Welcome To Baltimore! Table of Contents NTS Baltimore is a city where legends are made and legacies are born. During the 1930s and 1940s, jazz legends like Pearl Bailey, Count Basie and Duke Annual A Brief Visual & Heritage Around MARKS 18 22 Ellington performed at the legendary Royal Theatre on Baltimore’s Penn- Cultural History 12Performing Tours and Events & Arts sylvania Avenue. Billie Holiday became the incomparable “Lady Day” EVE Tour SOURCES right here in Charm City. Baltimore-born composer and pianist Eubie Festivals 6Historic Operators Blake is honored, along with many of his colleagues, at the Eubie Blake Landmarks Cultural Index Cultural Center on North Howard Street. All of these stories have helped Heritage RE 4 7 LAND Baltimore shape Baltimore’s, and our nation’s, history. Attractions 21Visitor Religious 13 26 Venues Center Baltimore is also the proud home of the NAACP headquarters, and the birthplace of Thurgood Marshall, one of our early pioneers in the move- 9 & CULTURE ARTS Colleges & ment for civil rights. You’ll also find The National Great Blacks In Wax Family Museum, the country’s first wax museum of African American history; Universities 21 Reunions the Baltimore Civil War Museum, which was once a stop on the Under- AROUND MARYLAND ground Railroad; and opening early 2005, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum 11 of Maryland African American History and Culture. This $33 million facility will be the East Coast’s largest museum chronicling the history of African Americans and will house artifacts and exhibits covering more than 350 years of Maryland African American history and culture. African American Heritage Also, opening in 2005 is the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park. & Attractions Guide The park honors Frederick Douglass, considered one of the most prominent A publication of the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association African American leaders of the 19th century, and Isaac Myers, the first The Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association (BACVA), a membership- black owner of a marine railway shipyard in the United States. based organization, is the official destination development and marketing leader for Greater Baltimore, responsible for generating incremental economic benefits to the community through the attraction of convention and leisure visits. We hope you will discover some of these stories while you are here, and come back to Baltimore again to create a legacy of your own.

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Events ember ember July cember Nov De Sept he parade and festival is a way to recognize he parade and T African American men, and honor the in veterans who live and work fathers and event features The the community. arts and the traditional wonderful music, Cadillac Parade. he mid-Atlantic’s premier celebration of he mid-Atlantic’s National his annual festive event at The he region’s celebration of the arts features he region’s celebration ook sellers. Baltimore Book Festival Historic Mount Vernon www.bop.org T the literary arts features nationally known authors, poetry readings, cookbook and home and garden demonstrations, live music, and more than 125 exhibitors and b Oldies But Goodies Dance Museum The National Great Blacks In Wax www.greatblacksinwax.org T Museum will have you In Wax Great Blacks dancing all night long! Kwanzaa Celebration Museum The National Great Blacks In Wax www.greatblacksinwax.org Celebration of the harvesting of the fruits with libation, dancing, singing, and the representation of the seven principles – unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith. Artscape Mount Royal Cultural Corridor www.artscape.org T a first- incredible headline entertainment; dance, theater, opera, street of class schedule an amazing array performers and family fun; than 200of visual arts from more artisans, exhibitors; and a craftspeople and cultural arts. delightful menu of culinary Baltimore Carnival Druid Hill Park parade; soca, A traditional island-costumed reggae, and steel drum bands; live interna- tional entertainment; elaborate costumes; and Caribbean cuisine. articipate in a diverse annual family celebration of the history, culture, education, heritage and arts that embraces and tradi- promotes the rich tions and zestful spirit of the city of Baltimore. P offering of arts and entertainment including June isit www.baltimore.org for more events and walking tours! isit www.baltimore.org event dates back to the 1950s. to event dates back V "Walk of Fame," this beloved of Fame," "Walk monument and a developing est Baltimore's historic Pennsyl- famous. Showcasing the new vania Avenue corridor hosts a vania Avenue reunion of the people and moments W that made the Royal Theatre that made the Royal from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. from 10:00 his annual festival commemorates the end he African American Heritage Festival is an is Festival he African American Heritage east Series.” Throughout the summer, this Throughout east Series.” of slavery and features activities for the entire family; a cooking contest; celebrity basketball; historical lectures; arts and crafts; an exhibition of collectibles; storytelling; and soul, gospel and blues music. Cadillac Parade and Royal Theatre Reunion Parade & Festival Pennsylvania Avenue 410- 669-5397 African American Heritage Festival African American www.aahf.org Oriole Park at Camden Yards; T national and local talent; educational and area; historical exhibits; interactive children’s and crafts from more than 100 vendors, community organizations and merchants. Juneteenth Festival Festival location varies. Please call 410-467-2724 for more information. T Music Crab Feast Series Crab Feast Music vary.Locations or 1-866-703-CRAB 410-484-5600 www.crabfeast.com Crab Home of the Music “The Baltimore is F CRABexceptional FEAST experience offers poetry, of good food, comedy, a vast array jazz, genres of gospel, neo-soul, and musical Caribbean, Latin, Please R&B, and hip-hop. call for complete schedule. ember ril – Nov Ap May – SeptemberMay alking Heritage Tour month. ar Memorial Plaza venue and hear stories of twelve histori- elax and listen to the area’s most popular ravel with a guide on Pennsylvania ocal Competition rederick Douglass resided as a slave in Douglass resided as a rederick ours depart from the Shake ‘N Bake Family ours depart from the Baltimore Civil War February February cally significant sites along the way. Sixty- cally significant sites along the way. minute tours available by appointment T A Multiple locations www.bop.org Baltimore celebrates its proud heritage almost every weekend of the summer with festivals featuring native music, food, crafts, dance and entertainment. Jazzy Summer Nights W www.visionarymarketinggroup.com R jazz bands during this free outdoor concert Memorial Plaza. series at War Thurgood Marshall-Billie Holiday W T Fun Center at 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. 410-669-2975 Mayor’s Billie Holiday Billie Holiday Mayor’s V CenterStage www.centerstage.org Created to cultivate and encourage new vocal talent in Baltimore, this competition is hosted by the Mayor’s office every spring. Tour Walking Civil War T Museum in Harbor East; www.mdhs.org An interpreter of the 1861 Pratt Street Riot leads a tour of downtown Baltimore from President Street Station to Camden Station. Showcase of Nations Ethnic Festivals Frederick “Path Douglass Tour to Freedom” Walking Point Historic Fell’s 410-783-5469 F between March Point Fell’s Baltimore’s 1826 and September 1838. Historic markers several 18th- and sites on the tour include with Douglass. century buildings associated are held at loca- Stops and short discussions worked, tions where Douglass lived, to read, and where worshipped and learned that still he built five historic townhouses are required. Reservations stand today. 