Category: Baltimore News

Bea Gaddy. (Photo Courtesy of MD State Archives) Inmates will once again help to prepare Thanksgiving turkeys for needy families, free of charge, for Baltimore’s Bea Gaddy Thanksgiving Feast. For over 25 years, inmates have assisted in this effort, according to a press release from the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS). […]

A wake-up call to both the Democratic Party and Black residents is how various Baltimore City activists and community leaders are describing Republican Larry Hogan’s victory over Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (D) in Tuesday’s gubernatorial runoff. ‘Doc’ Cheatham, Tessa Hill-Aston, and Adam Jackson Marvin “Doc” Cheatham, president of the Matthew A. Henson Neighborhood Association, recalled […]

(left) Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake; (top right) Munir Bahar, of the 300 Men March Movement; (bottom right) Ellen Gee, host of the Perspective Rap Sessions. Baltimoreans are continuing to do their part to combat domestic violence, but as the memory of the Ray Rice scandal fades and with Domestic Violence Awareness Month now in […]

Romare Bearden was one of the 20th century’s most influential African-American artists. On Monday, the Romare Bearden Foundation will begin introducing a curriculum based on his life and work into the Baltimore school system, an opportunity to not only educate Baltimore children about an important Black figure in the city’s and the nation’s history, but […]

Further indictments were handed down this week as law enforcement authorities continue to crack down on the UDH gang, which operates in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore. Antione White, 26, pleaded guilty Nov. 5 to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with his gang activities as a member of the UDH […]

Baltimore City State’s Attorney-elect Marilyn Mosby. (Baltimore, MD) The Baltimore City Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will hold its Annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Friday, November 7, 2014 at 6:00 pm at Martin’s West, 6817 Dogwood Road, Windsor Mill, MD. Baltimore City State’s Attorney-elect Marilyn Mosby will deliver […]

Baltimore has over $800 million in capital (maintenance and repair) needs in its public housing stock, and receives around $4 million annually to address our deteriorating housing supply from the federal government.  At current funding levels, it would take the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) 200 years to address the capital needs of its […]

Congressman Elijah Cummings addresses the audience at a recent forum on police-community relations. The need to reform the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Right (LEOBR), the importance of filing complaints against officers, and the benefits offered by body-worn cameras all emerged as points of convergence between law enforcement officials and those concerned with protecting citizens […]

Walter Gill, the first African American to graduate from Baltimore City College, addresses the school’s 175th anniversary gala. On a day in the fall of 1956, West Baltimore teenager Frank Coakley stood with a feeling of awe before his new school, a Gothic-style edifice dubbed the “Castle on the Hill,” located in Northeast Baltimore. “I […]

Councilman Elect Julian Earl Jones, Jr. with wife Sabrina Jones, are the new first couple of Baltimore County’s African American community. Rising to rank of the first African-American lieutenant, captain, battalion chief and now division chief in the Anne Arundel Fire Department might have been enough of an achievement for most men, but for Randallstown’s […]

Gilchrist Hospice Care is hosting Breakfast with Santa, 8 to 10 a.m., Dec. 6 at Applebee’s Restaurant, 8610 LaSalle Road in Towson.  Santa, Mrs. Claus, Rudolph and the elves will be there.  A complimentary photo with Santa will be provided. Proceeds benefit Gilchrist’s partner hospice in Tanzania. For more information, contact 443-849-8283 or ghc_tanzania@gilchristhospice.org

RCA Inspiration artist Jason Nelson has a Top 10 hit on his hands with the powerful single, “I Am.” The song is from Nelson’s forthcoming album, Jesus Revealed, and has been steadily climbing the charts since its release. It jumped two spots from last week to reach the #10 position on this week’s Mediabase Gospel […]