(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…

(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…

(ST. MARY’S COUNTY, MD – February 23, 2026) — Wynne Briscoe has been building businesses since she was seven years old. More than three decades later, she has helped thousands of others do the same. A senior business strategist, entrepreneur, and nationally recognized manufacturing subject-matter expert, Briscoe is among the honorees at the inaugural Black Wall Street SOUTHERN MARYLAND Awards — and her record of service to the region’s small business community makes the recognition more than fitting. Her academic foundation began at the University of Maryland, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice with a…

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 (ST. MARY’S COUNTY, MD – February 23, 2026) — Some people build organizations. Some people build movements. Doris Jean Cammack Spencer built both — and then spent a lifetime making sure others could walk through the doors she opened. The inaugural Black Wall Street SOUTHERN MARYLAND Awards…

(ST. MARY’S COUNTY, MD – February 23, 2026) — Leadership is often forged in discipline — and refined in service. For B.J. Hall, both began early. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Hall went on to serve in the U.S. Army, bringing structured leadership, strategic thinking, and mission-focused discipline to every role that followed. Today, he is being recognized as one of the honorees at the inaugural Black Wall Street SOUTHERN MARYLAND Awards for his sustained commitment to civic engagement and community development in St. Mary’s County. Over the past eight years, Hall has played…

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…

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…

📅 Thursday, February 26, 2026 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM📍 119 W. Mulberry Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 RSVP to blackwallstreetbeenedetto.eventbrite.comPresented by BMORENews.com & DMGlobal Marketing & Public Relations, LLC Special Thanks to R. E. Harrington  (BALTIMORE – February 18, 2026) – From the public housing of Cherry Hill to commanding one of the largest police agencies in America, Leonard Hamm represents discipline, integrity, and servant leadership in its purest form. A proud graduate of Baltimore City College High School, Commissioner Hamm joined the Baltimore Police Department in 1974. Over the next four decades, he built a career defined not by…

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,…

(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…