4 January February MORE. TI AL various historical African American sites throughout Baltimore City vents & Festivals vents Costumed re-enactors perform at 410-727-0755 or 410-728-3837 allowing participants to experience Baltimore City African American Renaissance Grand Tour orations and celebrations. Annual Cultural Annual will be held the last Friday of the will be held the last Friday Baltimore’s rich African American Baltimore’s rich available for groups and individuals and 7-B history at its best. The Grand Tour is Grand Tour history at its best. The events, children’s programs, commem- events, children’s E Black Heritage Art Show his annual art show features original 87 Baltimore Convention Center he National Great Blacks In Wax he National Great Blacks very month, there is something new to there is something new very month, History Month with lectures, special T Multiple locations Baltimore’s attractions celebrate Black Black History Month The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum In Wax The National Great Blacks www.greatblacksinwax.org T Museum honors and memorializes one of the country’s leading civil rights advocates with this special exhibit. Special Exhibit in Honor of Special Exhibit in Martin Dr. Jr. Luther King, Rev. Baltimore celebrates the birth of one of Baltimore celebrates the with this annual America’s greatest leaders marching parade, featuring high school floats,bands, community bands, equestrian units. and specialty units, choirs Rev. Dr. Martin Dr. Jr. Luther King, Rev. Birthday Parade Celebration Downtown E specific dates Baltimore. For discover in aboutand more information these and visit individual website other events, or call www.baltimore.org listings, visit 1- works by African American artists from readings, semi- across the nation. Poetry nars, workshops and entertainment complement the visual arts experience. Landmarks

Billie Holiday Statue Historic Landmarks Pennsylvania Avenue between Marked by sacrifice, risk and reward, the Lanvale and Lafayette streets story of African American history in Created by Baltimore native James Earl Baltimore is one that you will not soon Reid in 1985, the bronze statue featuring forget. You can learn more about Balti- Lady Day is located at 1300 more’s place in African American history Pennsylvania Avenue, in Baltimore's by visiting the following attractions and Druid Hill neighborhood. The statue an you hear it? The crunch of gravel under your tires, the hum of the car historic landmarks. Please note that the features Billie Holiday in a sultry singing engine, the laughter of friends and chatter of loved ones. They’re the sounds of “marker” designations in the listings pose wearing an evening gown with Ca road trip; of good times and new adventures. Under clear summer skies or a below mean that the sites can be visited, signature white gardenias in her hair. soft autumn breeze, Baltimore is a city of wondrous discovery. During fragrant spring but most offer no activities (tours, etc.) Sundays or crisp winter nights, Baltimore has so much to share. Black Soldiers Statue, Afro-American Newspapers Most people think of the Harbor when they think of Baltimore. Have you been? If so, Battle Monument Plaza 2509 North Charles Street; 410-554-8200 Baltimore Monument Plaza, maybe you took a trip on a harbor taxi or ate ice cream on a cobblestone street in www.afro.com Calvert and Lexington Streets historic Fell’s Point. The Afro is the longest running, family- Covered in medals and patches, this owned, African Amer- But not too far from the Inner Harbor lie treasures in history, art and culture. That’s nine-foot bronze statue was what the African American Heritage and Attractions Guide is all about. We’ll introduce ican newspaper in the erected to pay tribute to you to places that you may not have heard of, and others that you’ve wanted to see. nation. Founded in 1892 African American soldiers Visit The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum, the nation’s first wax museum of by John H. Murphy, Sr., from all branches of service, African American history. Explore the worlds of jazz legends Eubie Blake and Billie a former slave, The Afro and from every American Holiday. Plus there’s dining, shopping and culture to experience in Baltimore’s rich became a voice for civil conflict. and diverse neighborhoods. So, put on your walking shoes, grab your camera, and rights in the 1950s and don’t forget to take us along! ‘60s. Today, it continues Camden Station to provide the latest on 333 West Camden Street at A Brief Baltimore History news and current events Eutaw Street The history of African Americans in Baltimore is one of power, courage and tenacity. from an African Amer- With renovation slated for Our city has been home to many “freedom fighters”—individuals who chose liberty, ican perspective. Tours completion in 2005, this transformation and human rights over comfort and personal security. by appointment. 19th-century train depot will be the home of a regional Frederick Douglass moved to Baltimore City from Maryland’s Eastern Shore Baltimore Tennis sports museum celebrating as an 8-year-old boy. Born into slavery, Douglass taught himself how to read Club Marker local Baltimore legends, including and write, though doing so was against state law. Even as Douglass struggled Druid Hill Park, adjacent to the Conserva- tory, Druid Park Lake Drive members of the Negro League. against the physical indignities of slavery, he maintained an unshakable belief Like many public sites during the Jim that no man had the right to “own” him, in mind, body or spirit. His convic- Crow era, the Baltimore Tennis Club Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. tions propelled him to become a famous abolitionist, publisher, writer, orator Courthouse and great American thinker. A statue of Frederick Douglass stands at Morgan was open and available to “whites only.” Corner of Lexington and St. Paul streets In 1948, 24 African Americans were State University, and during the summer months you can take the Frederick In 1985, Baltimore City’s main arrested for leading a public protest Douglass “Path to Freedom” Walking Tour (see our Annual Cultural Events and courthouse, located in the midst of the against segregation at the Druid Hill Festivals section). downtown business district, was rededi- tennis court. cated in honor of Baltimore’s Clarence M. Fifty years after Douglass’ death in 1895, another Baltimore hero was Mitchell, Jr., a nationally respected civil following in his footsteps and continuing the fight for equality and civil Banneker Building 14 East Pleasant Street rights leader. rights. Thurgood Marshall, born and raised in West Baltimore, became Once known as the Banneker Law America’s first African American Supreme Court Justice in 1967. But Building, this office building was the first Frederick Douglass Marker more than a decade before his appointment to the Supreme Court, Fell’s Point Marshall had already made national news. As Director-Counsel of the in Baltimore to be erected for African American professionals. Named for the In 2003, the city of Baltimore dedicated NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Marshall led the legal team that won the Frederick Douglass Marker in Fell’s Brown v. The Board of Education, the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case prolific 18th-century astronomer and Point Square to celebrate the life of the which marked the end of legal segregation in America’s schools. Today, visitors can mathematician Benjamin Banneker, and great abolitionist, publisher and orator. schedule a tour of the NAACP’s national headquarters in Baltimore, and view a life- dedicated in 1903, it housed dentists, size replica of Marshall at The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum. attorneys and pharmacists.

