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Martin O’Malley, Governor | Anthony G. Brown, Lt. Governor David W. Edgerley, Secretary | Clarence T. Bishop, Deputy Secretary DEAR FRIENDS:

In Maryland, the Old Line State, we have been blessed with a strong foundation of cultural diversity and historic traditions that have defined our shared past. The African-American community's perseverance and compelling courage has been at the heart of our story and our shared future. By fighting for the dignity of every individual and advancing the common good, our African-American community has helped build the foundation of fairness and equality we stand on today. It is our proud distinction, as a State, to be home to many of our country’s freedom fighters and legendary landmarks. There is Thomas Smallwood, who, along with the Rev. Charles Torrey,aided nearly 400 freedom seekers. In a quiet town that’s home to a standing slave cabin, you can almost hear the voice of Harriet Tubman leading enslaved people to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Right in our historic capital of Annapolis, you can rediscover the life of Benjamin Banneker — often considered the first African-American scientist — and his contribution to the design of our nation’s capital. Come to the city that bore the legends and soulful melodies of musical greats such as Billie Holiday, Eubie Blake and Cab Calloway — learn more at the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute in Baltimore. Nearby,you can look into history at the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park, which re-creates the first railway/shipway in the country owned by African Americans. A short walk away, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, the largest museum of its kind on the East Coast, showcases the moral leadership, the intellectual empowerment and the triumph of our African-American community. Frederick Douglass once reminded us that “... we are one, that our cause is one, and that we must help each other, if we would succeed.” Maryland’s rich, multicultural heritage has always been our greatest strength and our story.I hope you come to our great state and share stories of your own with your children, family and friends.

Sincerely,

Martin O'Malley Governor

Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide a1 See MAP 1 GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE in Back 4 INTRODUCTION of Guide Festivals, Dining, Reunions 6 ENJOY A THRIVING CULTURE 7 STEP BACK IN TIME 8 A PATHWAY TO FREEDOM: The Underground Railroad 9 LISTINGS BY REGION 9 Western Maryland 11 Capital Region 14 Central Maryland 23 Southern Maryland 26 Eastern Shore 30 INDEX

MARYLAND’S AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE GUIDE

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RICH IN CULTURE, STEEPED IN TRADITION, GREAT IN DIVERSITY — MARYLAND IS TRULY REFLECTIVE OF THE COLORS AND COMPLEXITIES OF THE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE CALLED IT HOME.

This guide is your introduction to the Maryland African-American experience — the endeavors, accom- plishments and sacrifices, past and present, that have shaped both a culture and a state. It’s the story of a resilient people and their deeply rooted traditions. It’s a tale of triumphs, sorrows, joys and hardships — as spoken by Frederick Douglass, preached by Mother Lange, sung by Billie Holiday, played by Eubie Blake, mapped by Benjamin Banneker, and argued by Thurgood Marshall. Collectively their words and deeds, as well as the actions of countless others, still impact all walks of life. As you travel through the Old Line State, enjoy today what generations have built.

a4 Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide FESTIVALS: Honor the past, celebrate in the present! Maryland hosts a number of ethnic events, including the Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival, an annual celebration in Annapolis featuring music, food and dance from the African Diaspora; and Baltimore’s African American Heritage Festival, a three-day mix of music, food and exhibits that draws more than 500,000 visitors. Other celebrations of black pride and heritage include Community Day and Harriet Tubman Weekend, both held in the Cambridge area, and Juneteenth events that take place throughout the state. For more information on cultural venues and events, get a free Maryland Calendar of Events by calling 1-877-333-4455, or go online at www.visitmaryland.org.

DINING: Nourished by the life-sustaining waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, Maryland is home to some of the finest seafood around. But crabs, oysters and rockfish aren’t all you’ll find at fine restaurants, cozy cafés and local diners. We invite you to sample international cuisine, as well as pit-beef sandwiches, stuffed ham, locally grown fruits and vegetables, and sumptuous desserts. Maryland also has many brew pubs and more than a dozen wineries open for tours, tastings and special events.

REUNIONS: No matter what the size of your gathering, Maryland has the right site in the perfect location. At our heart is Baltimore, which was the second-largest immigration point-of-entry to the United States. And “Charm City,” like many other towns east to west, has African American, Greek, German, Italian, Polish and other ethnic neighborhoods standing side by side. We can help with everything from hotel leads to entertain- ment and catering services, so that your next reunion is one to remember. For more information and resources on planning a reunion, contact local county tourism offices. (Go online to www.visitmaryland.org and click on “Links.”)

ENJOY A THRIVING CULTURE Some of the largest and most unique African-American cultural From top: Music blasts at the attractions in the country are found Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, colors in Maryland — beginning in our biggest dance around the Reginald F. Lewis city, Baltimore. Here, you’ll find museums, Museum of Maryland African American parks and other destinations honoring or History & Culture, and key figures greet visitors inspired by the likes of labor leader Isaac in The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum. Myers, baseball Hall-of-Famer Judy Johnson, and music legends Eubie Blake, Chick Webb and Cab Calloway. Discover the 142-acre Benjamin Banneker Check out important works by con- Historical Park and Museum in Oella, where temporary African-American artists at the exhibits recount the life and times of the Baltimore Museum of Art or the Maryland scientist, astronomer and mathematician. In Historical Society Museum, which also dis- nearby Columbia, cultural treasures are on plays rare portraits by Baltimorean Joshua display at both the Howard County Center Johnson. The National Great Blacks in Wax of African-American Culture and the African Museum promises to take visitors on a Art Museum of Maryland, which also offers unique journey through time, thanks to real- outreach tours and workshops. istic exhibits spanning ancient Egypt to the Or travel back through time via the civil rights movement. Then visit one of the African-American Heritage Society Museum city’s newest attractions, the Reginald F. in La Plata. Here, you can learn about the life Lewis Museum of Maryland African of African Americans and enslaved persons American History & Culture. Located within in Charles County over the last 350 years, walking distance of the Inner Harbor, it is the through documents, artifacts, memorabilia largest museum of its kind on the East Coast. and more. For information on cultural celebrations throughout the year, get a free Maryland Calendar of Events by calling 1-877-333-4455, or go online at www.visitmaryland.org. a6 Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide To take another journey through history, read A Pathway to Freedom: The Underground Railroad on the next page.

and freed more than 700 people. STEP BACK Throughout our capital city of Annapolis, statues and memorials honor IN TIME such celebrated African Americans as From the rugged mountains of Western Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Maryland to the deep waters of the Potomac North Pole explorer Matthew Henson, River, across the magnificent Chesapeake pioneering medical doctor Aris T. Allen, and Bay to the most charming Eastern Shore Roots author Alex Haley. Near the Haley towns, you can uncover compelling stories statue, beautifully situated on the Historic of the people and places that helped shape City Dock, is a tribute to one of the writer’s life for African Americans. ancestors, Kunta Kinte, who is believed to Begin at an unassuming farmhouse near have arrived here aboard a slave ship. The the Antietam National Battlefield, where Annapolis area is also home to historic abolitionist John Brown prepared for his ill- schoolhouses you can visit, as well as a fated pre-Civil War raid of Harpers Ferry. Or house museum and cultural center with ties move nearer to Washington, D.C., where to the family of statesman and orator many sites in Maryland’s Capital Region, Frederick Douglass, who was born on the including reconstructed slave quarters at an Eastern Shore of Maryland. archaeological park in Mitchellville, remain as testaments to the early sacrifices of African Americans. From top: History is here to be discovered on land Venture into Baltimore and you’ll find and water at sites like the Banneker-Douglass museums, historic churches, a maritime Museum, the USS Constellation and park that pays homage to union leader the Maryland State House Isaac Myers, and other important (location of the Thurgood destinations. Docked at the city’s Marshall Memorial). world-famous Inner Harbor is the 152-year-old USS Constellation, which once intercepted three slave ships COURTESY OF DORCHESTER COUNTY TOURISM OF DORCHESTER COUNTY COURTESY

