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Elijah Eugene Cummings was born in Baltimore, Md. on January 18, 1951. Since 1996 Cummings has served as the U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 7th congressional district.  He previously served in the Maryland House of Delegates. He is a member of the Democratic Party.   For more information about Elijah Cummings, Click here:

Lance Reddick  was born in 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland. He is an actor, producer and musician known for portraying Cedric Daniels in The Wire (2002), Phillip Broyles in Fringe (2008), and John Wick (2014). He is also known for playing Detective Johnny Basil on Oz and Matthew Abbadon in the fourth and fifth seasons of Lost. For More information on Lance […]

Carmelo Kyam Anthony was born May 29, 1984.  Anthony is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). When Anthony turned eight, his family moved to Baltimore, Anthony attended Towson Catholic High School and Oak Hill Academy before playing college basketball at Syracuse. Anthony entered the 2003 […]

Kweisi Mfume was born October 24, 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1987 he became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. While in Congress, he led the Congressional Black Caucus and actively supported civil rights and affirmative action. He retired from Congress in 1996 to become president and CEO of the National Association for […]

Cabell “Cab” Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was a jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was born in Rochester, New York, on Christmas Day in 1907. The family relocated to his parents’ hometown, Baltimore, Maryland,  in 1918. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City. For more information about Cab Calloway click […]

Dru Hill is an American singing group founded in Baltimore, Maryland. Dru Hill was most popular during the late 1990s. Dru Hill recorded seven Top 40 hits, and is best known for the R&B #1 hits “In My Bed“, “Never Make a Promise“, and “How Deep Is Your Love“. Tamir “Nokio” Ruffin was the group’s founder; […]

Gabrielle Union has been in tons of movies and television roles over her lengthy career. But acting is if it was all good when she…