6 Landmarks RKS MA LAND e Underground Rail- e Underground Th was not Tubman Harriet xtending from America’s xtending from ubman returned to Mary- oad—a complex pathway oad—a complex (Continued on page 11) Harriet Tubman and The Underground Railroad r e southernmost states to the as as far north (even a Canada)—promised and grueling dangerous journey those who for dared to tread it. “conductor”on the the only Railroad,butUnderground the best she is undoubtedly known.In world,it today’s the depth is hard to fathom sacrifice:of Tubman’s She returnedconsistently to the states,endangeringslave hard-won freedom, her own in order to lead more than out of bondage. 300 slaves T land 19 times to lead this effort. Religious Venues all of Pride hroughout history, churches have played an important hroughout history, churches in he oldest independent African American institution his Baltimore-bornon an enduring impact legend had oday, Bethel continues to have an impact on its local oday, Bethel continues to have an impact on aul Robeson and Langstonaul Robeson ounded in 1836 by ex-slave and lay minister, Moses ormerly Lafayette Market, The Avenue Market Avenue Lafayetteormerly Market, The hurches continue to serve individuals and families in hurches 410-675-2333 410-523-4273 First Baptist Church 525 N. Caroline Street F Baptist was Maryland’s first Black Clayton, First feature manu- archives church’s The Baptist church. scripts, pictures, articles and memorabilia dating back to the 1830s. W Carey and Cumberland streets Truth, Malcolm X, Sojourner P Hughes are some of the this heroes memorialized in urban mural. T leader- role in African American communities, providing Baltimore’s ship in social, political and economic arenas. c Baltimore’s neighborhoods, expanding upon their lega- cies of faith and fellowship. Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church 1300 Druid Hill Avenue T of African Baltimore, Bethel was founded when a group of a Coker walked out Americans led by Daniel Payne becauseMethodist Church of racially segregated seating. T and regional communities. The (Pennsylvania) Avenue Market Avenue The (Pennsylvania) CornerLafayette Avenues and of Pennsylvania F 1996reopened in African American owned with eateries and vendors. and/or operated Thurgood Statue Marshall Corner Pratt and Sharp streets of T history as the country’s first civil rights, and made African American Supreme Court Justice. His statue stands at the heart of area. Baltimore’s downtown ours are available T riends (Quakers) and the Presbyterian riends (Quakers) een successfully serving children for serving children een successfully reservation. F has the Center communities, Church b over 50 ushered a number years, and has higher education. of them into arker. arker. ounded in 1909, the NAACP is the ounded over 91 years ago, the ounded over 91 years 410-358-8900 Parks Sausage 3300 Henry Parks Circle Once home to the famous Parks Sausages Company, this building remains a testament to what was once the largest manufacturing black-owned Many company in the country. will remember its advertising Sausages, slogan, “More Parks Sausages Mom, please!” Parks was the first African Amer- ican company to be traded Street. on Wall NAACP Headquarters and Dorothy Parker Memorial 4805 Mount Hope Drive www.naacp.org F nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its national headquarters, moved to Baltimore which in 1986, national features and a civil rights archives memorial garden named for writer Dorothy P by Mother MaryMonument Lange off of Pennsylvania Avenue George Street ElizabethMother Mary Lange, founder American of the first order of African for her work with nuns, is honored here and youth. Baltimore’s children NAACP Baltimore Branch 26th Street 8 W. 410-366-3300 www.naacpbaltimore.org F of the NAACPBaltimore Branch has Baltimore region. consistently served the 8 eligious Society of dren. Founded by the dren. Founded R he Eutaw Street ards was renamed to egro Leagues to be African American chil- hildren from Baltimore’s T entrance of Camden Y Oriole Park at Camden Yards Oriole Park at Camden Yards honor Leon Day, the most affluent families. Leon Day Way 12th player from the c N McKim Center over 80 women and men, Baseball Hall of Fame. Baseball Hall of Fame. inducted into the National he McKim Center’s roots date artist, he painted the portraits of 1120 E. Baltimore Street gain national recognition as an the first African American to 410-276-5519 early 19th centuries. Known as T back to the early 19th century as back the city’s first free school for the city’s first free school portrait painter in the late 18th and his statue of Frederick Douglass stands Douglass Frederick his statue of oshua Johnson was a highly sought-after oshua Johnson Joshua Johnson Marker Corner and Baltimore streets of North Charles J Hampton National Historic Site Hampton National 535 Hampton Lane 410-823-1309; www.nps.gov/hamp Site offers a Hampton National Historic take you variety of programs that through a Georgian mansion, gardens. landscaped grounds and collection of Hampton has a remarkable original slave outbuildings, including quarters, barns and a farmhouse. Morgan State University Morgan Lane Coldspring 1700 E. www.morgan.edu 443-885-3333; T State, Hall at Morgan in front of Holmes most widely and is the University’s landmark. architectural recognized Frederick Statue Douglass Landmarks

Leadenhall Baptist Church Sharp Street United Harriet Tubman 1021 Leadenhall Street Methodist Church (Continued from page 9) 410-539-9334 1206 Etting Street 410-523-7200 Founded in 1873, Leadenhall is the Today,you can second oldest Black church edifice in Established in 1787, and experience the history of Baltimore, and home to one of the city’s listed on the National Tubman and the largest African American congregations. Register of Historic Places, Underground Railroad at Sharp Street is the home several sites in Baltimore. Lovely Lane United Methodist of Baltimore’s first African President Street Railroad Church and Museum American congregation. Station,now home to The 2200 St. Paul Street With ties to politics, civil 410-889-1512 Baltimore Civil War rights and education, the Designed by the famous architect Stan- church has a rich history. Museum,was a ford White in 1884, Lovely Lane is on It served as host church Colleges & Universities documented stop on the the National Register of Historic Places. for early meetings of the NAACP, and Producing leaders in business, the sciences, education, Underground Railroad and Considered the “mother church” of housed the seminary school that would and the arts, Baltimore’s historically black colleges and the Orchard Street Church, American Methodism, it was the first later