Accessing the
Diverse History of
Southern Maryland
The Southern Maryland Equity in History Coalition is a transformative collaboration of local organizations and educational institutions, committed to elevating the history of Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color in our region.
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Honoring the stories that have not been told.
We are a transformative collaboration of local organizations and educational institutions, committed to elevating the history of Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color in our region. We unearth and illuminate the full spectrum of Southern Maryland’s history, with a focus on those narratives that have been overlooked or constrained within organizational “silos.”
Our website serves as a comprehensive and easily searchable hub for honest explorations of our heritage. It offers accessible, unbiased historical narratives, not only for teachers and students, local community members, and tourists, but also for a broader audience seeking a deeper understanding of the causes and impacts of racism in our history.
Places to Experience
The map identifies and describes locations across Southern Maryland that offer the opportunity to visit sites to experience and learn the history firsthand. Zoom in and out and scroll up and down on the map to distinguish the sites that are close together.
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James Bowie
James Bowie was 20 years old when he took the gamble and escaped Sotterley to British forces anchored in the Patuxent River during the War of 1812. [...]
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Charles F. Bolden Jr.
Charles Bolden, First African American pilot, space shuttle astronaut, first Black NASA Administrator, Major General, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), Founder & CEO Emeritus, The Charles F. Bolden Group. [...]
Simeon Saunders Booker, Jr.
Simeon Saunders Booker, Jr. was a famous Civil Rights era reporter and journalist and first Black reporter for the Washington Post. [...]
Charles Ball
Charles Ball an enslaved person from Calvert County is best known for his account as an American fugitive slave. but his valor is depicted on the Battle of Bladensburg Monument. [...]
Joan Groves Briscoe
Joan Groves and her younger brother Conrad entered Great Mill’s High School in St. Mary's County, Maryland under a court order in 1958. They were the first Black students to [...]
Bishop William Sampson Brooks
Bishop William Sampson Brooks of Calvert County used his talents and faith, during the Jim Crow era, to become powerful international leader and activist for racial equity. [...]
Issac Brown
With no proof, Issac Brown’s enslaver accused Issac of shooting him. Issac was jailed, tortured and sold South. His story includes the Underground Railroad, a wrongful legal act by governors [...]
Washington Burch
Washington Burch went from enslaved to landowner, bailiff, politician, and community activist. He was highly regarded in his community of Port Tobacco. [...]
Eleanor (Irish Nell) and Charles Butler
Because of carefully crafted colonial Maryland marriage laws, Eleanor (Irish Nell) went from indentured servant to enslaved. How did this impact her descendants? [...]
Agnes Kane Callum
Agnes Kane Callum was a distinguished genealogist on Maryland African American history; her vision created the Sotterley Descendants Program. [...]
Captain Edith (Edie) Taylor
Captain Edith (Edie) Taylor a licensed female charter boat captain since 1979. [...]
Leroy J. Thompson Sr.
Leroy J. Thompson Sr. was a lifelong entrepreneur, natural leader and civil rights activist. [...]
Myrtle M. Patten
Myrtle M. Patten RN, was Calvert County’s first public health nurse. [...]
Wilson Parran
Wilson Parren was one of the first students to integrate Calvert High School, in 1967. He has used this experience to become a community leader and supporter of education. [...]
Joseph Christopher Parks
Joseph Christopher Parks made education possible for “colored” students in the segregated Charles County Schools during the Jim Crow era and segregated schools. [...]
Theodore (Ted) Newkirk
Theodore Newkirk was a key player in the desegregation of St. Mary’s County Schools and the fight against workplace discrimination at the Patuxent River Naval Base. [...]
Mattagund
April 12, 1666, three representatives from different Indigenous nations delivered speeches to the Upper House of the General Assembly of the colony of Maryland. The representatives were Mattagund, [...]
Mark Caesar and William Wheeler
Mark Caesar and William Wheeler - why days following July 4th would a Charles County freeman lead enslaved people in a flight to freedom? [...]
Annette Cynthia Jones Funn
Annette Funn a microbiologist with the FDA, used her many talents to empower people in Southern Maryland and beyond. [...]
Mary Winston Jackson
Mary W. Jackson successfully overcame the barriers of segregation and gender bias to become NASA’s first black female engineer in 1958 and a leader in ensuring equal opportunities for future [...]
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White Marsh Plantation and Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery
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