The objective of gathering these 90 stories is not to focus on the well-known individuals, but to include those people who in their everyday lives exemplified the strength and resilience of the Black, Indigenous, and Other People of Color of Southern Maryland. Appreciating their stories provides a view into the history of Southern Maryland like no other.
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Updated On: May 1, 2025 | Born and raised in Calvert County before the Civil War and Maryland emancipation, he went on to Union Theological and leadership in forming the
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Updated On: Mar 2, 2025 | Everlyn Holland raised in the Jim Crow era, became a nurse at St. Mary's Hospital during segregation, an honored community activist promoting civil rights.
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Updated On: Jun 21, 2024 | Albert Cassell, famous Black architect, planned a town on 500 acres for African Americans he called Calvert Town.
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Updated On: Jun 21, 2024 | During the War of 1812, at the age of 13, Gabriel Hall escaped slavery in Calvert County and created a successful life for himself
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Updated On: Nov 4, 2024 | Betty Stewart Coates at 18, with her small child, was a refugee daring to escape enslavement for freedom on a British ship on the
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Updated On: Jun 20, 2024 | Charles Stewart, an enslaved man from Calvert County, fled to the British during the War of 1812. He returned to help 13 others escape.
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Updated On: Apr 11, 2024 | Jesse Jones Reid always was in service to his community as veteran, teacher, firefighter, school bus contractor and a Calvert County Board Commissioner.
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Updated On: Jul 15, 2024 | James Bowie was 20 years old when he took the gamble and escaped Sotterley to British forces anchored in the Patuxent River during the
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Updated On: Apr 26, 2024 | Charles Bolden, First African American pilot, space shuttle astronaut, first Black NASA Administrator, Major General, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), Founder & CEO Emeritus, The
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Updated On: Jun 19, 2024 | Simeon Saunders Booker, Jr. was a famous Civil Rights era reporter and journalist and first Black reporter for the Washington Post.
