By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – October 29, 2022) – Greatness was Muhammad Ali. I remember when he visited Coppin State back in the mid-90s. What always stood out in my mind was how he stayed to shake every hand and that he had no security with him. Right there on North Avenue, he demonstrated what it truly means to be a champion. Bea Gaddy was the earthly culmination of greatness, too. One time, she told me about how she gave up her bed so that a person could get some rest. All of the other beds in the house…

When we find a man who has ascended heights beyond ourselves; who has a broader range of vision than we and a sky with more stars in it in than we have in ours, we may know that he has worked harder, better, and more wisely than we. He was awake while we slept. He was busy while we were idle and was wisely improving his time and talents while we were wasting ours . . . – Frederick Douglass By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – October 25, 2022) – Frederick Law Olmsted, who was born in 1822 in…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (NATIONAL HARBOR – October 20, 2022) – Many moons ago, Damon Hughes worked for Baltimore County government in their Minority Business Enterprise office. Jim Smith was the County Executive at the time. Hughes was passionate about his work even back then. After that, he worked at Johns Hopkins in a similar capacity. What I remember through all of these years is how he has always made it his business to help Black businesses eat – and unapologetically so. And he’s at it again! (Talk about consistency!) An Executive Certified Master Compliance Administrator – the person that makes…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – October 12, 2022) – Now, before I give you my political analysis of the only televised debate between Maryland’s major party candidates, let me just say up front that Dan Cox, the unfortunate Republican nominee, has a better chance of being abducted by renegade aliens than he does getting my vote. Day and night: That was the difference between the two candidates vying to be the next Governor of Maryland. Watching the Dan Cox vs. Wes Moore debate was like watching an uncoordinated kid fighting a seasoned heavyweight boxing champion. For Moore, it was…

(BALTIMORE – October 7, 2022) – BmoreNews.com has been following the story of the devoted Hoe’s Heights residents and their fight to have access to their road to Roland Avenue apparently because some very mean-spirited residents in Roland Park along with Baltimore City Councilwoman Odette Ramos feel as though this community featuring descendants of Grandison Hoe no longer deserve it. So, a survey was done by a certain party on what to do with this access road area that’s marked by a huge water tower, one that was recently refurbished. However, no one surveyed the residents of Hoe’s Heights. Hence,…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – September 26, 2022) – From the very first media class at Coppin State under Prof. Ronn Nichols, we were taught about D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation”. In fact, we watched the diabolically racist and degrading so-called piece of art that laid the foundation for racial media stereotypes in American newspapers, and on radio and television. Prof. Nichols wanted us to understand the score from the very beginning. He felt we needed to understand what we’d be up against in our careers as Black media professionals and how important it is that we…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – September 23, 2022) – Over the years, we have attempted to re-circulate important Black History relevant to Baltimore and the state of Maryland. We have shared, for instance, information about Thomas Smith who owned the Smith Hotel and was the most prominent Black hotelier in America; he also ran a lottery and was large and in charge long before Willie Adams came on the scene. And we have shared information about the Lock Funeral Home in East Baltimore, one of the oldest Black-owned family businesses in America that go back to 1835; it is…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – September 19, 2022) – During the meeting between the community members who live in close proximity to Fremont Avenue and the Baltimore City Department of Transportation last week, the community was asked to share thoughts on the proposal put forth regarding traffic calming, sidewalk expansion, and other amenities. Who said that expanding sidewalks is what we wanted? And if sidewalks were to be expanded, then where will people park? As for bike lanes, the people in the community are overwhelmingly against them, and rightly so. Did you know that people in our communities pay…

By Doni Glover, Publisher (WHITE HOUSE – September 17, 2022) – There were some compelling stories shared on Thursday during the “United We Stand” presentation. Audience members heard from a former skinhead who has since changed his thinking. There was a woman named Dawn Collins who lost her son, Second Lt. Richard Collins, III, to a murderous hate crime. He was a true soldier. Another woman lost her son in the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub. These and other heart-wrenching stories tore at the core of one’s humanity. The sorrow lives on, but so does hope. One man spoke…

By Doni Glover (BALTIMORE – August 29, 2022) – I wish all of the children in Baltimore City could have hung out with me yesterday at the Taborn’s home because they would have witnessed the most powerful response to ignorance known to mankind: excellence. I say ignorance, but hey – let’s call it what it is: privilege. It is sad but true that there are some Americans who feel like they own the country and that its law and policies are here to protect them. Protect them from whom? I guess from us. Even more, these folks think a Black…