As the 2010 academic year draws to a close, Baltimore City Community College says goodbye to two pillars of its scholastic community. These men, who forged excellence and demonstrated their ability to change lives are: Walter Dean, 40-year educator, Baltimore area civil rights pioneer and member of the Maryland House of Delegates, who implored people […]
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Union Workers Push for Beverage Tax
Kenny Tarrant said he never saw it coming. After working with the Baltimore City Animal Control for years, he recently became a victim of the city’s desperate measures to seal the historic deficit. With nothing else to lose, he joined union workers as they rallied before City Hall on June 14 to convince City Council […]
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Dr. Otis Thomas Receives Milton Wilson Award
Otis A. Thomas, Ph.D., dean, Earl Graves School of Business and Management at Morgan State University, was awarded the Milton Wilson Award at the Eighth Annual National HBCU Business Schools Deans’ Roundtable Summit, held in Houston, Texas, on June 4. The award was presented by Barron H. Harvey, Ph.D., dean, Howard University School of Business […]
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District Juneteenth Event Celebrates Jazz Music
The Washington Juneteenth Jazz & Arts Festival, honoring D.C. native Duke Ellington, will be held on June 17 at the West Minister Presbyterian Church. The festival is in conjunction with the 11th Annual Washington Juneteenth National Holiday Observance. The festival, sponsored by the National Association of Juneteenth Jazz Presenters, is also a part of “June […]
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Student’s Graduation Status in Limbo Due to School Miscues
This time of year, most high school seniors are either on vacation or finalizing plans to attend a college in the fall. But due to a policy issue, Brittany Hemphill of Benjamin E. Mays High School in Atlanta, Ga., is still waiting for her high school diploma. Hemphill, an honors student, was sent a notification […]
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Maryland State Trooper Murdered in Forestville
Maryland State Police Trooper First Class Wesley W. Brown, 24, was gunned down while working part-time security at an Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar on the 3400 block of Donnell Drive in Forestville, Md. Brown was described as a young man who had a bright future ahead of him. “TFC Brown was a remarkable young […]
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Study: HU Ranks High in Meeting Nation’s New Medical Needs
WASHINGTON — Howard University College of Medicine is number three among the 141 American medical schools in producing doctors that meet the nation’s new health care needs, according to a study by George Washington University released Monday. The study in the June 15 edition of the Annals of Medicine is the first ever to score […]
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S.C. Democrats Question Black Candidate’s Legitimacy
Controversy has arisen in South Carolina as Alvin M. Greene, an unemployed veteran facing felony charges, has won the state’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. Greene’s win was improbable, as he’s never given a campaign speech, doesn’t have a Web site, has no campaign signs and only has $114 in his campaign bank account. Yet, […]
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D.C. Mayor Fenty, Council Chair Gray Butt Heads Over Commencement Speaker Duties
The Washington, D.C. mayoral election between incumbent Adrian Fenty and City Council Chairman Vincent Gray has already been a bumpy ride—and things may have just gotten bumpier. Another disagreement between the pair emerged during the week of June 7 when both were slated to address the 2010 graduating class of Dunbar Senior High School. According […]
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La. Sheriff Prompts to Illegal Alien Probe Amid Oil Spill Cleanup
The sheriff of Louisiana’s St. Bernard Parish and federal officials have admitted to conducting an unlawful probe for illegal aliens working at clean-up stations for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Sheriff Jack Stephens initially denied any involvement and federal authorities said they were conducting a training exercise, not a raid, according […]
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S.C. Man Jailed for Killing Black Man and Dragging Him Behind Truck
A White man from South Carolina is in jail for allegedly killing his Black co-worker and dragging him for more than 10 miles with his truck, according to the Associated Press. Authorities believe the murder may have been a possible hate crime. “We’ve not been able to rule that out,” Reggie Lloyd, chief of the […]
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Morgan Honors Judge Bell
On April 28, Morgan renamed its Center for Civil Rights in Education to honor Judge Robert M. Bell, a Morgan alumnus and the first African American to serve as chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, his current position. In a ceremony that included presentations by retiring President Earl Richardson and Morgan Board of […]