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Ghana’s Ashanti king visits Maryland and D.C. for Millennium Excellence Week

Asantehene Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, the paramount ruler of Ghana’s Ashanti Kingdom, celebrated Akwasidae Festival at Bowie State University on Aug. 30, ...
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Jury convicts a man of first-degree murder for the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur

On Aug. 31 a jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, finally ...
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Baltimore ranks No. 2 in violence prevention as city develops next five-year plan

Baltimore ranked second in the Community Justice Action Fund’s 2025 Violence Prevention Index, which assesses cities’ ...
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Meet Ramsey Harris, PNC's lead on community development banking and corporate responsibility

Baltimore native Ramsey L. Harris has a passion for serving communities. Not only is he PNC's senior vice president and Greater Maryland market manager for the bank's Community Development Banking and ...
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Left out twice: Shawn Callaway fights for inclusion at the crossroads of race and disability

As a sophomore at South Carolina State University, Shawn Callaway's life changed in an instant when a stray bullet—accidentally fired by a fellow student playing with a gun—struck him in the temple ...
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Attorneys: Sterilizations Were Part of Plea Deal Talks –Sometimes without Ct. Blessings

In this Jan. 8, 2015 photo, Jasmine Randers attends a court appearance in Nashville, Tenn. Randers, who has a 20-year history of mental illness, was charged with neglect after her 5-day-old baby ...
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Last student who helped integrate the University of North Carolina's undergraduate body has died

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Ralph Kennedy Frasier, the final surviving member of a trio of African American youths who were the first to desegregate the undergraduate student body at North Carolina's ...
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Trump charged with 34 counts of felony charges in historical indictment

Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump, 76, became the first former president to face criminal charges in the United States on April 4. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg led the efforts to get a ...
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Baltimore-based Mogul Printing helps entrepreneurs brand their business

Mogul Printing has been providing Baltimore area businesses with apparel, signage, paper products and custom merchandise since 2014. CEO Daryell Mack's decision to open the printing shop arose out of ...
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How Blacks Fared After 100 Days of Trump

When Donald Trump was inaugurated as 45th President of the United States, the Congressional Black Caucus didn't have much of an official strategic response plan. Nor, for that matter, did any umbrella ...
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Documentary Film Chronicles Rise and Fall of Black Panther Party

A group of Black Panthers at a Free Huey rally in Oakland, 1968. (Photo courtesy of Stephen Shames) The late Stokely Carmichael is famous for coining the phrase “Black power!” What he might not be as ...
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CLLCTIVGive fundraiser to showcase the power of collaboration during Black Philanthropy Month

CLLCTIVLY, a Baltimore-based Black philanthropy network, will launch a 24-hour fundraising event at midnight on Aug. 7. The initiative, CLLCTIVGive, is an annual time to raise funds for organizations ...