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William Henry Brooks, D.D.

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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Everlyn Swales Holland

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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Albert Irvin Cassell

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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Gabriel Hall

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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Betty Stewart Coates

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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Charles Stewart

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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Jessie Jones Reid

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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James Bowie

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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Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Charles F. Bolden Jr.

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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Simeon Saunders Booker, Jr.

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.

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Southern MarylandEquity in History Coalition

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.

Learn how you can support our mission.

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Equity in History Coalition