25 Black Marylanders to Watch (plus 5 Living Legends) for 2023

Welcome to The Baltimore Sun’s 25 Black Marylanders to Watch for 2023. To celebrate Black History Month, we’ve assembled a group of people whose fortitude, leadership, artistry and efforts to uplift Baltimore and the state of Maryland make them worth watching.

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