Category: Racism
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Bennie Thompson, Chair of Jan. 6 Committee, Keynote Speaker at MLK Awards Dinner
13 Local Civil and Human Rights Activists to be Honored (Annapolis, Md, Jan 9) — The 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Program will be held this Friday, Jan. 13, at 6 p.m. at the La Fontaine Bleue in Glen Burnie, Md. U.S. Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the January 6 Committee, will…
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The Ghosts of Racial Violence in Maryland
*This article is reprinted with permission from The International Center for Transitional Justice Terror on the Eastern Shore December 4, 1931, is a night that lives on in the minds of Black residents in Salisbury, Maryland, a small town along the state’s Eastern Shore. That cold winter night, a mob of more than 2,000 racist…
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Coalition for Police Accountability to Hold March and Rally Today Calling for Statewide Participation as Counties Near Implementation of Controversial Bill
A coalition of 20 organizations will march Monday, March 21st through Annapolis to the People’s Park to demand that the Anne Arundel County Council only pass its Bill 16-22 if amended to include the recommendations of the Anne Arundel County Coalition for Police Accountability. The recommendations were formulated based upon feedback from community leaders and…
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City of Annapolis to Inaugurate ‘Alex Haley Day’ on the Author’s 100th Birthday at City Dock
Annapolis, MD (August 9, 2021) – The City of Annapolis will commemorate journalist and author Alex Haley with an “Alex Haley Day” public ceremony at City Dock at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 14. The occasion is to honor Haley’s centennial birth date: Aug. 11. Haley is known as the author of the Pulitzer…
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Annapolis and Anne Arundel Memorialize “Black Wall Street Day”
In Remembrance of 1921 Tulsa Race Riot on June 12 (Rain Date June 13) Annapolis, MD (June 9, 2021) – From 12 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2021 at People’s Park in Annapolis, the City of Annapolis, Office of Mayor Gavin Buckley, in partnership with the office of Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart…
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Community Leaders of European Settler Descent Condemn Violent White Supremacists and Response of Law Enforcement
Community Leaders of European Settler Descent Condemn Violent White Supremacists and Response of Law Enforcement Community leaders of European settler descent (also called white) from Action Annapolis, AACo Indivisible, Annapolis Pride, Connecting the Dots, Good Trouble in AACo, March On Maryland, One Pasadena, Our Revolution AACo, PFLAG Annapolis/Anne Arundel County, Showing Up for Racial Justice…
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History Made: BLM March in Deale
Change is coming. It might be slow, uneven and loud, or it might be quick and quiet, but it’s definitely coming. Clear evidence of this was presented this past Saturday, October 24, in Deale, MD, where approximately 150 people marched in support of Black Lives Matter, and heard from a who’s-who of Anne Arundel County’s…
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Deale Community to March
A peaceful protest supporting Black lives [Deale, MD, October 24] – Community members of all kinds will gather on Saturday, October 24th at 12-2 pm to march in support of Black lives in South County and all across the United States. This peaceful event follows a successful event held in August in Shady Side, as…
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Board of Ed Candidates Answer Questions on How to Deal with Racism & Bias in County Schools
In Anne Arundel County, voters in Council districts 2, 3 and 6 will have many important choices to make on Election Day. Among these choices will be new races, for seats on the County Board of Education, as it transitions fully from an appointed to an elected body. In a continued effort to help voters…
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Annapolis Mourns Robert Eades: A Beating Heart of Truth in Our Community
The late Robert Eades was one of those rare brothers whose simulacrum wasn’t what you saw. He was an outspoken advocate for the dispossessed and the oppressed. His humanity was all-encompassing. When he spoke, he spoke from his very soul. If he was your friend you knew it. He had so many friends and admirers when he…