A PATHWAY TO Harriett Tubman is the FREEDOM: THE subject of special tours and markers in Cambridge, UNDERGROUND while the Hampton National RAILROAD Historic Site (top right) features a Georgian mansion, slave quarters and a family cemetery. Because of its location just below the Mason-Dixon Line, Maryland occupied a pivotal place in a secret network of trails and sanctuaries known as the Underground not only dedicated to Tubman, but also Railroad. This was the last “station” that fellow conductor Samuel Green and others separated North from South — and free- who joined the fight for freedom. dom from bondage — for countless slaves West of the Chesapeake Bay, beyond secreted across back roads and waterways. sites like the Baltimore Civil War Museum Harriet Tubman completed the daring and historic Hampton mansion (once the journey repeatedly during the 1800s, having largest house in the country, where more escaped from a plantation in Dorchester than 340 slaves labored), the Sandy Spring County to become the railroad’s most Slave Museum features a slavery-era log famous “conductor.” Today, Maryland’s cabin. Other points of interest include prop- Eastern Shore keeps her legacy alive with erty once owned by anti-slavery proponents sites and attractions like the Harriet in Bethesda, Rockville and Frederick. Tubman Museum and Educational Center. Farther south, the Hollywood-based In and around Cambridge, visitors can see Sotterley Plantation has a rare slave cabin the small church where Tubman worshipped, and outbuildings beside the Patuxent River. as well as a humble marker noting her To the north in Thurmont’s Cunningham approximate birthplace. Falls State Park, free and enslaved West An officially designated Maryland Africans labored at the Catoctin Furnace to Byway* called “Harriet Tubman’s Under- produce iron for Revolutionary and Civil ground Railroad” spans 64 miles, with stops War arms.

*For a free Maryland Byways map, call 1-877-MD-BYWAY (1-877-632-9929) or visit the State Highway Administration Web site, www.sha.state.md.us (click “Explore Maryland”). a8 Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide ALLEGANY COUNTY • GARRETT COUNTY • WASHINGTON COUNTY The letter-number code listed beside each destination refers to the fold-out map inside the back cover.

ALLEGANY COUNTY 301-791-0498 Site of the bloodiest one-day Founded in 1818 as the congre- battle in American history. Ebenezer Baptist Church gation for the African-American Many view this battle as the [A-6] community in Hagerstown. turning point needed for 211 Cumberland St. Abraham Lincoln to announce Cumberland 21502-2005 Antietam Furnace [C-11] his Emancipation Proclamation. 301-759-2824 Harpers Ferry Rd. Offers interpretive programs, Though the current church has Sharpsburg 21782 tours and audio-visual programs. moved to 861 Columbia Ave., The furnace was built in 1768 www.nps.gov/anti this former address was the site and produced goods for the $ of one of the first African- Revolutionary War. The furnace American congregations in the relied on the labor of both slaves Doleman Black History country. and free blacks. Museum [A-11] 540 N. Locust St. GARRETT COUNTY Antietam National Hagerstown 21740 Negro Mountain [A-3] Battlefield [C-11] 301-739-8185 Grantsville 21536 Rt. 65, Sharpsburg Pk. Call for appt. 301-895-5759 5831 Dunker Church Rd. Collection of black history Believed to have been named Sharpsburg 21782 artifacts and books; complete after a slave named Nemesis, 301-432-5124 history of blacks in Washington who was killed fighting in a battle 8:30am-6pm summer; 8:30am- County; dolls, souvenir buttons, alongside his master. Only acces- 5pm winter. Closed major holidays. WWII memorabilia. sible by backcountry hiking.

WASHINGTON COUNTY From left: Thought-provoking destinations include Antietam National Asbury United Methodist Battlefield, Asbury United Methodist Church and the Kennedy Church [A-11] Farmhouse (John Brown HQ). Look also for history about Hagerstown 155 N. Jonathan St. resident William O. Wilson, Medal of Honor recipient from the Battle of Hagerstown 21740 Wounded Knee (1890). PHOTOGRAPHY: (LEFT) TIM TADDER ©2001, (CENTERTADDER TIM (LEFT) &PHOTOGRAPHY: TOP COUNTY CVB, OF HAGERSTOWN-WASHINGTON RIGHT) COURTESY (BOTTOM COUNTY FREE LIBRARY WASHINGTON OF RIGHT) COURTESY

Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide a9 Did Rose Hill Cemetery [A-11] You 600 S. Potomac St. AWARD-WINNING R&B SINGER TONI BRAXTON, Hagerstown 21740 Know A SEVERN NATIVE, WAS PROHIBITED BY HER 301-739-3630 ? Mon.-Fri. 8am-4pm. PARENTS FROM SINGING SECULAR MUSIC BECAUSE Burial site of Hagerstown OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. IT WASN’T UNTIL A SONGWRITER resident William O. Wilson, who OVERHEARD HER SINGING TO HERSELF WHILE SHE WAS AT served in the U.S. Army 9th A GAS STATION THAT HER MUSIC CAREER TOOK OFF. Cavalry and received the Medal of Honor for his service at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee. Also, a “Statue of Hope” marks the burial place of more than 2,000 Confederate soldiers who Ferry Hill Place [C-11] Miller House [A-11] died in the Civil War. South of town 135 W. Washington St. Sharpsburg 21782 Hagerstown 21740 Tolson’s Chapel [C-11] Served as an Underground 301-797-8782 111 E. High St. Railroad stop, built in 1812 by Museum: April-Dec. Wed.-Sat. Sharpsburg 21782 John Blackford. The property 1-4pm. Group tours by appt. Founded in 1866, Tolson's Chapel included a ferry operated by Features a Civil War room, C&O was a Methodist Church built on two enslaved men, Jupe and Canal room and an extensive land donated by the Craig fami- Ned. local research library devoted ly. John Tolson was the church's www.nps.gov/choh/History/ to African-American experiences. first minister. A Freedman's TowpathTowns/FerryHill.html www.mdwchs.com Bureau school operated in the church from 1868 to 1870. The Fort Frederick State Park cemetery has burials dating back [A-10] to the 19th century. 11000 Fort Frederick Rd. Big Pool 21711 1-888-432-CAMP (2267) for reservations, 301-842-2155 A free and very wealthy African American named Nathan Williams once owned the land that now houses this park. Witness military re-enactments and daily living history Frederick Douglass programming. (1818-1895), abolitionist, www.dnr.state.md.us/public lands/western/fortfrederick. author and orator,was html born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey in Kennedy Farmhouse OF CONGRESS THE LIBRARY OF COURTESY Tuckahoe (on the (John Brown HQ) [C-11] Eastern Shore). The son of a slave mother and white 2406 Chestnut Grove Rd. Sharpsburg 21782 father whom he never knew,Douglass changed his 202-537-8900 name after escaping from slavery.He went on to become May-Oct: interior tours by appt. a respected leader of the abolitionist movement, a trusted Old farmhouse served as advisor to Abraham Lincoln and the first African- staging area for John Brown’s American citizen to hold high rank (as U.S. minister pre-Civil War raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry. and consul general to Haiti) in the U.S. government. www.johnbrown.org a10 Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide FREDERICK COUNTY • MONTGOMERY COUNTY • PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY The letter-number code listed beside each destination refers to the fold-out map inside the back cover.

