More than 500 people gathered at the Owings Mills Marriott Metro Centre Hotel Oct. 27 for the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women’s (BLSYW) ninth annual (Em)Power Breakfast. Attendees joined students and staff to celebrate three honorees for their personal and professional dedication to Baltimore and BLSYW. This year’s honorees were “Power Women” Rheda Becker, .
Carr’s Beach in Annapolis is an almost mythological name in Maryland history – one of a few Black-owned beaches along the Severn River that became a regular stop for top-flight performers on the “Chitlin Circuit” during the Jim Crow era.
Annapolis' Carr’s Beach, and the more laid-back Sparrow’s Beach, were regular destinations for Black families who were forbidden to visit whites-only beaches up and down the East Coast during segregation from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Annapolis' Carr’s Beach, and the more laid-back Sparrow’s Beach, were regular destinations for Black families who were forbidden to visit whites-only beaches up and down the East Coast during segregation from the 1940s to the 1970s.