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NAACP names interim president, CEO
The NAACP has selected a former House of Representatives clerk as an interim president and CEO while the organization seeks a new leader. The nation’s largest and oldest civil rights […]
NAACP President Ben Jealous to step down this year
WASHINGTON — The NAACP‘s board is forming a search committee to find the next president and CEO for the nation’s largest civil rights organization, its chairwoman said Monday. Chairwoman Roslyn […]
Lawmakers to hold hearing on former Crownsville hospital
ANNAPOLIS — The Legislative Black Caucus has scheduled a hearing on the former Crownsville State Hospital, which closed in 2004. Del. Aisha Braveboy, the caucus chair, told The Capital that […]
Ashton named NAACP Champion of Justice
Anthony Ashton, a partner in DLA Piper's Baltimore office, has received the NAACP's Champions of Justice Award.
Eye Opener: Baker contributor didn’t report money to state
A few government and politics headlines for Tuesday.
Holder: Martin killing an ‘unnecessary shooting’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday called the killing of Trayvon Martin a “tragic, unnecessary shooting,” and said the Justice Department will follow “the facts and the […]
Baltimore rally draws 100 after Zimmerman verdict
Baltimore groups are calling on residents to show their outrage over the verdict acquitting George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin. The People’s Power Assembly and the Southern Christian […]
Jury instructions at center of Zimmerman verdict
SANFORD, Fla. — Despite a clamoring by some for a conviction against George Zimmerman, jurors acquitted the former neighborhood watch leader of all charges, leaving many Americans to wonder how […]
50th anniversary of Woolworth’s sit-in recalled
JACKSON, Miss.— Mississippi will inaugurate a marker Tuesday recalling a civil rights protest 50 years ago when a white mob attacked a racially mixed group seated at a whites-only lunch […]
NAACP board honors Evers’ memory in Miss. capital
NAACP leaders from around the country are honoring the memory of the group’s former Mississippi leader, Medgar Evers, nearly 50 years after he was assassinated outside his Jackson home. NAACP […]
O’Malley pushes death penalty repeal
Gov. Martin O’Malley urged legislators Wednesday to abolish capital punishment in Maryland, saying the ultimate punishment does not deter heinous crimes and carries the risk that a wrongly convicted person could be executed.
Top court: State police must release internal records of racial profiling complaints
The Maryland State Police has to release records of racial profiling complaints filed within the department, the state’s highest court held Thursday, though individual information must be erased from the documents.
