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
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
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.
Updated On: Apr 2, 2024 | Charles Ball an enslaved person from Calvert County is best known for his account as an American fugitive slave. but his valor is depicted
Updated On: Mar 11, 2025 | Joan Groves and her brother Conrad entered Great Mill’s High School in St. Mary's County, Maryland under a court order in 1958 as the
Updated On: Mar 13, 2025 | Bishop William Sampson Brooks of Calvert County used his talents and faith, during the Jim Crow era, to become powerful international leader and activist
Updated On: Mar 13, 2025 | Harriet Elizabeth Brown, teacher, activist, role model, during racial segregation, sued the Calvert County Board of Education in 1937 for equalization of pay for
Updated On: Apr 2, 2024 | 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,
Updated On: May 12, 2025 | Washington Burch went from enslaved to landowner, bailiff, politician, and community activist. He was highly regarded in his community of Port Tobacco, Charles County.
