After decades of unjust imprisonment, Eddie Conway returned to his community to help others, just as he had as a leader of the Black Panthers in Baltimore, says Adam Jackson, chief executive officer of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle. Jackson says his own activism was inspired while observing Conway’s tireless commitment and working alongside him.
Baltimore native Josh Siems died from a drug overdose, but was never tested for fentanyl in the hospital, even though loved ones knew he used it. They want to make fentanyl testing a required component of toxicology screens.
A federal judge in Baltimore dismissed the charges, but not before he reproached A. Scott Bolden for spouting the same rhetoric that has made hostility the norm in federal politics.
Today, the Keystone Korner marquee resides in Baltimore, nearly 3,000 miles away from its original location and bringing in some of the country's top jazz acts.