Category: Baltimore News

Friends and family packed An die Musik off North Charles Street for an evening of music, good food, and celebration in honor of Ethel L. Ennis, a Baltimore legend. The internationally recognized jazz vocalist was sure to step into her 80th year in style, complete with outfit changes, catering by Kevin Brown, and entertainment from […]

An unusual testament to the quality of the new biography of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall by Baltimore attorney and University of Maryland law school professor Larry S. Gibson is cited on the back cover. “The most accurate book ever published about my husband,” Marshall’s widow, Cecelia S. Marshall, wrote about Young Thurgood: […]

John Lewis was 25 years old when he led 600 marchers to Montgomery, Ala. across the now-infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge on Mar. 7, 1965. A student from Fisk University, the young activist had peace in mind when he set out on what would be recorded in history as “Bloody Sunday.” Lewis, a Freedom Rider and […]

Clifton “Hines” Early’s full and storied life is so compelling that, while working as an advisor on the highly acclaimed {HBO} series, The Wire, he was encouraged by a friend and writer for the show to write the story of his life. The book, “Had I Listened,” which he describes as “a memoir of sorts,” […]

The year was 1962. Not afraid to buck the system and agitate the authority figures in their lives, fourteen college students came together for the purpose of promoting academics, ethical soundness, and the bonds of brotherhood between Black men. They called themselves Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship. And though many would refuse to recognize them […]

Morgan State professor Manoj Kumar Jha, 45, of Severn, was indicted by a grand jury Nov. 14 on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud and falsification of records, authorities said. He is accused of obtaining $200,000 through fraud and attempting to obtain $500,000 more from the National Science Foundation, according to a statement from Rod […]

The place where 3-year-old Antoine Graves grows into adulthood is likely to determine whether he lives to be very old or dies young, according to a new study. According to a new report entitled “Place Matters for Health in Baltimore: Ensuring Opportunities for Good Health for All,” which contains research on health inequities in the […]

Once again Kennedy Krieger’s annual Festival of Trees, the largest holiday-themed festival on the East Coast, offers a cheerful alternative to the post-Thanksgiving shopping mall mob scene. From Black Friday through Sunday, the Maryland State Fairgrounds will be transformed into a winter wonderland with more than 600 decorated trees, wreaths and gingerbread houses to transport […]

Morgan State University recently announced that it has been named among 14 colleges and universities across the U.S. to participate in a one year Brazilian exchange program. Morgan is one of only two historically black colleges selected by the Institute for International Education’s (IIE) International Academic Partnership Program to take part in the project, which […]

Baltimoreans were loud and clear from the polling booths Nov. 6, endorsing same sex marriage, casino gambling, higher education benefits at in-state tuition rates for immigrant children, and the redrawing of congressional districts in the state. Baltimore voters approved the same-sex marriage question in a 126,244 to 94,666-vote, cleared casino gambling in a 119,059 to […]

BALTIMORE–Screams and laughter split the tension in the air as a single image of a Black man flashed onto television screens in downtown Baltimore on Election Night. Words next to the photo showed that President Obama had been re-elected. The news sent the 200-plus people gathered inside M&T Bank Stadium’s South East Club Lounge into […]

Annapolis, MD – Governor Martin O’Malley today issued an Executive Order regarding Hurricane Sandy and Absentee Ballots.  The Executive Order makes accommodations for Marylanders who, due to Hurricane Sandy, are unable to apply for an absentee ballot in person at their local board of elections.   “From National Guard members assisting residents in Garrett County to […]