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JOE MANNS BLACK WALL STREET AWARDS WOODLAWN 2026  •  JUNE 4, 2026 DERRICK JONES 2026 Honoree  |  Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards – Woodlawn “If you can’t help them up, don’t put your foot on their neck. Don’t look down on people. Be fair.” – Derrick Jones (BALTIMORE – June 3, 2026) – A proud graduate of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Class of 1982, Derrick Jones came up competing on both sides of the line of scrimmage — offensive center and linebacker on the varsity football team. That same grit and discipline would carry him through everything that followed. After…

(BALTIMORE – June 3, 2026) – I was coming down Garrison Boulevard the other day and couldn’t help but notice. Signs everywhere. At Garrison and Liberty Heights. Up Rogers Avenue. Through Park Heights. Past the Caribbean restaurants that have become anchors of this community. Toward Pimlico. Along Northern Parkway. Big signs. Small signs. Clusters on corners. Enough to make you think somebody already won something. But I’ve been covering Baltimore politics since 1994, and I know what campaign signs are. They are a tactic. They are a show of strength. They are money planted in the ground. And sometimes they are…

(BALTIMORE – June 3, 2026) – There are moments in politics when the most important question is not who is running. It is why. Why would a career law enforcement professional spend decades serving the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office, rise through the ranks, earn the respect of her peers, and position herself for continued leadership within the agency—only to turn around and challenge the sitting sheriff? That question deserves an answer. Sabrina Tapp-Harper is not a political tourist looking for a title. She is not an outsider parachuting in for a campaign season. She is a veteran insider who has seen the…

(FT. LAUDERDALE, FL – June 2, 2026) – Cities and Counties are shaped by legacy and lifted by possibility. Places where resilience, community, and aspiration forge the way forward. However, if a city and/or county’s leadership officials are sincere about playing a key role in realistically improving the communities they represent, leaders in government, business, philanthropy, and community-based organizations must embrace accepting the collective responsibility of helping to strengthen every neighborhood instead of focusing solely upon their downtown areas and suburban enclaves (which means paying particular attention to and including urban neighborhoods that have long been neglected or overlooked) by…