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Black History Month 2026 | Baltimore & Beyond

(BALTIMORE – February 22, 2026) – Baltimore has always been a city of giants. From the shores of the Chesapeake to the streets of Cherry Hill, Liberty Road, Prince George’s County,…

Honoring Tonya Parran Wilkerson — A Southern Maryland Trailblazer in National Security & STEM Leadership

(SOUTHERN MARYLAND – February 23, 2026) — Black Wall Street Southern Maryland is proud to honor Tonya Parran Wilkerson, a Calvert County native whose career has reached the highest levels of the United States Intelligence Community — while her heart and hands have remained firmly committed to uplifting the next generation at home. From her beginnings as a CIA intern and Stokes Undergraduate Scholar to serving as the ninth Deputy Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (2021–2024), Ms. Wilkerson’s journey reflects discipline, brilliance, and service. In 2024, she was nominated by the President of the United States to serve as Undersecretary…

Attorney Warren A. Brown, Esq. to Be Honored at Black Wall Street at Benedetto

(BALTIMORE, MD – February 23, 2026) — Attorney Warren A. Brown was born into an America that had yet to fully open its social, economic, educational, and political institutions to African Americans. It was a time when Black presidents, Black CEOs, Black Miss Americas — even Black prosecutors and judges in significant numbers — were difficult to imagine. Yet he imagined more. And then he built it. On Thursday, February 26, 2026, Warren A. Brown, Esq., principal of The Law Offices of Warren A. Brown, P.A., will be honored at Black Wall Street at Benedetto, presented by BMORENews.com and DMGlobal…

Hennessy Creek’s Wallaces Among Inaugural Black Wall Street SOUTHERN MARYLAND Honorees

Black Wall Street SOUTHERN MARYLAND Presented by BMORENews & the Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards Program 📅 Monday, February 24, 2025 🕔 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST 📍 University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland Sponsored by: R.E. Harrington | Alexis Solis | Southern Maryland Chamber of Commerce 🎟️ RSVP: blackwallstreetsouthernmd.eventbrite.com (WALDORF, MD – February 23, 2026) — When Drs. Vaughn and Tracey Wallace stood on 42 acres of Southern Maryland farmland and saw not a former plantation — but possibility — they weren’t simply dreaming. They were building legacy. The visionary couple, owners of Hennessy Creek Bed…

BLACK WALL STREET MILFORD MILL

Featuring the Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards Thursday, March 12, 2026 | 6–8 PM Island Quizine | 8128 Liberty Road at Milford Mill Road RSVP to blackwallstreetmilfordmill.eventbrite.com (RANDALLSTOWN – February 21, 2026) – Get ready, Baltimore County — Black Wall Street is coming to Milford Mill, and it’s going to be a night to remember. On Thursday, March 12, 2026, from 6 to 8 pm, BMORENews.com and the Doni Glover Show invite the community to gather at Island Quizine, 8128 Liberty Road at Milford Mill Road, for an electrifying evening of entrepreneurship, excellence, and celebration. The event will feature…

Internationally Trained Culinary Professional to Be Honored at Black Wall Street Southern Maryland

Owner of Selby’s Grab and Go pursued his craft to highest level  Black Wall Street Southern Maryland • Tuesday, February 24, 2026 (WALDORF, MD – February 17, 2026) — “Food is a catalyst to the soul.” That is not just a tagline for Chef Kendall Selby. It is a life philosophy — one forged in some of the most demanding culinary environments in the world and now rooted right here in Southern Maryland. On Tuesday, February 24, 2026, Chef Selby will be honored at Black Wall Street Southern Maryland for a career that represents the very best of Black entrepreneurship,…

Trailblazing Leader Kathy Guzman to Be Honored at Black Wall Street SOUTHERN MARYLAND

(SOUTHERN MARYLAND – February 17, 2026) — Kathy Guzman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Charles County Chamber of Commerce, will be honored at Black Wall Street Southern Maryland on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, beginning at 5:00 PM. Guzman made history in 2023 when she was unanimously selected by the Chamber’s Board of Directors to lead the organization, becoming the first Afro-Latina to serve as President & CEO since the Chamber’s founding in 1956. As the Chamber approaches its 70th Anniversary milestone, she continues to strengthen membership engagement, partnerships, and regional visibility. “My personal goal is to elevate the…

Black Wall Street BENDETTO Event. Eleven Honorees. One Night. One Baltimore.

(BALTIMORE – February 17, 2026) – Baltimore has always produced greatness. The names do not always appear on national television or in mainstream newspapers. But they are here — building, leading, serving, and shaping this city every single day. On February 26, 2026, the Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards will do what it has done for fifteen years: call those names out loud. The Black Wall Street BENEDETTO Event is proud to announce eleven extraordinary honorees — leaders in law enforcement, business, government, faith, culinary arts, politics, and community development. Together, they represent the best of what Baltimore has to…