1723 – Crispus Attucks was born & his exact birth date cannot be found because Attucks was a slave on a big plantation in Framingham, Massachusetts. He was one of many slaves who worked in the fields and did farm work. As Attucks got older, he wanted freedom.Crispus Attucks was an African-American martyr and was […]
Countee P. Cullen 1903 – He was born 30 March , but it has been difficult for scholars to place exactly where he was born, with whom he spent the very earliest years of his childhood, and where he spent them. New York City and Baltimore have been given as birthplaces. 1918 – Cullen was […]
Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975) was the leader of the Nation of Islam (“Black Muslims”) during their period of greatest growth in the mid-20th century. He was a major advocate of independent, black-operated businesses, institutions, and religion. Elijah Muhammad was born Elijah (or Robert) Poole on October 7, 1897, near Sandersville, Georgia. His parents were ex-slaves who […]
Via: WJZ-TV A Baltimore City Police officer, in the Northeastern district, was suspended after a woman claimed she was sexually assaulted by an officer. She claimed that the officer demanded she partake in a sexual act in order to avoid receiving a traffic ticket. Details are scarce but the officer is reportedly 31 years of […]
Via: WJZ-TV A vehicle was pulled out of the Gwynn Falls Tuesday afternoon minus the tags. No body was recovered from the vehicle or the river as well. The VIN number is being used to identify the owner of the vehicle. The make and model of the vehicle was not released. Tuesday’s storms made it […]
Via: The Baltimore Sun A Maryland Department of Human Resources employee was placed on administrative leave after posting the social security numbers and other personal information of nearly 3,000 clients of a state agency on a third-party website. There is no evidence that the information was used for fraud. The clients whose information was posted […]
Via: Baltimore Sun This summer only 5,400 young people have been placed in summer jobs, down from 7,000 jobs just last year. Mayor Rawlings-Blake was able to preserve $1.6 million to the program despite the city budget constraints. “Students are matched with jobs in the city’s fastest-growing fields, such as biotechnology, hospitality and medicine”, said […]
Arnette Hubbard has been a pioneer for black women in the legal field. She became a lawyer at a time when very few women, and even fewer black women, were pursuing law degrees. Hubbard spent 28 years working as a lawyer before becoming a Circuit Court Judge. She is also an active member of numerous […]
Via: The Baltimore Sun To men were shot in two separate shootings last evening in West Baltimore. Around 10 p.m. officers responded to the 1400 block of Fayette St. where a 21-year-old was shot in the torso. He was transported to an area hospital where he suffered non life-threatening injuries. About an hour later, a […]
Via: WZJ-TV Overnight storm knocked out power for over 30,000 Baltimore residents. BGE is still working diligently to restore power to nearly 7,500 BGE customers. The storms moved through the area rapidly around midnight dumping nearly a half inch of rain at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.