become Morgan State University. universities are a source of great pride in the African now home to the Baltimore meeting place for the denomination’s American community. Their influence reaches beyond Urban League,is said to founders and their congregation. The St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church the boundaries of their campuses, with community part- have been another stop on museum contains portraits, hymnals and 1501 E. Oliver Street nerships, radio programming, support for the arts, and the pathway.An exhibit memorabilia from the late 19th and early 410-727-3103 workforce development initiatives. about the Underground 20th centuries. Founded in 1864, St. Francis is the oldest Railroad and the traditions African American Catholic church in the of African Americans during Metropolitan United Coppin State University nation. The Oblate Sisters of Providence, 2500 West North Avenue; 410-951-3000; www.coppin.edu Methodist Church that time in history can be 1121 W. Lafayette Street the first religious order for women of Coppin State College began in 1900 as a small training found at The National Great 410-523-1366 African descent, founded its St. Francis program for elementary school educators. Today, the Blacks In Wax Museum. Also known as Lafayette Square Church, Academy for women. university anchors the west Baltimore community, and Metropolitan United can be traced to awards undergraduate and graduate degrees in the the leadership of Truman Pratt, founder Union Baptist liberal arts, the sciences, education, nursing, social work 1219 Druid Hill Avenue of the Orchard Street Church. Pratt led 410-523-6880 and criminal justice. prayer meetings here in 1825. Founded in 1852, Union Baptist became a center for the civil rights struggle. Its Morgan State University Orchard Street Church/ 1700 E. Coldspring Lane; 443-885-3333; www.morgan.edu Urban League pastor was also the founder of the Colored Convention, which evolved into Home of the Murphy Fine Arts Center, the world- 512 Orchard Street renowned Morgan State University Choir, and WEAA, 410-467-6400 today’s United Baptist Association. one of the region’s leading public radio stations, Morgan Founded by former slave Truman Pratt, State University has expanded its areas of excellence to the Orchard Street Church was known Baltimore Cemetery include culture, community and the arts. Founded in to be a safe house on the Underground 2500 E. North Avenue 410-327-1101 1867 as a seminary school, the school has evolved into Railroad. Today it is the home of the one of the nation’s most distinguished historically black Baltimore Urban League. Mount Auburn Cemetery institutions. c/o Sharp Street United Methodist Church Saint Peter Claver 1206 Etting Street at Dolphin Street Sojourner Douglass College Roman Catholic Church 410-523-9488 1546 N. Fremont Street 500 N. Caroline Street; 410-276-0306; www.sdc.edu 410-669-0512 Founded in 1872, Mt. Auburn was offi- With campuses in Baltimore City, Annapolis, the cially dedicated and named “The City of Founded in 1888 and home to the first Eastern Shore and Nassau, Bahamas, Sojourner- the Dead for Colored People.” The parish in the world dedicated to St. Douglass College’s focus on education has had far resting place of African American leaders Peter Claver, Apostle of the Slaves, this reaching benefits for African American professionals. and history makers, this cemetery is also church runs one of the oldest private Founded in the 1970s, the school was one of the area’s the burial site for many slaves who died elementary schools for African Ameri- first to build a curriculum specifically geared towards while attempting to escape to freedom LANDMARKS cans in the country. professional development for “working adults.” on the Underground Railroad.

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Arena Players, Inc. Visual & 801 McCulloh Street Cultural Heritage Performing Arts 410-728-6500 Attractions From literature and fine art, to modern www.thearenaplayers.org Whether you favor walking tours, ball games, horse dance and music, storytelling is central to Founded in 1953, Arena Players, Inc. is racing or nightlife, Baltimore has it all. Thousands travel African American the nation’s oldest continuously operating to Baltimore each year for the Preakness, an annual horse culture. In Baltimore, African American community theater. race held at Pimlico Racetrack. African Americans played our museums, The company produces five main stage a central role in the early days of the race. According to galleries, theaters productions each year, including both journalist Ed Hotaling, Baltimore’s African American and concert halls classic works and contemporary plays jockeys were among America’s first professional athletes. serve as venues for from African American writers. In Baltimore, African American history is a thread artistic expression running through arts, culture and and cultural inspira- The leisure. tion. African and 10 Art Museum Drive African American (N. Charles and 31st Streets) 410-396-7100; www.artbma.org Even the National Aquarium has a art hold the key to a unique understanding From its permanent collection of over connection to African Amer- of our world. ican history. Local African 2,000 pieces of African art—including Mother Mary In the spring of each year, local singers in textiles, masks, carvings and jewelry—to American engineer, inventor and the Baltimore and Maryland areas get an special exhibitions of African American art philanthropist Henry Hall donated his entire rare fish Elizabeth opportunity to compete in the Mayor’s throughout the year, the BMA boasts a collection to the National Aquarium in 1977. Today, the Lange Billie Holiday Vocal Competition. Initiated in wide range of cultural and artistic aquarium honors Hall with the Henry Hall Youth and 1990 on the 75th anniversary of Holiday’s treasures. Look forward to Jazz in the Scholarship Fund, which provides funding and intern- Her love of children and birth, the vocal competition was created Sculpture Garden, a concert series during ships to science students. The aquarium remains one of commitment to education to nurture and support up-and-coming the summer months, and their annual the Inner Harbor’s most popular attractions, with more blossomed into a life of self- vocalists in Maryland through funding, Kwanzaa celebration in December. than 11,000 aquatic animals and stunning exhibits. Visit lessness and service.Born exposure and recognition. www.aqua.org for more details. in 1784 in San Domingo The James E. Lewis Museum of Art (in the territory now known Summertime in Baltimore brings The Morgan State University The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum as Haiti),Mother