FREDERICK COUNTY Free and enslaved blacks toiled Immersion exhibits illustrate here to produce iron for the the story of the patients, care- Brunswick Railroad Revolutionary and Civil wars. givers and medical innovations Museum [D-12] Includes a furnace stack, the of the Civil War; includes a 40 W. Potomac St. iron master's manor house rare collection of Civil War Brunswick 21716 ruins and self-guided trails. medical artifacts. Guided tours, 301-834-7100 Recently designated as an educational programs. Thurs.-Fri. 10am-2pm; official site on the National www.CivilWarMed.org Sat.-Sun. 10am-5pm. Features an exhibit on the con- Underground Railroad Network $ tributions of African Americans to Freedom. to the development of the B&O www.dnr.state.md.us/public Roger Brooke Taney House Railroad in Brunswick. lands/western/cunningham [C-13] www.brrm.net falls.html 121 S. Bentz St. $ Frederick 21701 National Museum of Civil 301-663-1188 Catoctin Furnace [A-13] War Medicine [C-13] By appt. only. Cunningham Falls State Park 48 E. Patrick St. Built in 1799 and contains Catoctin Furnace Rd., Rt. 806 Frederick 21701 personal items of Supreme Thurmont 21788 1-800-564-1864, 301-695-1864 Court Chief Justice Taney’s 301-271-7574 Mon.-Sat.10am-5pm; Sun. family. Rare outbuildings, slave Dawn-dusk. 11am-5pm. Closed major quarters and original wine cellar. In operation from 1776 to 1905. holidays. $

Above: Delve into history at the Riversdale House Museum, left, and the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, right. Then, while you’re in the area, take a “hare”-raising detour to the Six Flags America theme park in Largo. For additional information about Six Flags America and other area attractions, order your free Destination Maryland travel guide at www.visitmaryland.org or call 1-877-333-4455.

Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide a11 capital MONTGOMERY COUNTY Features a Clipper ship cross- cabin belonged to a former section, slavery-era log cabin, slave and Civil War soldier. Beall-Dawson House [E-15] arts pavilion and great hall. Darnall’s Chance House 103 W. Montgomery Ave. www.sandyspringslave Museum [G-17] region Rockville 20850 museum.org 14800 Gov. Oden Bowie Dr. 301-762-1492 Upper Marlboro 20772 Tues.-Sun. 12N-4pm. 301-952-8010 Explores life of the upper-class Uncle Tom’s Cabin Sun. 12N-4pm; Fri. 10am-4pm. Beall family and slaves. Historic Site [F-15] By appt. Tues.-Thurs.10am-4pm. www.montgomeryhistory.org 11420 Old Georgetown Rd. Highlights African-American $ Bethesda 20852 community and mid-18th- 301-563-3400 century town life. Boyds Negro School House Former home of Josiah Henson, www.pgparks.com/places/ [E-14] the slave who inspired the novel historicsites.html 19510 White Ground Rd. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” One-acre $ Boyds 20841 property includes 18th-century 301-972-0484, 301-972-0578 main house with log kitchen Dorsey Chapel [F-16] By appt. only. wing. Call for hours and cost. 10704 Brookland Rd. One-room school (1896-1936). Glenn Dale 20769 Woodlawn Cultural 301-352-5544 Oakley Log Cabin [E-15] Park [E-15] Fri. 11am-3pm. 3610 Brookville Rd. 16501 Norwood Rd. Small, frame meeting-house- Brookeville 20833 Sandy Spring 20860 style church built in 1900. 301-258-4044 301-299-5026 www.pgparks.com/places/ May-Oct. Sat. 12N-4pm. Underground Railroad trail. eleganthistoric/dorsey_intro.html Built in 1820s. Served as home to slaves, free blacks and tenant PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY Marietta House Museum farmers. Now a museum. [F-16] Croom Airport [G-17] www.montgomeryparksfnd. 5626 Bell Station Rd. Patuxuent River Park org/fg-oakcab.htm Glenn Dale 20769 16000 Croom Airport Rd. 301-464-5291 Upper Marlboro 20772-8395 Sandy Spring Slave Museum Fri. 11am-3pm; 301-627-6074 & African Art Gallery [E-15] Sat.-Sun. 12N-4pm. Sun. 10am-3pm. 18524 Brooke Rd. Federal home of Supreme Court Sandy Spring 20860 The first African-American Justice Gabriel Duvall. Furnished 301-774-4066 owned and operated airport on to interpret 19th-century living. By appt. only. the eastern seaboard. Relocated www.pgparks.com/places/ historicsites.html $

Northampton Historical & Archeological Park [G-17] Lake Overlook Dr. at Water Port Ct. and Lake Overlook Pl. Lake Arbor 20721 301-627-1286 Ray Charles “Sugar Ray” Leonard 6am-dark. (1956-), who spent his childhood in Plantation with rebuilt founda- tions of former slave quarters. Palmer Park (Prince George’s www.pgparks.com/places/ County), was the first boxer ever to eleganthistoric/northampton_ win titles in five different weight classes. intro.html a12 Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide Did capital You

Know region ? IN 1990, PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH OFFICIALLY DECLARED MARCH 10 “HARRIET TUBMAN DAY,” RECOGNIZING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD CONDUCTOR’S DEATH.

Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm [G-15] 6411 Oxon Hill Rd. Oxon Hill 20745 301-839-1176 Daily 8am-4:30pm. Site once consisted of cash-crop plantations on which slaves provided most of the labor. Visitors can enjoy an old-fashioned farm with animals, a hay barn and daily chore demonstrations. www.nps.gov/oxhi OF CONGRESS THE LIBRARY OF COURTESY

Riversdale House Museum [F-16] Frances E. W. Harper (1825-1911), 4811 Riverdale Rd. a poet, writer and lecturer from Baltimore, inter- Riverdale Park 20737 twined her political activism with her literary work. 301-864-0420 Fri. and Sun. 12N-3:30pm. She covered nearly every important social and Group tours by appt. political topic of the 19th century,from anti- Federal-period plantation home slavery and anti-lynching campaigns to women’s offering tours, programs and rights, community issues and racism. Her 1859 special events. book, The Two Others, is considered the first short www.pgparks.com/places/ eleganthistoric/riversdale_ story published by an African American in the events.html country,but her 1892 novel Iola Leroy, with a black $ female protagonist, remains her most famous work.

St. Paul Methodist Church [G-15] 6634 St. Barnabas Rd. I ask no monument, proud and high Oxon Hill 20745 To arrest the gaze of passers by; 301-567-4433 All that my yearning spirit craves, Believed to have been home to one of the first African- Is bury me not in a land of slaves. American congregations in “ ~Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Prince George’s County.

Maryland’s African-American” Heritage Guide a13 ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY • BALTIMORE CITY • BALTIMORE COUNTY CARROLL COUNTY • HARFORD COUNTY • HOWARD COUNTY The letter-number code listed beside each destination refers to the fold-out map inside the back cover.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Aris T. Allen Statue [F-19] covering African-American art, Rt. 655E history and life in Maryland. Alex Haley Memorial/ Annapolis 21401 Multimillion- dollar expansion Kunta Kinte Plaque [F-19] Statue depicts the first African- just completed. Sidewalk at head of City Dock American doctor allowed to www.marylandhistorical Annapolis 21401 admit patients at Anne Arundel trust.net/bdm.html The life-size bronze statue Medical Center. of Alex Haley, author of the epic Roots, is situated next to a Banneker-Douglass City Dock [F-19] plaque honoring his ancestor Museum [F-19] 1 Dock St. Kunta Kinte. Designed by 84 Franklin St. Annapolis 21401 nationally acclaimed African- Annapolis 21401-2738 410-263-7973 American sculptor Ed Dwight. 410-216-6180 This Colonial port is believed www.visitannapolis.org Tues.-Fri.10am-3pm; to be the site where Kunta Sat. 12N-4pm. Kinte, made famous by Alex Annapolis Tours & Official repository of African- Haley’s Roots, entered the Watermark Cruises [F-19] American history and culture country on the slave ship Lord P.O. Box 3350 for Maryland. Housed within Ligonier. It is now the site of a Annapolis 21403 the former Mt. Moriah African waterfront park, Harbormaster’s 410-268-7601 Methodist Episcopal Church, office, visitor information booth Offers various themed-tours, built in 1874. Includes artifacts and harbor cruise docks. including the African-American History Tour that highlights the Thurgood Marshall Memorial, Clockwise from top right: Hands-on experiences are available at the annual Matthew Henson Plaque and Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival and Baltimore Museum of Industry. You can other sites. also immerse yourself in history at the Banneker-Douglass Museum and www.annapolis-tours.com then visit the Alex Haley Memorial at the Historic Annapolis City Dock. a14 Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide Discover Annapolis Tours central [F-19] 31 Decatur Ave. Annapolis 21403 None of us got where we are solely by pulling

410-626-6000 ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here maryland One-hour minibus tour reveals because somebody — a parent, a teacher,an Ivy African-American sites, League crony or a few nuns — bent down and sculptures, museums and helped us pick up our boots. historic homes in Annapolis. “ www.discover-annapolis.com ~Thurgood Marshall

Frederick Douglass Museum & Cultural Center “Twin Oaks” [F-18] 3200 Wayman Ave. ” Highland Beach 21403 410-267-6960 By appt. This summer cottage built for Frederick Douglass in 1895 serves as a memorial dedicated to preserving and displaying exhibitions related to his family and the history of the Highland and Venice beach communities.

