Updated On: Mar 13, 2025 | A brief snapshot of living and health conditions for African Americans from slavery to 1970's in Southern Maryland with emphasis on the 20th century.
Updated On: Mar 10, 2025 | In 1920, an Calvert African American arranged for an airplane to land in rural Calvert County. This newspaper article gives insight into rural life,
Updated On: Oct 31, 2024 | How the Maryland Constitution, passed on November 1, 1864 providing for the emancipation of all enslaved in the State, effect Southern Maryland.
Updated On: Aug 15, 2024 | Extracts from journals kept by three young ladies from Billerica, Massachusetts. The first person accounts record their experiences “while working as volunteers to work
Updated On: Jun 23, 2024 | During the New Deal, architect Albert I. Cassell envisioned Calvert Town, an economic self-reliant community for African Americans on the Chesapeake Bay.
Updated On: Oct 31, 2024 | Maryland enslaved were not freed on June 19, 1865, with Granger's General Order No. 3 nor with Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. When were they freed?
Updated On: Apr 27, 2024 | Black Africans brought their traditional applique form of quilt making with them to the Americans during the Middle Passage. A few of Dr. Joan
Updated On: Apr 19, 2024 | A permanent exhibit on the history of lynching in Maryland coming to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture.
Updated On: Nov 4, 2024 | During the War of 1812 British Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane issued a Proclamation/Promise to Americans. It was an offer to the enslaved. Many enslaved
