News and Updates
Opinion: It’s time to allow beer and wine sales in Maryland’s grocery stores
The recent government shutdown—and the disruption it caused to SNAP benefits—reminded us once again that too many of our neighbors live with the daily fear of not being able to put a hot meal on their family’s table. In communities across Baltimore, many residents living paycheck to paycheck face an even steeper challenge: the lack of accessible, full-service grocery stores [...]
Rev. Al Hathaway works to keep Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream alive in Baltimore
Reverend Al Hathaway discusses how Baltimore continues to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and keep the dream alive.
Inside the $20M overhaul of a single West Baltimore block
Work is in full swing this spring to overhaul and redevelop rowhomes on the block that will be put up for sale.
Celebrating Baltimore’s Civil Rights Legacy with Evita Robinson
As we mark 60 years since the Civil Rights Act, we honor local trailblazers like Thurgood Marshall and Lillie Carroll Jackson and celebrate modern changemakers like artist and photographer Devin Allen, NYTimes Bestselling writer D. Watkins and local legend Dr. Alvin Hathaway. Join us on a journey through history at Morgan State University, featuring stories and images courtesy of the [...]
Baltimore Case Study Challenge
Presented by BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport We invite local high school students to participate in the Baltimore Case Study Challenge at the historic Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center, celebrating innovation and honoring the legacy of civil rights pioneer Thurgood Marshall. Once an abandoned school, the revitalized center now thrives as a community hub and research facility, embodying Marshall’s spirit of justice [...]
A Justice for Justice Judge Alexander Williams Jr. has dedicated his career to shaping social reform.
When Alexander Williams, Jr. was young, he spent summers in Merrifield, Virginia, with his grandfather. An elevator operator at the Merrifield Superior Court, his grandfather shared stories about civil rights lawyers and cases. “That got me excited about law, which caused me to eventually set my goal on being a lawyer,” Williams says. While he didn’t personally experience unrest related [...]
There’s an effort to turn Thurgood Marshall’s former school into a national historic site
There's an effort underway to turn the Justice Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center into a national historic site. The center located in West Baltimore is where Thurgood Marshall went to elementary school. The center is located on Division Street, not too far from where the civil rights icon grew up. More than 200 people signed an online petition in favor of [...]