Black History Month

Oscar-nominated documentarian Stanley Nelson said he hopes viewers take away something new about the formidable Black icons.

Homecoming at an HBCU represents an opportunity to see familiar faces and new ones and experience the promise of a safe space where Blackness is celebrated.

The couples envision transforming 68 acres and creating an an opportunity to return Maryland’s foodways to their Black roots.

To paraphrase George Santayana, those who forget history are condemned to repeat it. I refuse.

Parks & People and the South Baltimore Gateway Partnership have teamed up to look for a consultant to “lead the effort to honor the Baltimore Black Sox," a Negro Leagues team that played from 1913-1934.

Baltimore County was a steppingstone for people like Thurgood Marshall, who tried integrating a Black student to the then-all-white Catonsville High School before the famous Brown v. Board of Education case; pitstops for presidents Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy before they took over The White House; and the birthplace of Benjamin Banneker.

The National Park Service is conducting a study on the President Street Station that includes a 45-day public comment period that started Aug. 15 and ends Sept. 30.

Just two Black men have been elected governor anywhere in the U.S.

Marylanders of Liberian descent will celebrate Liberian Independence Day on Tuesday July 26, 2022, connecting to a history that includes formerly enslaved Blacks departing for the West African country from Maryland in the early 19th century.

Baltimore has a history of a resilient and determined Black population that fought against Jim Crow laws and carved out successful lives despite of them.