Lillian Stephens

Categories: Morganite becomes first in her immediate family to graduate despite familial upheaval and a ten-year gap in education. May 17, 2025 Somewhere between 9 and 10 a.m. on May 14, 2022 — a Saturday morning much like any other — my dad dropped dead in the kitchen of my childhood home. All at once, my family had a funeral to fund and plan while my mom’s doctors figured out a treatment for stage four cancer. I had just returned to Maryland after 10 years in the Marine Corps.

Categories: The Baltimore native will discuss how his travels challenged his understanding of the world, its politics and established narratives. February 11, 2025 Famed African American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates is scheduled to speak in the Gilliam Concert Hall at the Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Famed African American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates is scheduled to speak in the Gilliam Concert Hall at the Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Coates, a Baltimore native who teaches English at Howard University, won the National Book Award for his 2015 book “Between The World and Me.” He is expected to address issues raised from his most recent book, “The Message,” a critically acclaimed series of essays related to his visits to South Carolina, Senegal and occupied Palestine.