Black History Month

From the inception of catering to the creation of fine dining, Black Marylanders have played a large role in shaping America’s food history, several experts say.

Draper was eminently qualified to practice law in Maryland when he applied for admission to the Maryland Bar in 1857 but was denied admission because he was Black. Attorney John G. Browning says admitting Draper to the Maryland Bar posthumously is a step toward reckoning with the history of discrimination in the legal profession.

As the creators behind local staples like crab cakes and terrapin stew, African American cooks have shaped Baltimore’s long history as a dining destination while almost never getting credit.

The region has no shortage of historical sites marking the life of the Dorchester native who escaped to freedom and was a leader in the Underground Railroad.

Don’t celebrate the fact that Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes will make history on Sunday night. Not when so many Black players through history were unjustly denied the chance to play QB.

Maryland’s congressional leaders pushed for removing Roger Taney’s bust from the Capitol and replacing it with a new work honoring the late Justice Thurgood Marshall, a champion of civil rights.

In another move to turn into “a hall for all,” the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will also have programs such as ”The Jazz Age — Harlem Renaissance” and ”Calypso Fusion” in February.

Warren C. Hayman, who recently retired for a third time, has influenced countless Black students to pursue higher educational opportunities.

Baltimore’s Jessica Smith Hebron, also known as “Culture Queen,” attended the 2022 Grammys as a nominee for her work with a unique collective of Black children’s artists.

Maryland is rich with the history of Black Americans and their struggle for freedom. but fewer people are telling their stories.

As educators nationwide face new challenges in teaching about the Black experience, some area teachers are taking it upon themselves to ensure that students are learning about such studies.

AFRO Charities is inching closer to raising enough funds to renovate the Upton Mansion to house over 100 years of the newspaper’s archives and collection.

A short illustrated introduction to Black governors of the United States who preceded Wes Moore.

“We stand here today in triumph,” said keynote speaker Sherrilyn Ifill, former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Wes Moore will become the state’s first Black governor in Annapolis, a city with a history as a major slave port.

Resident leaders such as George McMechen, one of Baltimore’s first Black lawyers, and Dr. Lillie Carroll Jackson, a 30-year president of the Baltimore branch of the NAACP, lived in or around the neighborhood.

For Black chefs, bakers and caterers in the Baltimore area, New Year’s Day has become a busy and lucrative time.

MOMCares, a Baltimore organization that specializes in maternal health, is seeing spiking demand for doula trainings, which founder Ana Rodney attributes to the changes in access to reproductive health services across the country.

The anguish and resolve of Mamie Till in the face of the unimaginable tragedy of the death of her son Emmett Till is sadly timely. But it hurts too much.

Ezra Edward Hill, Sr. a Baltimore native, died Oct. 4 at the age of 111 and is believed to be the oldest living World War II veteran in the country.