York native, Dorothy A. Williams will celebrate her 85th birthday, Jan. 18, at her Owings Mills home with family and friends. Williams is the mother of Diane W. Hocker, director of Community and Public Relations for the Afro American Newspapers; Denise DeLeaver, consultant with DeLeaver Consulting and Doreen Frazier, master barber, Detroit, Mich. One of her favorite places in the city is the Forest Park Senior Center, where she […]

The Baltimore local organizing committee of the Million Man March presents its first community forum, Saving Black Institutions, 6 to 8 p.m., Jan. 16 at Sojourner Douglass College, 200 N. Central Ave. Dr. Charles W. Simmons, president, and other community leaders will discuss the threat to revoke Sojourner Douglass College’s accreditation. For more information call […]

Deer Park Middle School (Courtesy photo) The whole community of Baltimore County Public Schools was filled with anticipation of Team BCPS Day, Jan. 15, which was instituted in 2014. Both the Greenwood administration building and the dome of the county’s historic courthouse were glowing blue in honor of Team BCPS Day,and remained so every evening […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Politics is the focus on First Edition this evening. First, we’ll discuss the national scene, specifically the list of GOP contenders and pretenders lining up to capture their party’s nomination in 2016. Then we’ll talk state politics with the beginning of the 2015 Maryland General Assembly and Republican Larry […]

Tycheika Hartwill A Baltimore woman was sentenced recently to 30 years in prison for her involvement in the gang rape of a 17-year-old at a Halloween party in 2013. The Baltimore City’s State’s Attorney’s Office announced Jan. 13 that Tycheika Hartwill was found guilty of first-degree sex offense and offacilitating three additional first-degree rapes. According […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We continue the conversation about the need for reform in law enforcement and the criminal justice system, as we report on tomorrow’s planned, “March on Annapolis: Day of Action Against Police Violence.” Also, we follow up on the plight of Kelli Murray, the Baltimore County 911 operator allegedly harassed […]

Rev. Lynwood H. Leverette The Rev. Lynwood H. Leverette died from pneumonia at Northwest Hospital on Dec. 30th. He served for more than two decades as the pastor at Mount Pisgah Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Leverette’s work extended beyond the church. He affected the community through his work with “The Bea Gaddy Foundation,” founded […]

Art and culture are the keys to building community for businessperson and restaurateur Terence Dickson. Combine those keys with healthy, affordable eating and community service, and you have the recipe for Dickson’s Terra Cafe in Baltimore’s Charles Village. Terence Dickson, owner of the Terra Cafe in Baltimore’s Charles Village. Dickson, originally from Orangeburg, S.C., said […]

Rev. Dr. Heber Brown of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church (left), and Farajii Muhammad of Young Leaders for Peace A large coalition of advocacy organizations will march on Annapolis this week, the first week of the legislative session, to demand changes to state laws they believe insulate police from accountability and impede operational transparency in law […]

Cuts to the Red-Line transportation project, education, and to the number of public employees could be on deck for Baltimore City with Governor-elect Larry Hogan scheduled to submit a budget by Feb. 2. The incoming governor has largely avoided discussing substantive policy or budget plans in public since defeating Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown last November, […]