The Architect’s Great-Niece (BALTIMORE – July 2026) — Where I come from, we didn’t make excuses. We took the hand we were dealt. We learned gratitude for what we had. We studied. We worked. We saved. We prayed. We respected our elders. We were taught to say “Yes, ma’am.” “No, sir.” “Excuse me.” “Thank you.” And we were taught something else that seems to get lost today. Leadership is responsibility. Responsibility carries consequences. And no community survives very long unless its people understand one simple truth: Your neighbor is your natural ally. You don’t have to agree on everything. You…

As the Black Wall Street Summit arrives on August 5, Doni Glover’s Black Blueprint: Baltimore to Burkina Faso finally gets the stage it deserves—and perhaps the moment it was written for. (BALTIMORE – June 27, 2026) – “I was never meant to be a statistic. I was raised to be a solution.” Those are the first words of Black Blueprint. Every time I read them, I’m transported back to North Avenue. Back to the crack epidemic. Back to liquor stores on every corner. Back to schools that struggled. Back to friends who never made it out. And back to my parents—Doc…

Anthony Jones Has Earned This Moment (BALTIMORE, MD – June 27, 2026) — Some people make a lot of noise on their way up. Others simply go to work. Anthony Jones has always struck me as the latter. A week ago, Jones announced that he had been elected Vice Chair of the Maryland Information Network (MdInfoNet) Board of Directors. “I’m honored to share that I have been elected Vice Chair of the Maryland Information Network (MdInfoNet) Board of Directors. Over my professional career, I’ve learned that strong communities are built on access, connection, and trusted information. I’m excited to work…

The Black Wall Street Summit: National Black Business Month Edition Featuring The Doni Glover Show LIVE and the Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards (BALTIMORE, MD – June 26, 2026) —In celebration of National Black Business Month, BMORENews and BlackUSA.News present The Black Wall Street Summit: National Black Business Month Edition, featuring The Doni Glover Show LIVE and the Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards. Building on more than 15 years of honoring Black excellence through the Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards, the Summit expands the conversation by bringing together public leaders, entrepreneurs, developers, business owners, and community builders…

(BALTIMORE – June 21, 2026) – My father, Donald Edward Glover—known to everyone as “Doc Glover”—was a highly skilled mortician and funeral director. He owned Glover’s Funeral Chapel, first located at 1701–1703 Patterson Park Avenue. That was the first place I called home. Later, we moved to 712–714 East North Avenue, between Boone and Homewood, where I lived until about 1974, before returning to my mother’s home at 1526 Moreland Avenue in West Baltimore. Doc Glover was a tough man, but he loved his family deeply. He went to church every Sunday—not what some would call a “holy roller,” but a…

(SOUTHEAST DC – June 17, 2026) – Ron Busby is from Oakland, and, of course, I’m from Baltimore. We agreed, as we sat in Busboys & Poets in Southeast, DC, that Southeast has that certain je ne sais quoi. That pop. That “you know you’re in the Black community” kind of vibe — especially having traveled places where our numbers aren’t as strong. When I travel, I want to see my people. Brooklyn. Southeast DC. Southwest Atlanta. I love to go and see the vibe I know so well. I assure you some music will be coming out of some…

(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.…

(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…

(WOODLAWN, MD – June 4, 2026) — Black Wall Street WOODLAWN will take place this evening, Thursday, June 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. at SHURA, located at 6665 Security Blvd. in Woodlawn. Now in its 15th year, the Black Wall Street series has honored more than 3,000 entrepreneurs, professionals, community leaders, and changemakers across nine cities. The initiative celebrates Black entrepreneurship while recognizing the individuals, organizations, and institutions that support economic empowerment and community development. Founded by BMORENews.com Publisher Doni Glover in 2011, Black Wall Street was created to inspire entrepreneurship, strengthen community connections, and highlight the remarkable achievements taking…

(MILFORD MILL – June 3, 2026) – There is a particular kind of ambition that doesn’t announce itself. It just works. It builds. It feeds people — literally and figuratively — and it never stops moving forward. That is Donovan Murphy. The owner and chief operator of seven Island Quizine restaurants and a thriving catering enterprise in Baltimore, Donovan Murphy has quietly become one of the most consequential figures in the city’s food and business landscape. And on June 4, 2026, he will be recognized as a Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards Woodlawn Honoree at 6665 Security Blvd in…