(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…

(BALTIMORE – February 17, 2026) – Baltimore has always produced greatness. The names do not always appear on national television or in mainstream newspapers. But they are here — building, leading, serving, and shaping this city every single day. On February 26, 2026, the Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards will do what it has done for fifteen years: call those names out loud. The Black Wall Street BENEDETTO Event is proud to announce eleven extraordinary honorees — leaders in law enforcement, business, government, faith, culinary arts, politics, and community development. Together, they represent the best of what Baltimore has to…

BMORENews.com Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards — ✦ — With an Open Hand A Tribute to R.E. Harrington — and to Everyone Who Gives Without Being Asked By Doni Glover | BMORENews.com — ✦ — (BALTIMORE – February 17, 2026) – R.E. Harrington has supported our efforts at BMORENews.com for years without asking. That sentence deserves to stand alone for a moment — because in the world of independent Black media and community entrepreneurship, support like that is never just a check. It is a statement of faith. It is a man saying, without saying it: I believe in what…

(BALTIMORE – February 17, 2026) – When you talk about Black Wall Street in Baltimore, you’re talking about men and women who have built institutions, not just careers. Arnold Williams is exactly that kind of figure. A Founding Member and Managing Director of Abrams, Foster, Nole & Williams, PA, Williams has spent more than four decades providing accounting, consulting, auditing, and advisory services to both profit and non-profit organizations across the region. More than 40 years of showing up, delivering results, and building trust — that’s a legacy that commands respect. A 1972 graduate of the University of Baltimore, Williams turned…

A Vietnam Era Veteran, Navy Acquisition Professional, and Faith Leader Building and Protecting Black Business Black Wall Street Southern Maryland • Tuesday, February 24, 2026 RSVP to blackwallstreetsouthernmd.eventbrite.com (CALLAWAY, MD – February 16, 2025) — Some men inherit titles. Others build legacies. Bishop Dr. Frank A. Clinton has done both — through disciplined service, financial stewardship, and an unwavering commitment to empowering small businesses and families across Southern Maryland. Born in 1954 in Saint Inigoes, Maryland, to the late Leroy Charles Clinton and Helen Saunders Clinton, Dr. Clinton’s life has been rooted in service from the very beginning. Service to…