Mary Eliz- Murphy Fine Arts Center #242 African American Heritage Festival, with The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum began as abeth Lange was founder live music from national and local acts; 1700 E. Coldspring Lane; 443-885-3030 www.murphyfineartscenter.org the dream of husband and wife team Elmer and Joanne and superior of the Oblate historical, educational and cultural Named for the sculptor and Morgan State Martin. The Drs. Martin (both Ph.D.s) purchased four Sisters of Providence (OSP), exhibits; kids’ activities; and crafts from University professor who established its wax figures in 1980, and personally transported the the first religious order for over 100 vendors. Our regional arts permanent collection, the James E. Lewis figures to schools, churches and community venues for women of African descent. festival, Artscape, is another summer high- Museum of Art (JELMA) displays 19th- educational presentations. Today, Dr. Joanne Martin She made history by estab- light. Visitors and artisans hailing from and 20th-century American, European carries on the legacy of history, lishing the nation’s first cities and towns up and and traditional African art. The museum education and service that she and Catholic school for black down the East Coast buzz also displays the art of Morgan State her late husband began. A multi- children in 1828.The OSP onto Baltimore’s Mount million dollar renovation is faculty members and students. continues its legacy today, Royal Avenue for food, underway at the The National operating a high school (St. art, and jazz, blues, Great Blacks in Wax Museum, The Francis Academy) and day Latin and R&B music. creating additional gallery space, a 600 N. Charles Street care center in Baltimore. 410-547-9000 multimedia theater, and other Mother Lange was nearly Through poetry and prose, www.thewalters.org amenities. Among the most talked painting and sculpture, 100 years old when she Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier’s stunning about displays at the museum is movement and bronze and gold sculpture of an African the renowned slave ship exhibit, a moving and died in 1882. song, we link woman visiting Paris in 1851 (African emotional representation of the Middle Passage. our future to Venus) is probably one of The Walters’ Modern-day Baltimore heroes like Dr. Ben Carson, pedi- our past. Visit best known gems. The museum also atric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital, are the following venues features an extensive collection of ancient memorialized in the museum’s Maryland Room. for a taste of fine art, Egyptian art and is the site for concerts ARTS • CULTURE • HISTORY drama and culture. and social gatherings. 12 Cultural Heritage • CULTURE • HISTORY • CULTURE ARTS ARTS ith flair and humor, W tive scat singing and scat singing tive usical “Porgy and Bess”, “Porgy usical ocals.Calloway’s career xtended to film and stage. lassic refrain “Hi-dee,hi- lassic refrain an to play lan continues dee,hi-dee,ho!”became his trademark,along with inno- va v e He performed in the m Broadway in an all-Black “Hello Dolly”,and of revival had a cameo in later in life Blues “The the film Brothers”with funnymen Jim Belushi and Dan Akroyd. As a young child, to Balti- moved Calloway more,returning with his parents to their hometown. and grandchil- His children in music dren are still active and the arts. Calloway The c within the important role Baltimore arts community and in the leadership of the Eubie Blake Cultural Center. Cab Calloway Cab Calloway made his Calloway Cab American jazz mark on during era of the the swing 1930s and 1940s. His c he African American Department of the Enoch Pratt of the Enoch he African American Department ocated on Baltimore’s historic Howard Street, the ocated on Baltimore’s historic Howard Street, ree Library offers a comprehensive collection of histor- ree Library offers a comprehensive Eubie Blake Cultural Center is the home of permanent Holiday, exhibitions on Baltimore jazz legends like Billie Eubie and its inspiration, Webb, Cab Calloway, Chick center is also home to jazz concerts, cultural Blake. The events and performing arts classes. Brodie’s Jewelers and Gifts Pike, 410-869-0400 6120 Baltimore National range of jewelry, collectibles, Brodie’s offers a wide gift items and art. Enoch Pratt Free Library Street Central Branch, 400 Cathedral 410-396-5430; www.pratt.md.lib.us T F African ical and contemporary materials relating to on Mary- Americans worldwide, with a special emphasis and readers can gain access to the land. Researchers Amer- Brown African treasures of the Eddie and Sylvia Room ican Collection, in the Juanita C. Burns Reading of the Pratt Central Library Annex. & The Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute Cultural Center 847 N. Howard Street; 410-225-3130 www.eubieblake.org L Baltimore of Industry Museum www.thebmi.org 410-727-4808; Highway; 1415 Key In 1860, living Americans African more free there were cohe- large and This than any other state. in Maryland network for African provided a support sive community rural areas and for moving into the city from Americans role of The started their own businesses. who Blacks various Baltimore is explored in African Americans tool shop machine food processing, industries including and printing. work, the garment industry egro League (ANL): Balti- The ovember 2004 eague. Baltimore had two teams ebruary 2003. The Baltimore Civil War Museum- Baltimore Civil War President Street Station 601 President Street; 410-385-5188 www.mdhs.org/explore/baltcivilwar A documented stop on the Underground Railroad, the President Street Station is the home of the Balti- Museum, and the more Civil War oldest big city railroad station still will find a special standing. Visitors exhibit on Baltimore’s Colored Troops who fought in the Civil War. Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum 216 Emory Street; 410-727-1539 www.baberuthmuseum.com A tribute to Babe Ruth and base- ball, this cozy museum is chock- full of memorabilia and history, including exhibits on the Negro L that were part of the Eastern Colored League (ECL) was which later replaced by the American N Balti- more Elite Giants and The Sox. more Black Comprised of the oldest and most Comprised collection of railroad comprehensive the Hemisphere, Western history in the Ohio Railroad Museum, Baltimore & cultural and educational Inc. is a unique B&OThe institution. reopen in mid- will N after being closed due to massive damage sustained during the snowstorm of F museum features a year-round oral visitors can listen history exhibit, where to tape-recorded voices of African talking aboutAmerican railroad porters the B&O.their lives and work on B&O RailroadB&O Museum 410-752-2464 Pratt Street; 901 W. www.borail.org 14 grace, strength and Its power. physical location has historical significance as well. The museum’s entrance faces what was once a pre-Civil ar slave market; a somber yet inspira- he following attractions provide loads hance to stock up on great souvenirs for hance to stock family and friends. Whether your interest is sports, history, nature or literature, you’ll find a place to spark your imagina- tion and make new memories. T of fun, entertainment, education—and the c W tional reminder of our history and our Lewis Reginald Museum is survival. The to open in early 2005.scheduled Baltimore is now home to the largest Baltimore is East museum on the African American Affil- a Smithsonian Coast. Designated Lewis Museum of F. Reginald iate, The and American History Maryland African an a 2,000 seat theater, Culture includes and oral history studio, classrooms Inaugural The spacious exhibition space. explores three Exhibition of the museum and Community, Labor areas: Family Arts and Enlight- that Built a Nation, and striking architec- museum’s enment. The Maryland’s ture is an expression of of beauty,African American spirit—one The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Museum Lewis F. The Reginald Maryland American African History and Culture Cultural Heritage

Frederick Douglass - Isaac Myers Museum House the greatest acts in jazz and Eubie Blake Maritime Park 1500 Washington Boulevard/Carroll Park blues. The Royal Theatre 410-837-3262; www.mountclare.org Pianist,dancer and c/o National Historic Seaport of Baltimore Monument, dedicated in 802 S. Caroline Street; 410-783-1490 This 1760 Georgian mansion houses a composer James Hubert www.natlhistoricseaport.org 2004, celebrates the great collection of approximately 1,000 rare hall that hosted music “Eubie”Blake started Frederick Douglass and Isaac Myers, 18th- and 19th-century objects, many of legends like Duke Ellington playing “ragtime”music as a along with 14 fellow African Americans, which belonged to the builder, Charles and Louis Armstrong. Visi- teenager.Performed in started the first African American owned Carroll, barrister, and his heirs. It is the tors can hear recorded brothels,saloons and other shipyard in the United States. With its oldest mansion and only surviving planta- music as they walk through “houses of ill repute,” debut in 2005, this park will incorporate a tion house in Baltimore City. the site. ragtime was controversial working shipyard/maritime railway and in its day.According to deep-water pier, monuments to Douglass Sandarac Gallery and Gifts Blake,his mother would and Myers, exhibits on African American 220 West Read Street; 410-625-9993 call out,“Take that ragtime maritime history, and the restored “Sugar With an eclectic combination of pottery, silk goods, out of my house!”when she House,” the oldest remaining industrial art, travel books and furniture, Sandarac Gallery heard him tickling the building on the waterfront. promises an exciting collection of high-end ethnic ivories—so he took to prac- crafts from five continents. Sandarac’s pieces Mahogany Exchange/ ticing when mom wasn’t from Morocco, Indonesia, China, Mongolia and Out of Africa Gallery III home.Blake penned the 111 W. Saratoga Street (between Park Avenue & Cambodia have been purchased directly from classics “Love Will Find A Cathedral Street); 410-752-5808 the artisans. Way”and “I’m Just Wild Mahogany Exchange features African and About Harry”,and co-wrote local artwork, antique museum artifacts, Thir-Tea-First Café and Tea Room 414 East 31st Street; 410-889-7112 Broadway’s first black furniture, and textiles. Here you can shop www.thir-teafirststreetcafeandtearoom.com musical,“Shuffle Along”.In for gift and home items such as dinner- Whether you are planning an afternoon tea party, 1978,a Broadway musical ware, glassware, baskets, dolls, stools, revue featuring Blake’s The National Great Blacks In Saturday brunch, or a candlelight dinner for two, this jewelry, custom clothing, and fabrics. Charles Village/Waverly gem is the place to be. In a work,“Eubie!”,opened to Rooms for meetings and reunions are Wax Museum 1601-03 E. North Avenue; 410-563-3404 quaint Victorian setting, crème tea, afternoon tea, and national acclaim.Eubie available. www.greatblacksinwax.org high tea are served throughout the week. This Blake was 100 years old More than 100 life-size figures from African American-owned establishment accepts when he died.Today,you Maja reservations for special events such as rehearsal can visit the Eubie Blake 1744 Aliceanna Street; 410-327-9499 contemporary African American life and dinners and bridal showers.Voted one of Baltimore’s Cultural Center on Howard Style, culture and art live at Maja in Fell’s African American history reside in America’s first wax museum of African best tea rooms in Baltimore Magazine. Street to learn more about Point. You’ll find clothing, hand-crafted Eubie Blake,jazz history in jewelry, incense, candles and home décor American history and culture. USS Constellation Baltimore,and Baltimore from Asia, Africa and the Americas and a Museum notables such as drummer selection of both African art and locally Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Pier 1, 301 E. Pratt Street; Chick Webb and singer/ crafted stained glass creations. Maryland African American 410-539-1797 History & Culture www.constellation.org musician extraordinaire 830 E. Pratt Street; 410-333-1130 Cab Calloway. Maryland Historical www.africanamericanculture.org Built in 1854, USS Constel- Society Museum Opening in early 2005, this exciting lation is the last all-sail 201 W. Monument Street; 410-685-3750 warship built by the U.S. www.mdhs.org collection of historical, cultural and artistic works represents more than 350 years of Navy and the only Civil Maryland’s history is captured in objects, War era naval vessel still archives and art and the Historical Society life experiences of Maryland African Americans and explores broader national afloat. History comes alive is home to an impressive collection. The with hourly “hands-on” museum features paintings by Joshua and international issues through its special exhibition gallery and its programs. demonstrations and tours. Johnson, (see Historic Landmarks) and the The USS Constellation was acclaimed Mining the Museum exhibit, a The Royal Theatre Monument the flagship of African critical exploration of how African Ameri- Lafayette and Pennsylvania avenues Squadron from 1859 to cans have been represented in museums. During its heyday in the 1920s and ‘30s, 1861. This anti-slavery patrol captured three slave the Royal Theatre was home to some of ships: brig Delicia, bark Cora and brig Triton.