Highland Beach Community [F-19] OF CONGRESS THE LIBRARY OF COURTESY 3200 Wayman Ave. Highland Beach 21403 Thurgood Marshall 410-267-6960 (1908-1993), Supreme Originally planned as an Court justice, was exclusive vacation destination denied entry to the for African-American families, University of Maryland’s law school because of his and developed into the first race. But he went on to become the lead NAACP incorporated African-American township in Maryland. attorney in the landmark 1954 Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka,Kansas, case that overturned Historic Annapolis the “separate but equal” doctrine in public school Foundation [F-19] segregation. In 1967,the Baltimore native became 18 Pinkney St. the first African American named to the U.S. Annapolis 21401 Supreme Court. 1-800-603-4020, 410-267-7619 Maintains several historic properties, including the Maynard-Burgess House, which Thurgood depicts 19th-century life for two African-American families in Annapolis. Marshall www.annapolis.org

Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide a15 month , [F-19] [F-19] Built in 1898 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it served as the first school in African-American Annapolis. www.annapolis.gov Wed.-Fri. 8am-4:30pm; Sat., Wed.-Fri. 8:30am-12N and 1-4:30pm. Closed first Sat. of every Maryland's permanent records room search Public depository. church history, for family maps, newspapers, records, and more. photographs www.mdsa.net Henson Matthew Memorial The Rotunda Maryland House State Annapolis 21401 410-260-6400 to MatthewDedicated Henson, explorer an African-American who, Admiral accompanying first the was Robert Peary, E. the Northman to reach Pole. Community Stanton The Center Washington St. 92 W. Annapolis 21401 410-295-5519 Office: 8:30am- Mon.-Fri. 4:30pm. Visitors: Mon.-Fri. 8:30am-9pm. and Sat. holiday weekends. and Sat. holiday [F-19] [F-19] THE CAMDEN STATION, WHICH SITS NEAR THE ENTRANCE THE NEAR WHICH SITS THE CAMDEN STATION, TO ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS, IS BELIEVED TO HAVE TO IS BELIEVED YARDS, CAMDEN AT ORIOLE PARK TO BEEN A STOP ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. THE UNDERGROUND ON BEEN A STOP IN 1641, MARYLAND SETTLER MATHIAS DE SOUSA WAS ELECTED WAS DE SOUSA SETTLERIN 1641, MARYLAND MATHIAS BECOMING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO AS A REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE. HOLD PUBLIC TO MARYLANDER THE FIRST BLACK

Hall of Records Blvd. 350 Rowe Annapolis 21401-1686 1-800-235-4045, 410-260-6400 Supports development Haley for the Alex initiatives Memorial/Kunta Kinte Plaque at the City Dock in Annapolis; study and greater encourages of African-American awareness history and genealogy;culture, and supports of the research heritage. family www.kintehaley.org Maryland Archives State [F-19] Serves as the starting point for self-guidedan Acoustiguide tour of prominent walking Annapolis' landmarks from history. Colonial www.hafmuseumstore.com, www.annapolis.org Haley Kinte-Alex Kunta Foundation Island Rd., 31 Old Solomon’s 102 Ste. Annapolis 21401 410-841-6920 Historic Annapolis Tours Walking Foundation & Museum Store 77 Main St. Annapolis 21401 410-268-5576 Fri.-Sat. 10am-6pm; Mon.-Thurs. 10am-9pm; Sun. 10am-6pm.

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Matthew Henson Matthew (1866-1955), North Pole explorer,grew up in Charles County. age 13,Orphaned at he cabin boy as a worked and learned to read while sailing and write the Straits of Magellan, the Pacific Ocean, and the China and Baltic seas. In April 1906, he Peary, joined Robert with whom he had on previous teamed Arctic expeditions, and man became the first to reach the North Peary — beating Pole 45 minutes. by Henson Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide African-American Maryland’s

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central maryland 16 a Thurgood Marshall Apr.-Oct. 10am-6pm daily. Baltimore Civil War central Memorial [F-19] Orioles home games 10am- Museum-President Street Lawyers’ Mall 7:30pm. Closed major holidays. Station [C-18] Maryland State House Photos, film and highlights on 601 President St.

Annapolis 21401 ”The Babe," the Orioles, the Baltimore 21202 maryland 410-974-3400 Baltimore Colts, the Negro 410-385-5188 This memorial honors the first Leagues and Maryland baseball. 10am-5pm. African-American Supreme Court www.baberuthmuseum.com Located in the historic President Justice, who served for 24 years. $ Street Station (c. 1849), the His most famous case, Brown v. museum tells stories of Baltimore's Board of Education of Topeka, Baltimore African- Kansas, in 1954, ended racial role in the Underground American Tourism segregation in public schools. Railroad, the Civil War and Council, Inc. [C-18] www.mdarchives.state.md.us Maryland's P.O. Box 3014 railroad history. Baltimore 21229-0014 www.mdhs.org BALTIMORE CITY 410-783-5469 $ African-American Offers African-American themed tours. Cultural Tours, LLC [C-18] Baltimore Museum of Art www.bbhtours.com 10 E. Lee St., Ste. 207 [C-18] Baltimore 21202-6004 10 Art Museum Dr. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 410-727-0755 Baltimore 21218 Receptive operator specializing Museum [C-18] 410-396-7100 in customized local, national 901 W. Pratt St. Wed.-Fri.11am-5pm; Sat.-Sun. and international African- Baltimore 21223 11am-6pm. Free first Thurs. of American history tours. 410-752-2490 Mon.-Fri. 10am-4pm; Sat. each month, 11am-8pm. Arbutus Memorial Park 10am-5pm; Sun. 11am-5pm. Collection includes African art [C-18] Oral history exhibit features and contemporary works by 1101 Sulphur Spring Rd. recorded stories of African- African Americans. Baltimore 21227 American porters recalling work www.artbma.org 410-242-2700 and life on the B&O Railroad. $ Historical burial ground for www.borail.org African Americans such as $ National Baseball Hall of Famer Leon Day and jazz musician Chick Webb.

Arena Players [C-18] 801 McCulloh St. Baltimore 21201-2198 Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984), dubbed the “101st 410-728-6500, 443-271-2018 Senator” because of his relentless efforts to get Sept.-June. Call for schedule. The oldest, continually Congress to recognize the constitutional rights of performing, historically black African Americans, was one of the most influential community theater. activists of the Civil Rights era. In 1980, he received the www.arenaplayersinc.org Presidential Medal of Freedom. Baltimore honored its $ native son in 1985 by rededicating the courthouse on Babe Ruth Birthplace N. Calvert Street in his name. & Museum [C-18] 216 Emory St. Baltimore 21230-2203 410-727-1539, 1-888-438-6909 Clarence Mitchell Nov.-March 10am-5pm daily.

Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide a17 central Top-quality dramas, musicals Reginald F. Lewis (1942-1993), Lewis Reginald F. and comedies are featured at this African-American whose company became the largest community theater. black-owned and managed business maryland in the United States, was a Harvard Enoch Pratt Free Library Law School graduate who, in 1987, [C-18] bought Beatrice International Foods Central Library, 400 Cathedral St. and created TLC Beatrice, a snack Baltimore 21204 410-396-5430 food, beverage, and grocery store Mon.-Wed. 11am-7pm; Thurs. conglomerate. The Baltimore native 10am-5:30pm; Fri.-Sat. 10am- and philanthropist became the first 5pm. Oct.-May Sun. 1-5pm. African American to create a One of the largest and finest $1 billion empire. libraries in the country, with an African-American department

COURTESY OF THE REGINALD F. LEWIS MUSEUM THE REGINALD F. OF COURTESY featuring a comprehensive collection of historical and Baltimore Museum of Baltimore’s oldest, independent contemporary materials related Industry [C-18] black institution, dating from to African Americans. 1415 Key Hwy. the late 18th century. Founded www.epfl.net Baltimore 21230-5100 by Daniel Payne Coker after he 410-727-4808 left the Methodist church Tues.-Sat. 10am-4pm; Sun. 11am- because of segregated seating. The Eubie Blake National 4pm. Closed major holidays. Jazz Institute & Culture Hands-on museum with Black Soldier Statue [C-18] Center [C-18] exhibits on Port of Baltimore, Baltimore Monument Plaza 847 N. Howard St. garment industry, printing, and Baltimore and Calvert sts. Baltimore 21201 oyster canning. Children’s inter- Baltimore 21203 410-225-3130 active programs. Houses Erected in 1972, this 9-foot Tues.-Fri. 11am-4pm; Maryland Gallery and National bronze statue is dedicated to Sat. 11am-5pm. Historic Landmark tugboat. the memory of the African- Dedicated to the life and music www.thebmi.org American soldiers who served in of Baltimore-born composer $ every American conflict. and pianist Eubie Blake. Other Baltimore jazz greats highlighted Baltimore Rent-A-Tour Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. include Billie Holiday, Cab [C-18] Courthouse [C-18] Calloway and Chick Webb. The 4401 E. Fairmount Ave. 100 N. Calvert St. center also showcases the Baltimore 21224 Baltimore 21202 talents of community artists and 1-888-842-6323, 410-464-7994 410-333-3800 offers performing arts classes. Local and regional tours, with Courthouse dedicated in honor www.eubieblake.org African-American Heritage Tour of a native son who became a $ focusing on contributions of nationally respected civil rights African-American Marylanders. leader. First Baptist Church (1836) www.baltimorerent-a-tour.com www.mdarchives.state.md.us/ [C-18] msa/mdmanual/36loc/bcity/ 525 N. Caroline St. Bethel AME Church (1785) html/bcityj.html Baltimore 21205 [C-18] 410-675-2333 1300 Druid Hill Ave. Community Arts Project & Organized in 1836 by Moses Baltimore 21217 Encore Theater [C-18] Clayton, a former slave and lay 410-523-4273 4801 Liberty Heights Ave. minister, it was Maryland’s first Business hours Mon.-Fri. Baltimore 21207-7157 African-American Baptist 8am-9pm; Sat. 9am-3pm. 410-466-2433 church. a18 Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide central maryland 19 a [C-18] 410-685-3750 10am-5pm. Wed.-Sun. Among the society’s many Among the society’s is the exhibits and resources “definitive” Blake Eubie collection. www.mdhs.org $ United Metropolitan (Lafayette Methodist Church Church) Square St. Lanvale W. 1121 21217 Baltimore 410-523-1366 with origins Gothic church Large to been traced that have founder, Church Street Orchard Pratt. Truman Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide African-American Maryland’s MOTHER ELIZABETH CLOVIS LANGE ELIZABETH CLOVIS MOTHER FOUNDED THE NATION’S FIRST AFRICAN- FIRST THE NATION’S FOUNDED AMERICAN ROMAN CATHOLIC ORDER — THE ORDER — AMERICAN ROMAN CATHOLIC CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES. CHILDREN IN

ou THE OLDEST FRANCES ACADEMY, ST. BEGINNING [C-18] Y Did OBLATE SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE — IN BALTIMORE. OF PROVIDENCE SISTERS OBLATE GIRLS, SCHOOL FOR OPENED A CATHOLIC THE ORDER THUS SCHOOL FOR BLACK OPERATING CONTINUOUSLY CATHOLIC BORN ELEANORA FAGAN JAZZ BILLIE HOLIDAY, SINGER AND CLEANING FLOORS YOUTH IN 1915, SPENT HER BORDELLO. A BALTIMORE RUNNING ERRANDS AT ? 201 W. Monument 201 W. St. 21201-4674 Baltimore Know 10am-4pm; Tues.-Fri. Sat. 11am-4pm; Sun. 12N-4pm. Named after former director and university professor, museum includes permanent pieces. of African collections www.murphyfineartscenter. org/jelma.htm Baptist Church Leadenhall [C-18] St. 1021 Leadenhall 21230 Baltimore 410-539-9334 Second African-American oldest in Baltimore. structure church Maryland Historical Society [C-18] (1933-2001), known as the “Mother Teresa of Baltimore,” took $290 in of Baltimore,” (1933-2001), as the “Mother Teresa known [C-18] [C-18] Bond St. Wharf Bond St. [C-18] ,

Beatrice Gaddy and fed some neighbors for Thanksgiving, winnings in 1981 lottery beginning a 20- thereby a food coordinated people annually.She more than 20,000 grew to include that tradition year furniture bank,pantry,a clothing drives, shelter, and children’s women a houses. row refurbished abandoned that and a program The anniversary of her death, October 3, in Baltimore. Day as Bea Gaddy is known

Morgan State U., 2100 Argonne Dr., 2100 Argonne U., State Morgan Arts Bldg. Fine Murphy Carl J. 21251 Baltimore 443-885-3030 Nonprofit institution preservingNonprofit historyand presenting and ethnic groups. of various culture Lewis James E. Museum of Art Hamlet Ct., 4509 Prospect Cir. Hamlet Ct., 4509 Prospect 21216 Baltimore 410-664-6711 exhibits. on traveling info. Call for www.douglassmyers.org Heritage Museum Experience Frederick Douglass’ Frederick Experience and caulker life as a Baltimore witness re-creation nation’s of shipyard. first African-American 1417 Thames St. www.flaghouse.org $ Douglass-Isaac Frederick Maritime Park Myers Explores role of African Americans of African role Explores in early-19th-century Baltimore 1812. of and War 844 E. Pratt St. Pratt 844 E. 21202 Baltimore 410-837-1793 10am-4pm. Tues.-Sat. Flag House & Star Spangled & Star House Flag Museum Banner

Fells Point 21231 Point Fells 410-685-0295 ext 252 10am-5pm. Closed Wed.-Sun. during summer. Tues. Beatrice Gaddy [C-18] [C-18] www.sharpstreet.org Sports Camden at Legends Yards Camden 301 W. St. 21201 Baltimore 410-727-1539 10am-5pm. Tues.-Sun. Nov.-March daily 10am-6pm; Orioles Apr.-Oct. home games 10am-7:30pm. Closed major holidays. museum featuring Interactive 830 E. Pratt St. 830 E. Pratt 21202 Baltimore 443-263-1800 10am-5pm. Tues.-Sun. facility that celebrates Premier of years than 350 more his- Maryland African-American tory and culture, and the largest museum of its kind on the East Coast. museum shop, Features and 200-seat theater. café www.AfricanAmerican Culture.org $ Memorial Sharp Street United Methodist Church [C-18] Dolphin and Etting sts. 21217 Baltimore 410-523-7200 serviceSunday 11am. Established in 1787, the it was first African-American in the Methodist church state. Orchard Street Orchard Urban Church/Baltimore League St. 512 Orchard 21201-1947 Baltimore 410-523-8150 Served on the as a safe house the now Railroad; Underground Baltimore home of the Greater Urban League. www.bul.org Museum Lewis Reginald F. of Maryland African HistoryAmerican Culture & [C-18] [C-18] (1731-1806), free- a www.ngbiwm.com $ www.nannjack.com Blacks Great National The Museum in Wax 1601-03 E. North Ave. 21213 Baltimore 410-563-3404 9am- Tues.-Sat. 14 Oct. 15-Jan. 5pm; Sun. 12N-5pm. Jan. 15- 9am-6pm; Tues.-Sat. Oct. 14 Sun. 12N-6pm. first black-history The nation's museum,wax featuring more figures than 100 life-size wax historical in dramatic scenes. www.mountclare.org Jack & Company Nanny [C-18] Unity Center Cultural 5100 Edmondson Ave. 21229 Baltimore 410-945-8586 firm that offers a Consulting services of variety to related history, and black memorabilia including African-American heritage tours of the Baltimore area. of Charles Carroll, Barrister. Carroll, of Charles This Historic Landmark National family original contains furnishings. eclipses, himself. which he calculated filled with information on tides and filled with information also published six Farmer’s Almanacs, also published six Farmer’s would become Washington,D.C.would He Benjamin Banneker Benjamin Banneker born scientist and mathematician who and mathematician born scientist conduct a 1791 survey of the land that survey conduct a 1791 grew up on a farm near Ellicott City,helped [C-18] [C-18]

Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide African-American Maryland’s Maryland's of a finest example estate and Baltimore's Georgian oldest house. 1760 Home The Mount Clare Museum Clare Mount House 1500 Washington Blvd. 21230 Baltimore 410-837-3262 Mon. by Tues.-Sat.10am-4pm. appt. Closed major holidays. www.sharpstreet.org/ mtauburn.html Founded in 1868,Founded it is the oldest and owned African-American cemetery in Maryland. operated is Among those buried here John Henry Murphy, the founder of the Afro-American Newspaper. Mother MaryMother Lange Monument [C-18] 2614 Annapolis Rd. 21230 Baltimore 410-547-0337 8am- 8am-3pm; Sat. Mon.-Fri. 12N. May 1-Oct. 1: Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm; Sat. 8am-12N. Mount Auburn Cemetery Auburn Mount George St. (off Pennsylvania Ave.) Pennsylvania St. (off George 21227 Baltimore monument honors Four-foot “Mother Mary” Elizabeth Lange, of first order founder of the nuns. African-American

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St. Frances Academy [C-18] 501 E. Chase St. Baltimore 21202 & 410-539-5794 Established in 1828, the “Eubie”Blake academy is the oldest school in Cabell (Cab) Calloway, III (1907-1994), jazz singer and the nation with African- scat legend, grew up in Baltimore and briefly attended American roots. law school before achieving national fame. His band www.sfacademy.org performed regularly at the Cotton Club, and in 1931 he recorded the hit, “Minnie the Moocher.” Calloway’s St. Francis Xavier Church band became one of the top grossing acts in jazz, and (1864) [C-18] served as a proving ground for upcoming talents such 1501 E. Oliver St. (RIGHT) OF CONGRESS, THE LIBRARY OF (LEFT) COURTESY SOCIETY HISTORICAL PHOTOS: THE MARYLAND OF COURTESY as Dizzy Gillespie and Doc Cheatham. Baltimore 21213 410-727-3103 James Hubert “Eubie” Blake (1883-1983), a legendary Mass: Sat. 5pm, Sun. 8am & ragtime composer and performer,started playing the 11am., Mon.-Tues., Thurs.-Fri. organ at age five; by age 15, he was dazzling audiences 8am, Wed. 10am. at brothels, clubs and saloons in his Baltimore home- The first African-American town. In 1915, he teamed up with vocalist Noble Sissle Catholic Community in the on the 1921 opus “Shuffle Along” — one of the first country. Founded in 1793. musicals to be written, produced and directed by www.Josephite.com/parish/ African Americans. Blake composed hits such as “I’m md/sfx Just Wild About Harry” and “Memories of You,” and in 1981 received the Medal of Freedom. Thurgood Marshall Statue [C-18] Pratt St. at Hopkins Pl., corner of Pratt and Sharp sts. USS Constellation Museum The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 21201 [C-18] [C-18] Statue honors the Baltimore Pier 1, 301 E. Pratt St. 600 N. Charles St. native and first African- Baltimore 21202 Baltimore 21201 American Supreme Court justice, 410-539-1797 410-547-9000 Thurgood Marshall. April-Oct. 10am-5:30pm; Nov.- Wed.-Thur., Sat. 11am-5pm; March 10am-4:30pm. Closed 11am-8pm. Union Baptist Church [C-18] major holidays. Closed Independence Day, 1219 Druid Hill Ave. Launched in 1854, it is the last Thanksgiving and Christmas. Baltimore 21217 all-sail ship built by the U.S. Navy. Home to Charles Henri-Joseph 410-523-6880 Served on anti-slavery patrol, Cordier’s bronze and gold Became the central point in the helping to save hundreds of sculpture of an African woman struggle for civil rights, thanks Africans from bondage. Demon- visiting Paris in 1851 (African to the championing of its strations and activities. Comp- Venus), probably one of the leader, the Rev. Dr. Harvey limentary audio tours daily. museum’s best-known items. Johnson. www.constellation.org www.thewalters.org www.unionbaptistbalt.org $ $

Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide a21 Rt. 32W , [D-17] [D-16] [D-16] HOWARD COUNTYHOWARD $ Farm Nixon’s Ln. 2800 Nixon's Farm A 162-acre that is working farm the only African-American facility of and operated owned its kind Maryland. in www.nixonsfarm.com www.africanartmuseum.org $ City Colored Ellicott SchoolRestored 8683 Main St. Ellicott City 21043 410-313-1413 By appt. one-room wooden, Restored, schoolhouse serves as living- history museum and African- resource genealogical American center. the first pub- It became licly funded school in Howard County for African-American in 1880. children www.ellicottcitycoloredschool.net of Center County Howard Culture African-American [D-16] Rd. Point Vantage 5434 21044 Columbia 410-715-1921 tours Group schedule. Call for by appt. the historyPreserving of in culture African-American County,Howard the center than 4,000 books. includes more African ArtAfrican Museum of Maryland Rd. Point Vantage 5430 21044 Columbia 410-730-7106 11am-4pm, Tues.-Fri. Sun. by appt. art, of African A collection video presentations, with tours, films and workshops. lectures, West Friendship 21794 Friendship West 410-442-2151 [B-18] [D-17] [C-16] CARROLL COUNTY HARFORD COUNTY www.dnr.state.md.us/ publications/susquehanna history.html Rock Run Grist Mill Park Susquehanna State Hill3318 Rocks Chrome Rd. 21084 Jarrettsville 410-557-7994 Memorial Day Day-Labor hours. Sat.-Sun. Call for Stone mill with 12-ton water those used by It was wheel. slavery from via the escaping as a Railroad Underground to pick up provisions place their journey. continuing before The first congregation of The first congregation nuns was African-American in 1829. here created Colored Sykesville Schoolhouse 518 Schoolhouse Rd. Sykesville 21784 410-795-8959 hours. Call for One-room schoolhouse to its 1904 appearance. restored www.sykesville.net/school.html Located next to his home- Located scientist Benjamin stead, thought to have was Banneker at this site before worshipped chapel was the current in 1860.completed It is also the site of the Benjamin Obelisk.Banneker Sisters of Oblate Providence Mount 701 Gun Rd. 21227 Catonsville 410-242-8500 Mount Gilboa AME Church AME Gilboa Mount [D-17] Ave. 2312 Westchester Oella 21228 Baltimore County Baltimore [C-18] and natural history and natural [C-18] BALTIMORE COUNTY BALTIMORE Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide African-American Maryland’s www.mtcalvaryame.org Founded in 1986,Founded it is led the nationally recognized by Rev. Dr. Ann F. Lightner-Fuller. Mount Calvary African Mount Methodist Episcopal Church Ln. 300 Eudowood 21286 Towson 410-296-9474 Sun. services 8am and 11am. www.nps.gov/hamp Upon completion in 1790, this Upon completion the mansion was Georgian house in the nation and largest than 340 slaves. home to more cemetery, a family Features quarters, and slave carriages gift shop. Hampton National Historic Hampton National Site Ln. 535 Hampton 21286-1397 Towson 410-823-1309 open daily 9am-5pm. Grounds Mansion Closed major holidays. renovation. closed for currently www.thefriendsofbanneker.org developed in partnershipdeveloped between and the community. Features to Banneker’s exhibits dedicated life and times. A 142-acre institution of cultural 300 Oella Ave. Oella 21228 410-887-1081 Tues.-Sat.10am-4pm. Benjamin Banneker & Museum Historical Park [D-17]

central maryland 22 a CALVERT COUNTY • CHARLES COUNTY • ST. MARY’S COUNTY The letter-number code listed beside each destination refers to the fold-out map inside the back cover.

