Maryland
Maryland's former chief medical examiner is at the center of an investigation into whether the in-custody deaths of people restrained by police were accurately labeled.
On April 5, 23-year-old Black man Dinari McAlmont, a resident of Bowie, Maryland, was found dead while vacationing in the Bahamas.
Emmarts United Methodist Church served as a safe house for enslaved people fighting for freedom along the Underground Railroad in the 1800s.
There is outrage after a Southern Maryland elementary school downplayed an alleged attempted hanging of a Black student as "horseplaying."
Angela Alsobrooks made history as Maryland’s first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate by defeating Republican Larry Hogan.
Gov. Wes Moore said he made "an honest mistake" when he claimed to receive the prestigious Bronze Star award on his White House fellowship application 18 years ago.
August is Black Philanthropy Month (BPM), a time to celebrate and reflect on the profound impact of Black philanthropy and the significant contributions of Black individuals and organizations to charitable causes.
Civil Rights advocates praised Wed Moore after the Maryland Governor signed executive action pardoning 175,000 Maryland residents.
Maryland's new leader has a key distinction.
Democrat Wes Moore won his election to become Maryland's first Black governor and just the third-ever Black governor elected in U.S. history.
Maryland’s Republican nominee for governor, Del. Dan Cox, fell flat trying to woo Black voters at Morgan State University, Maryland's largest HBCU.
A statue honoring trailblazing abolitionist Harriet Tubman has risen in Maryland.