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Martz Gray Line of Washington, DC Washington, Martz Gray Line of NE 50 Massachusetts Avenue, DC 20001 Washington, 202-484-0573 Phone: 202-289-1995; Fax: Greenspring Tours showcases the culture, showcases the Tours Greenspring heritage of Baltimore, cuisine and through D.C. Washington, Annapolis and and guide service, packages, themed travel and transportation complete tour planning. Greenspring Tours, Inc. Tours, Greenspring 21094-0358 MD 358, Timonium, Box P.O. Fax: 410-560-0648 410-561-1119; Phone: ORG Around Maryland . UND MARYLAND UND ARO MDWELCOME . sic,culture,literature, It was the era of big enue was also home to enue eisure on eisure est Baltimore’s Pennsyl- est Baltimore’s ennsylvania Avenue.The ennsylvania ania Avenue was the home Avenue ania WWW (Continued on page 25) Life and L Pennsylvania Avenue bands and high style,of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.During the 1920s and 1930s,America’s cities experienced a renais- sance in African American mu education and commerce. W v Black own of Baltimore’s Renaissance.Black-owned companies and service as such professionals dentists,physicians, attorneys and pharmacists along and worked lived P Av Theatre,where the Royal Duke Ellington,Nat King Cole,and and Count Basie the Sweethearts of Rhythm performed on stage. NTY NTY OUNTY OU OU C OUNTY C C C NTY OU INE C HARLES AROL www.tourcaroline.com REDERICK www.tourdorchester.org C ORCHESTER C www.fredericktourism.org F RRETT D www.explorecharlescomd.com A G www.garrettchamber.com augh Chapel United Methodist Church National Museum of Medicine Civil War 48 East Patrick Street, Frederick; 301-695-1854 House/ Roger Brooke Taney Francis Scott Key Museum 121 Bentz Street, Frederick; 301-228-2888 Negro Mountain Savage River State Forest, Grantsville; 301-895-5759 African-American Heritage Society, Inc. Society, African-American Heritage LaPlata; 301-843-0371 7485 Crain Highway, ChurchBazzel Methodist Episcopal Bestpitch Ferry 410-228-0401 Road, Cambridge; Stanley Institute Route 16 South Christ Rock 410-228-0401 2439 Rock Drive, Cambridge; Harriet Tubman Birthplace & Historic Marker Greenbriar Road, Cambridge; 410-228-0401 Underground Railroad: Harriet Tubman Museum 424 Race Street, Cambridge; 410-228-0401 W 425 High Street, Cambridge; 410-228-5189 Brunswick RailroadMuseum Potomac Street, Brunswick; 40 West 410-834-7100 Catoctin Furnace Cunningham Falls State Park, Thurmont; 301-271-7574 St. Edmond’s United Methodist Church Methodist United St. Edmond’s 3000 Dalrymple Beach; 410-535-2506 Chesapeake Road, House Patty Cannon Federalsburg Road, Federalsburg 6070 Reliance, NTY NTY OU OU C C MORE ALVERT www.visitbacomd.com ALTI www.co.cal.md.us/cced C B O. Box 3576, Annapolis; 410-203-0884 or 410-203-0884 3576, Annapolis; O. Box 410-586-8500 Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum 10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard; 300 Oella Avenue, Oella; 410-887-1081 300 Oella Avenue, Hampton National Historic Site 410-823-1309 535 Hampton Lane, Towson; Mount Calvary AME Church 300 Eudowood Lane, Baltimore; 410-296-9474 Mount Gilboa AME Church Oella Avenue, 2312 Westchester Oblate Sisters of Mount Providence 701 Gun Road, Catonsville; 410-242-8500 Historic Annapolis Foundation Historic Annapolis 410-267-7619 18 Pinkney Street, Annapolis; Thurgood Marshall Memorial Maryland State House Annapolis: 410-260-6444 Arbutus Memorial Park 1101 Sulphur Spring Road Baltimore; 410-242-2700 Benjamin Banneker Historical Park & Museum Alex Haley Memorial & Alex Haley Plaque Kunta Kinte Annapolis; 410-841-6920 The City Dock, & Beach Community Highland Frederick Douglass Museum Cultural Center Avenue 3200 Wyman or 410-267-6760 Annapolis; 410-268-2956 Matthew Alexander Henson Memorial Maryland State House Annapolis; 410-260-6400 The Blacks of the Chesapeake of The Blacks Inc. Foundation, P. 410-647-8402 22 NNE NTY NTY A OU OU C C hroughout the state, Maryland and find our Maryland and stories everywhere, richness stories of our and of the and strength, African contributions have made Americans to building this state and this nation. T UNDEL R LLEGANY www.visit-annapolis.org www.visit-annapolis.org A NNAPOLIS AND Around Maryland A www.mdmountainside.com illiam H. Butler House illiam Bishop Home A here are many more sites and adventures sites and many more here are rom the mountains of Western Maryland, rom the mountains of Western 148 Duke of Gloucester Street, Annapolis; 410-263-7941 W 84 Franklin Street, Annapolis; 410-216-6180 W Duke of Gloucester Street and Church Circle Annapolis; 410-263-7941 Banneker-Douglass Museum 211 Cumberland Street, Cumberland; 301-759-2824 Ebenezer Baptist Church Contact the Maryland Office of Tourism Development at 800-MDWELCOME or for detailed visit www.visitmaryland.org of the itineraries and descriptions of each Maryland sites listed below. through the rural towns and growing through the rural towns city and onto the suburbs, into the bustling quiet beauty Eastern Shore, of Maryland’s the story of Maryland’s African American legacy is one to be discovered and shared. F historic homes, museum collections, faith historic homes, museum and more offer clues and institutions, schools of the African insights into the full spectrum American experience. T beyondto experience Baltimore. Visit ORG Around Maryland . UND MARYLAND UND ARO MDWELCOME . oday,the legacy oday,the Louis Armstrong and T enue with new shops with new enue ts Waller worked as worked Waller ts thers and veterans who thers and veterans atures wonderful music, atures wonderful ennsylvania avenues. ennsylvania ennsylvania Avenue ennsylvania estival and Parade.This estival ind a monument to the to ind a monument WWW accompanists in those days, accompanists in those musi- and jazz and blues cians made history.You’ll f at the cornerTheatre Royal and of Lafayette P Pennsylvania Avenue (Continued from page 23) Fa continues,as the city works Pennsylvania to revitalize Av and businesses.Each year, holds the the community P F to dates back event beloved the 1950s.It for a way is Americans to recog- African and honor the men, nize fa in our and work live community. event The fe arts and the traditional Cadillac Parade. NTY NTY NTY NTY OU OU OU OU C C OUNTY C C C HINGTON ALBOT MERSET www.tourtalbot.org ICOMICO T O ORCESTER www.visitworcester.org www.visitsomerset.com AS S W www.wicomicotourism.org W www.marylandmemories.org W Birthplace of Charles Tindley African-American Historical Committee 10214 