CALVERT COUNTY Calvert County Museum features collections, Historical Society [I-18] exhibits, paleontolgy, children’s room, and the Drum Point Brooks United Methodist 70 Church St. Lighthouse. The nearby J.C. Lore Church & Cemetery [J-18] Prince Frederick 20678 410-535-2452 & Sons Oyster House was built 5550 Mackall Rd. (MD 265) Tues.-Thurs. 10am-3pm. in 1934 and features “Seasons St. Leonard 20685 Among the society’s special of Abundance, Seasons of 410-586-3972 collections are African- Want: Making a Living from the Cemetery: daylight hours. American genealogies and Waters of the Patuxent.” Most of Worship: Sun. 7:45-8:45am; other historical documents. the oyster house workers were 10:30am. www.calverthistory.org African Americans, and their The focus of civic life for African work is interpreted in the exhibit. Americans in the area since the Calvert Marine Museum www.calvertmarine 1850s. The cemetery is listed on [K-19] museum.com the Maryland Underground MD Rt. 2 $ (free for oyster house) Railroad Network to Freedom Solomons 20688 and includes graves of many 410-586-8500 H. Elizabeth Brown Union soldiers from the Civil War. Daily 10am-5pm. Closed Thanks- Roadside Marker [I-18] giving, Christmas, New Years. MD Rt. 2 at Pushaw Station Rd. Sunderland 20689 The marker recognizes Clockwise from top left: Delve into maritime traditions at the Calvert Brown’s successful pursuit of Marine Museum; watch a War of 1812 re-enactment at the Jefferson equalization of teacher salaries Patterson Park & Museum; look for the huge cross outside the St. Clements in Calvert County and through- Island-Potomac River Museum to find where Mathias de Sousa, recognized out Maryland. as the first Marylander of African descent, came ashore; and then take a tour of Historic St. Mary’s City, the state’s Colonial capital. For additional information on other area attractions, order your free Destination Maryland travel guide at www.visitmaryland.org or call 1-877-333-4455.

Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide a23 southern Jefferson Patterson Park & St. Edmond’s United Mount Hope Baptist Museum [J-18] Methodist Church [E-18] Church [I-15] 10515 Mackall Rd. 3000 Dalrymple Rd. 8705 Gilroy Rd. St. Leonard 20685 Chesapeake Beach 20732 Nanjemoy 20662 410-586-8500 410-257-7311 301-743-5353 An 1800s cemetery, great for

maryland Apr. 15-Oct. 15: Wed.-Sun. Office: Tues.-Thurs. 11am-4pm. 10am-5pm. Worship: Sun. 10:30am. genealogical studies and history. Archaeological park and visitor Served the African-American center with exhibits, including community as a school and Southern Maryland Sukeek’s Cabin Site, represent- church beginning in 1857. Studies Center [I-16] ing a previously enslaved family’s Burned in 1893. The present College of Southern Maryland first home as free people after building dates from 1970. 8730 Mitchell Rd., P.O. Box 910 La Plata 20646 the Civil War. Nature trails. Site Today, the families of those 301-934-2251, ext. 7107 of annual African-American who rest in the fenced grave- Mon.-Thurs. 8am-10pm, Fri. Family Community Day in July. yard still worship at the church. 8am-4pm, Sat. 9am-4pm, Maryland Underground Rail- Sun. 12N-4pm. road Network to Freedom site. A central location to study the www.jefpat.org CHARLES COUNTY culture and development of Charles, St. Mary’s, Calvert and African-American Heritage the southern areas of Anne Patuxent United Methodist Society Museum [I-16] Arundel and Prince George’s Church [I-18] 7485 Crain Hwy. counties. Collections include 3500 Solomons Island Rd. N. P.O. Box 2250 records, manuscripts, print Huntingtown 20639 La Plata 20646 materials and oral histories. 410-535-9819 301-843-0371 www.csmd.edu/library/smsc The original church was built in Sat.-Sun. 12N-4pm, or by appt. 1883. Burned in 1893. Within Features artifacts used during seven months, the present the time of slavery. Depicts the ST. MARY’S COUNTY building was erected on the site lives, history and contributions and dedicated, debt-free. of famous African Americans African-American from Charles County. Outreach Monument [K-19] programs available. Tulagi Place www.aahscc.org Lexington Park 20653 Dedicated in 2000, the monument recognizes local Did African-American achieve- You ments in the arts, agriculture, business, politics and education. Know? CLARENCE MITCHELL, JR.’S WIFE, JUANITA www.ucaconline.org JACKSON MITCHELL, WAS THE FIRST BLACK Drayden African-American WOMAN TO PRACTICE LAW IN MARYLAND; HIS BROTHER, Schoolhouse [M-19] PARREN MITCHELL, BECAME THE STATE’S FIRST BLACK Rt. 249 Drayden 20630 CONGRESSMAN. 301-769-2222 Tours by appt. The schoolhouse occupies its original site and has not been signifi- MARYLAND WAS THE FIRST SOUTHERN STATE TO INTEGRATE cantly altered. It was constructed ITS SCHOOL SYSTEM FOLLOWING THE BROWN V. BOARD OF in the 1880s and remained in use EDUCATION OF TOPEKA, KANSAS, RULING IN 1954. until the early 1940s. www.co.saint-marys.md.us/ recreate/museums/drayden schoolhouse.asp a24 Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide Historic St. Mary’s City southern [L-19] Rt. 5 and Rosecroft Rd. Josiah Henson St. Mary's City 20686 (1789-1883) was 1-800-762-1634, 240-895-4990 born a slave in

Wed.-Sun. 10am-5pm. maryland Charles County,but A monument to Mathias de COURTESY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS THE LIBRARY OF COURTESY Sousa, the first Marylander of later became an African descent, stands at author and the Historic St. Mary’s City, the inspiration for a state’s Colonial capital that classic American now serves as an outdoor living tale. Henson history museum. Museum exhibits provide information escaped slavery on de Sousa and Africans in with his wife and 17th-century Maryland. children and went www.stmaryscity.org to Canada, where $ he published his Point Lookout State Park & autobiography, Civil War Museum [M-19] The Life of Josiah Rt. 5 Henson. Harriet 11175 Point Lookout Rd. Beecher Stowe later Scotland 20687 used that book and 1-888-432-CAMP, 301-872-5688 Museum: Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. Henson’s life as the 10am-4pm through Oct.; basis for the Park: April-Oct. 10am-4pm. character “Uncle Tom” in her novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. In 1863, the federal government A historic site, including Henson’s former home, is erected a prison camp that found in Bethesda. eventually held 50,000 Confederate prisoners. Among the federal army units to serve as guards were African- Josiah Henson American soldiers of the U.S. Colored Troops regiments. A Civil War museum tells this story. The site also features typical slave housing in the March 25-Sept. Mon.-Fri. 9am- earthworks, a reconstructed Tidewater region. The history of 5pm; Sat.-Sun. 12N-5pm. Oct.1- barracks and a prisoners’ pen. slavery at Sotterley is told March 24 Wed.-Sun. 12N-4pm. www.dnr.state.md.us/ through the cabin and related Mathias de Sousa, often noted publiclands/southern/point artifacts, as well as through the as the first individual of African lookout.html story of the Kane family that descent to settle in Maryland, lived on the plantation. was part of the first group of Sotterley Plantation [K-18] www.sotterley.org Colonists to land at St. Clements 44300 Sotterley Ln. $ Island in 1634. The little that is Rt. 245 N. actually known about de Sousa Hollywood 20636 St. Clements Island- is included in the museum’s 1-800-681-0850, 301-373-2280 Potomac River Museum display. Tues.-Sat.10am-4pm, last tour at [L-17] www.co.saint-marys.md.us/ 3pm; Sun.12N-4pm. 38370 Point Breeze Rd. recreate/museums/stclements The plantation retains an 1830s Coltons Point 20626 island.asp slave cabin that exemplifies 301-769-2222 $

Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide a25 CAROLINE COUNTY • CECIL COUNTY • DORCHESTER COUNTY KENT COUNTY • QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTY • SOMERSET COUNTY TALBOT COUNTY • WICOMICO COUNTY • WORCESTER COUNTY The letter-number code listed beside each destination refers to the fold-out map inside the back cover.

