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42 Years of Dedication: Retired Educator Frances Parks Honored at Black Wall Street WOODLAWN

(WOODLAWN – May 21, 2026) — Some people stumble into their life’s calling. Frances Parks was born knowing hers. As a little girl, she would line up her dolls and teach them — a childhood ritual that turned out to be a rehearsal for a career spanning more than four decades and touching thousands of young lives across Baltimore City Public Schools. Parks, a proud graduate of Hampton Institute — now Hampton University — spent 42 years in education, first as a classroom teacher and then rising through the ranks to serve as an assistant principal for six years before…

Honoring William Neal: A Lifetime of Service Through James Mosher Baseball

BMORENews.com and the Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards will recognize longtime James Mosher Baseball President William Neal on June 4, 2026, for decades of mentorship, leadership, and unwavering commitment to Baltimore’s youth. (WOODLAWN 0 May 21, 2026) – Some people become fixtures in a community. Not because they sought attention. Not because they chased applause. But because year after year, decade after decade, they simply showed up. Mr. William Neal is one of those men. For many of us who grew up in West Baltimore, James Mosher Baseball was more than a league. It was structure. It was discipline. It…

Black People Out Liberty Road: Julian Jones, Political Power, and the Fight for Representation in Baltimore County

(RANDALLSTOWN – May 20, 2026) – Born in the 1960s — in the era when both Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were assassinated — I remember a very different Black America. There was fire in the belly of Black people. Afro picks. Bell bottoms. Curtis Mayfield playing through neighborhood windows. We stayed outside all day long with little more than a seesaw, a swing set, and imagination. There were no bike lanes. Nobody had ever heard the phrase “traffic calming.” And if you were not home by the time the streetlights came on, you already knew you were…

J. Wyndal Gordon: Democracy Is Doomed When Political Voices Are Muted

(BALTIMORE – May 19, 2026) – My take on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Voting Rights decision. There is a dangerous illusion growing in American constitutional law that racial discrimination somehow disappears when it is relabeled as politics. It does not. When electoral maps are deliberately designed to weaken the political power of communities that are overwhelmingly Black and overwhelmingly aligned politically, the constitutional injury does not become less real simply because the mechanism used is partisan gerrymandering instead of otherwise open racial exclusion. Our Constitution was designed to protect its citizens, not semantics or “old shell game” tactics. For…

Esposito Declines Fox45 Participation, Centers Baltimore City Storytellers and Student Voices

(BALTIMORE – May 19, 2026) – Ashley “Ash” Esposito, candidate for re-election to the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, announced today that she will not participate in coverage by Fox45 News, Project Baltimore, or Sinclair Broadcast Group-affiliated platforms during the current school board race. Esposito said the decision stems from concerns about what she described as the outlet’s political alignment and the impact persistent negative narratives have on Baltimore City students and families. “I participated in Fox45’s coverage in my first race and have been interviewed by them since. Seeing behind the curtain has been eye-opening,” Esposito said. “This…