(WASHINGTON. DC – June 16, 2026) – It all started in Washington, DC. Fifteen years ago, the Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards launched what would become a national movement right here in the nation’s capital. There was no better place to begin. Washington is an international, political, and historic city. But for generations of Black people, it has been known by another name: Chocolate City. Mention DC, and certain names immediately come to mind. Chief among them is Mayor for Life, Marion Barry. Ask any true Washingtonian who their favorite mayor is, and chances are you’ll hear the same answer.…

Discover the stark reality of the US carceral system. With 5% of the global population, we hold 25% of incarcerated people. Watch full video on YouTube

Candidates accuse Izzy Patoka of using their image/likeness in his commercials as if they endorsed him. Councilman Julian … Watch full video on YouTube

(MILFORD MILL, MD – June 15, 2026) – Before there was a Kenneth Oliver. Before there was an Adrienne Jones. Before there was a Julian Jones. Before there was a N. Scott Phillips. Before there was a Black Speaker of the House. Before there was a Black Chairman of the Baltimore County Council. Before there was a Chair of the Maryland Legislative Black Caucus. There was Dr. Ella White Campbell. If Baltimore County has a Harriet Tubman of modern Black political power, her name is Dr. Ella White Campbell. Long before many of today’s elected officials held office, Dr. Campbell…

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Grandma Said We’re Indian An Indigenous Heritage Conversation on The Doni Glover Show For generations, countless Black … Watch full video on YouTube

(BALTIMORE – June 14, 2026) – The 41st District is about 63% Black. Keep that number in mind. Because this election is about more than who wins a Senate seat. It is about who gets to decide the future of a majority-Black district — and whether the people who live there get to make that decision for themselves. The Map Tells a Story The Baltimore Banner recently highlighted something many people would rather ignore. Several precincts within the 41st District gave Donald Trump majority support in 2024. Chestwold — 55% Trump. Cross Country — 57% Trump. The Glenn — 57% Trump.…

(BALTIMORE – June 14, 2026) – Stop the presses. I need to put down every political story, every Black business feature, every Black Wall Street update — and talk to you directly about something that has been gnawing at me for a long time. The Math Doesn’t Lie. Did you know that people pay $20 every four weeks to access the Baltimore Banner? Twenty dollars. Every four weeks. That comes out to roughly $240 a year — flowing to a news outlet that, in too many cases, paints a distorted, incomplete, and sometimes disrespectful picture of Black Baltimore. And I’m…

(SOUTHEAST DC – June 13, 2026) – When we launched the first event in Washington, D.C., back in 2011, it wasn’t called the Black Wall Street Awards. It was called the Black Capital Awards. At the time, I was still learning the full story of Tulsa’s Greenwood District and the massacre of May 31–June 1, 1921. I had heard pieces of the story, but I had not yet connected all the dots between that history and the work I was trying to do. What I didn’t fully appreciate then was that I had spent my entire life walking through Baltimore’s own…

Ruff for Senate, Cager, and Turner for 41st district Delegates. Watch full video on YouTube