Posts Tagged ‘Maryland’
Frederick Douglass Day of Acknowledgment
Frederick Douglass Day illuminates the role of African Americans in the history of the Eastern Shore and lifting up their contributions, serving as an exciting celebration of the heritage and culture of the African American community.
Read MoreSailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad highlights little-known stories and describes the less-understood maritime side of the Underground Railroad, including the impact of African Americans’ paid and unpaid waterfront labor. Self-emancipation along the Underground Railroad was not entirely by overland routes. A great number of enslaved persons made their way to freedom using…
Read MoreAlsobrooks and Blunt Rochester: Black Women Make Senate History
Amid a disastrous loss to President Trump, two Black women have made history as they become representatives for their respective states.
Read MoreThe Maryland activist using oral history to humanize trans incarcerated people
This Black August, one activist is helping to shine the light on a group of people who experience unique marginalization in the world.
Read MoreSoon Come // a group exhibition by the 2024 Young Artist Archival Fellowship
In the pursuit of nuance, we foreground the need to reclaim histories that conjure the power to push through, to recreate and expand. The revolutionary act of confronting to retrieve is not one that is meek, it is diligent and forceful. This exhibition explores inquiries of revolutionary love, spirituality, identity and imagination. Textiles, photography, video,…
Read MoreRep. Glenn Ivey helps secure nearly $12 million in federal funds for Montgomery and Prince George’s County, Md.
A Maryland representative has secured funding to free up space that can be used for low-income housing.
Read More‘Black bodies are not for sale’: the battle over an African American cemetery
Protesters spoke at a hearing about the plight of an apartment complex that was built on a Black cemetery and is now for sale.
Read MoreMeet The First Black Woman to Lead Maryland’s Park Service
Angela Crenshaw now leads Maryland’s Park Service, making her the first Black woman to take on the position.
Read MoreThese Black candidates are aiming to make Black history in 2022 midterm elections
The 2022 midterm elections are officially underway as early voting kicked off in Texas on Monday. Lee Merritt, Cheri Beasley, Anthony Brown, and Malcolm Kenyatta are all set to make Black history if successful.
Read MoreMaryland college dedicates new memorial in effort to confront legacy of slavery
With the dedication of the Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland, one small public liberal arts college will be making a big statement about confronting its association with slavery and encourages other educational institutions to grapple with their own uncomfortable legacies.
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