Old Ocean City Boulevard, Berlin; 410-641-1988 Sturgis One-Room School Museum Street, Pocomoke City; 410-957-1913 209 Willow Frederick Douglass Marker River Bridge; 410-822-4606 Tuckahoo Matthewstown Road, Near “Nace”) House Hopkins (Nathaniel Northeast Corner 50 & Barber Road, Easton of U.S. Third Haven Meeting House Street, Easton; 410-822-0293 405 South Washington Unionville Near Easton, Unionville Antietam National Battlefield 5831 Dunker Church Road, Sharpsburg; 301-432-5124 Doleman Black Heritage Museum Hagerstown; 301-739-8185 540 North Locust Avenue, Fort FrederickState Park 11100 Fort Frederick Road, Big Pool; 301-842-2155 Kennedy Farm 2406 Chestnut Grove Road, Sharpsburg; 301-432-2666 Miller House Street, Hagerstown; 301-797-8782 Washington 135 W. The Charles H. Chipman Cultural Center 323 Broad Street, Salisbury; 301-860-9290 St. James ChurchSt. James Oriole; 410-873-2848 of MarylandUniversity at Eastern Shore Princess Anne; 410-651-2200 Backbone Road, NTY NTY OU C OU S C ’ S ’ NNE A ARY www.qac.org . M www.stmarysmd.com T S UEEN Q 38370 Point Breeze Road, Coltons Point; 301-769-2222 Historic St. Mary’s City Rt. 5 and Rosecroft Road,South of Leonardtown, City; 240-895-4990 St. Mary’s St. Mary’s County Historical Society 41625 Courthouse Drive, Leonardtown; 301-475-2467 Sotterly Plantation Route 245, Hollywood; 301-273-2280 Island/ St. Clement’s Potomac River Museum Bryan United Methodist Church 5608 Main Street, Grasonville; 410-827-8440 Methodist Charles Wesley Church (1909) 421 South Liberty Street, Centreville; 410-604-2100 Chapel Dudley’s Benton Corner Road, Sudlersville; 410-604-2100 Old Kennard School Centreville; 410-604-2100 Little Kidwell Avenue, Northampton Quarters Slave Archaeological/Historical Park Overlook Drive, Mitchellville; 100700 Lake 301-627-1286 Farm Park & Oxon Hill Oxon Cove 6411 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill; 301-839-1176 Dependency Riversdale House and Riversdale Plantation 4811 Riverdale Road, Riverdale; 301-864-0420 ChurchSt. Paul Methodist 6634 St. Paul Barnabas Road, Oxon Hill; 301-567-4433 Marietta House Museum House Marietta Dale; Glenn Station Road, 5626 Bell 301-464-5291 24 NTY NTY OU NTY NTY OU C NTY C S OU ’ OU C OU C C EORGE G ENT RFORD OWARD K A www.harfordmd.com www.kentcounty.com H H ONTGOMERY www.visitmontgomery.com www.visitprincegeorges.com www.visithowardcounty.com RINCE M P 10704 Brookland Road, Glenn Dale; 301-352-5544 Patuxuent River Park, 16000 Croom Airport Road, Upper Marlboro; 301-627-6074 Dorsey Chapel Bowie State University 14000 Jericho Park Road, Bowie; 301-860-4100 Croom Airport and Slave Cabins 18524 Brooke Road, Sandy Spring; 301-384-0727 Boyds Negro Schoolhouse 19510 White Ground Road, Boyds; 301-972-0484 Sandy Spring Slave Museum & African Art Gallery James United Methodist Church Cross Street, Chestertown; 410-778-0633 Nixon’s FarmNixon’s Friendship; West 2800 Route 32 West, 410-442-2151 5434 Vantage Point Road, Columbia; Point 5434 Vantage 410-715-1921 African Art Museum of Maryland Road, Columbia; Point 5430 Vantage 410-730-7105 Howard County Center of African-American Culture Rock Run Mill/ Rock Run State Park Susquehanna Hill Road, Jarrettsville; 3318 Rocks Chrome 410-557-7994 Hosanna School Hosanna Road, Darlington Route 623, Castleton Index

On the cover, left to right: Cab Calloway (The Eubie Blake Cultural Center); Frederick Douglass (Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, courtesy of Thomas L. Saunders); Thurgood Marshall (Maryland Historical Society); USS Constellation at the Inner Harbor (BACVA); family (Veer Images)

Page 2: Mayor Martin O’Malley (Office of the Mayor); Leslie R. Doggett (BACVA) Page 3: African Venus (The Walters Art Museum) Page 4: Child at the African American Heritage Festival (Middleton Evans/BACVA) Page 5: Vendor at the African American Heritage Festival (Middleton Evans/BACVA); African American Heritage Festival (Middleton Evans/BACVA) Page 6: Downtown Baltimore (BACVA); Frederick Douglass (Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, courtesy of Thomas L. Saunders); Thurgood Marshall (Maryland Historical Society) Page 7: Demonstration at Druid Hill Park (Philip & Sons Photography) Page 8: Frederick Douglass statue (Middleton Evans/BACVA); Thurgood Marshall statue (Middleton Evans/BACVA) Page 9: Harriett Tubman (Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, courtesy of Thomas L. Saunders); Tom Miller mural (Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts) Page 10: Sharp Street Church (Middleton Evans/BACVA) Page 11: Morgan State University Marching Band (Middleton Evans/BACVA) Page 12: Choir performing at Bethel AME Church (Middleton Evans/BACVA); Billie Holiday statue on Pennsylvania Avenue (Middleton Evans/BACVA) Page 13: Representation of 19th-century African American jockey (Maryland Historical Society); historical figures at The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum (The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum); Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange (St. Francis Academy) Page 14: The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture artwork (The Campbell Group); B&O Railroad Museum (BACVA); Babe Ruth statue (Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum); musician (Middleton Evans/BACVA) Page 15: The Eubie Blake Cultural Center (Middleton Evans/BACVA); Cab Calloway (The Eubie Blake Cultural Center) Page 16: Historical figures at The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum (The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum) Page 17: The Royal Theatre (Philip & Sons Photography); USS Constellation (BACVA); Eubie Blake (The Eubie Blake Cultural Center) Page 18: Interactive tour at the Civil War Museum (Maryland Historical Society); Children boating during a Living Classrooms program (National Historic Seaport) Page 19: Children having an adventure on the water (National Historic Seaport) Page 20: Tour by Renaissance Productions (Thomas L. Saunders) jazz performers at The Eubie Blake Cultural Center (Middleton Evans/BACVA) Page 21: Baltimore Visitor Center (Middleton Evans/BACVA); Couple dining out (BACVA); Leon Day (Philip & Sons Photography) Page 22: Alex Haley’s Kunta Kinte Memorial (Maryland Office of Tourism Development) Page 23: Pennsylvania Avenue parade (Maryland Historical Society); singing group from Pennsylvania Avenue’s golden age (Maryland Historical Society) Page 25: Pennsylvania Avenue (Philip & Sons Photography)

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