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-Dr. Alvin C. Hathaway, Sr., President and CEO
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Celebrating Baltimore’s Civil Rights Legacy with Evita Robinson
As we mark 60 years since the Civil Rights Act, we honor local trailblazers like Thurgood Marshall and Lillie Carroll Jackson and celebrate modern changemakers like artist and photographer Devin Allen, NYTimes Bestselling writer D. Watkins and local legend Dr. Alvin Hathaway. Join us on a journey through history at Morgan State University, featuring stories and images courtesy of the AFRO American Newspaper Archives.
Baltimore Case Study Challenge
Presented by BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport We invite local high school students to participate in the Baltimore Case Study Challenge at the historic Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center, celebrating innovation and honoring the legacy of civil rights pioneer Thurgood Marshall. Once an abandoned school, the revitalized center now thrives as a community hub and research facility, embodying Marshall’s spirit of justice and empowerment. Our friends at the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport would like your help answering one of the [...]
A Justice for Justice Judge Alexander Williams Jr. has dedicated his career to shaping social reform.
When Alexander Williams, Jr. was young, he spent summers in Merrifield, Virginia, with his grandfather. An elevator operator at the Merrifield Superior Court, his grandfather shared stories about civil rights lawyers and cases. “That got me excited about law, which caused me to eventually set my goal on being a lawyer,” Williams says. While he didn’t personally experience unrest related to the civil rights movement growing up in Washington, D.C., Williams learned in school about issues [...]
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