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Community members gathered to celebrate the 80th birthday of funeral home founder Al P. Wylie on April 10 at Wylie Funeral Homes. Wylie received personal certificates from Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates and Baltimore City Police Department Western District’s Major Natalia Preston and a street was renamed in his honor.
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Michael Eugene Johnson is creator of the Pikes Studio Cinema and cofounder of Black Men Unifying Black Men. This week, he argues that new development near transit needs to include ownership opportunities for average residents in order to foster distributed, generational wealth.
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Equal Justice Now, in partnership with attorney Ben Crump, hosted a panel discussion at Bowie State University to discuss legal, social and civil rights issues, including bail reform and police responses to mental health crises.
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The family of 8-year-old Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government, alleging medical neglect while she was in border custody in 2023 despite known serious health conditions.
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A new documentary premiering April 15 revisits Morgan State’s championship-era swimming and diving program, tracing how former teammates are working to preserve a legacy of winning, connection and Black achievement that many outside the group may not fully know.
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