CAROLINE COUNTY CECIL COUNTY DORCHESTER COUNTY Museum of Rural Life Historical Society of Bazel Methodist [G-22] Cecil County [B-22] Episcopal Church [I-21] 12 N. Second St. 135 E. Main St. Bestpitch Ferry Rd. Denton 21629 Elkton 21921 Cambridge 21613 410-479-2055 410-398-1790 410-228-0401 Mon.-Sat. 10am-3pm, Mon. 10am-4pm, Tues. 6pm- By appt. Sun. 12N-4pm. 8:30pm, Thurs. 10am-4pm. Located in the historic African- Depicts the historic lifestyles of 1st and 4th Sat. 10am-2pm. American area of Bucktown, Caroline County, including Genealogical library, artifacts, this small wooden church is townspeople such as a free local history library; log cabin. where Harriet Tubman’s black sailor and a slave girl. Resources on slaves and African relatives worshipped in the Americans in Maryland. mid-1800s. www.cchistory.org Birthplace of Harriet Tubman (Historic Marker) [I-21] Clockwise from top left: See the light at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Greenbriar Rd. Cambridge 21613 Museum, begin your own “Finding a Way to Freedom” driving tour at the 410-228-0401 distinctive Visitor Center at Sailwinds Park, slip into a slow and easy pace of Harriet Tubman is known to life amid Smith Island watermen, and visit the Museum of Rural Life to have lived and worked as a learn about generations of Caroline County locals. slave on the Brodess Plantation For additional information on other area attractions, order your near the village of Bucktown. free Destination Maryland travel guide at www.visitmaryland.org or The marker is placed in the area call 1-877-333-4455. of the old plantation. a26 Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide Bucktown Village Store [I-21] eastern 4303 Bucktown Rd. Cambridge 21613 There was one or two things I had a right to, 410-901-9255 Tours upon request. Call for info. liberty or death. If I could not have one, I would shore The site of Harriet Tubman’s first have the other, for no man should take me alive. act of defiance. She was struck ~ Harriet Tubman in the head with a 2-lb. weight while assisting a slave in “ avoiding the anger of the field overseer. www.bucktownvillage ” foundation.org

Finding a Way to Freedom Tour [I-21] Visitor Center at Sailwinds Park 2 Rose Hill Pl. Cambridge 21613 1-800-522-TOUR, 410-228-1000 This 105-mile driving tour guides you to exhibits, homes, sites, meeting houses, mills and courthouses that illustrate the story of the Underground Railroad in Dorchester and Caroline counties during the 1850s. www.tourdorchester.org

Harriet Tubman Memorial Garden [I-21] Located within Cambridge on Route 50 East Cambridge 21613 410-228-1000 This garden offers interpretive signage and a folk art tribute to Harriet Tubman, along with native plantings.

Harriet Tubman Museum & OF CONGRESS THE LIBRARY OF COURTESY Educational Center [I-21] Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), perhaps the most well- 424 Race St. known of all Underground Railroad “conductors,” Cambridge 21613 began life as a slave in Dorchester County. Having 410-228-0401 Mon.-Sat.10am-2pm. escaped in 1849, Tubman returned to the South a year Learn about the life of Harriet later to help free other slaves. During a 10-year span, Tubman and African-American she was believed to have made 19 trips, escorted more heritage through exhibits, films than 300 slaves to freedom, and, as she famously told and escorted or driving tours. Frederick Douglass, “never lost a single passenger.” Call to schedule your adventure.

Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide a27 eastern Stanley Institute [I-21] Tues.-Fri. 10am-4pm. Kennard School [F-21] Rt. 16, S. Christ Rock Offers genealogical information 410 Little Kidwell Ave. 2439 Rock Dr. and research on African Centreville 21617 Cambridge 21613 Americans in Kent County. By appt. 410-228-0401 Located at the historic Geddes- Built in 1936 to be the county’s shore By appt. Piper House. first secondary school for Restored, 19th-century, one-room www.kentcountyhistory.org African Americans. Named in schoolhouse. Among the oldest honor of Lucretia Kennard schools in the state organized QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTY Daniels, who, along with Larrie and maintained by the African- Dudley's Chapel (c. 1783) S. Jones, helped purchase land American community. [E-22] for the school. Building being 1110 Benton Corner Rd. restored to become the Larrie S. Waugh Chapel United Sudlersville 21668 Cultural Arts Centre. Methodist Church [I-21] 410-928-3406 www.historicqac.org 425 High St. Open by request and the first Sat. Cambridge 21613 of each month, May-Oct. 1-3pm. SOMERSET COUNTY 410-228-5189 The oldest Methodist church Site of oldest African-American Teackle Mansion [L-23] still standing in the county. Methodist congregation in 11736 Mansion St. Features a preaching station for Cambridge. Founded in 1825. Princess Anne 21853 prominent bishops, Cooke and 1-800-521-9189, 410-651-2238 Ashbury. KENT COUNTY Apr.-mid-Dec: Wed., Sat., Sun. 1- www.historicqac.org 3pm; Mid-Dec.-Mar.: Sun. 1-3pm. African American Home of the Somerset Historical Schoolhouse Museum [D-21] Society. Brick mansion from early Rt. 297. St. James-Newtown Rd. Hope School [F-21] 1800s; listed on National Register. Worton 21678 125 Ruthsburg Rd. http://teackle.mansion.museum 410-873-2000 Centreville 21617 One-room schoolhouse built in First Sat. of each month TALBOT COUNTY 1890. Showplace of 19th- and May-Oct. early-20th-century photos, oral In 1892, the school was listed as Chesapeake Bay Maritime histories and artifacts. “Colored School No. 2” in the Museum [H-20] sixth district of Queen Anne’s Navy Point Historical Society of Kent County. This one-room school- St. Michaels 21663 County [D-21] house held grades one through 410-745-2916 101 Church Alley seven. The building has been Summer: 10am-6pm; spring/fall: P.O. Box 665 restored and moved to Queen 10am-5pm; winter: 10am-4pm. Chestertown 21620 Anne’s County High School. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, 410-778-3499 www.historicqac.org New Year’s Day.

James Pennington (1807-1870), most famous for his 1850 autobiography, The Fugitive Blacksmith, was born a slave and traveled between Queen Anne’s and Washington counties before fleeing to New York,where he became a blacksmith. Eventually,the self-taught Pennington became a leading voice in the anti-slavery movement through his speeches and writings. James Pennington a28 Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide eastern Did You Gloria shore Know? WILLIAM JULIUS “JUDY” Richardson JOHNSON OF SNOW HILL BEGAN A 21-YEAR CAREER AS A THIRD Gloria Richardson (1922-), a civil rights BASEMAN IN THE NEGRO LEAGUES IN leader,grew up in Cambridge as the 1918. HE PLAYED IN MORE THAN 3,000 granddaughter of a city councilman. In PROFESSIONAL GAMES AND IN 1975, 1963, after civil unrest left Cambridge WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL under martial law,Richardson met with BASEBALL HALL OF FAME. officials and hammered out the “Treaty of Cambridge,” a five-point plan that prompted desegregation, public housing and equal employment practices.

Extensive maritime exhibits, Campus includes an antiques WICOMICO COUNTY along with a white clapboard shop, three historic homes and a house that was once the home museum that features profiles Chipman Cultural Center of Peter Mitchell, a free black and exhibits on important African [K-24] man who married Eliza Bailey, Americans from Talbot County. 327 Broad St. sister of Frederick Douglass. One www.hstc.org Rts. 50 & 13 of their sons worked as a bay Salisbury 21801 waterman in the 19th century. Third Haven Meeting 410-860-9290 www.cbmm.org House [H-21] By appt. Occupies the site of a former $ 405 S. Washington St. Easton 21601 open meadow where slaves gathered and attended worship Frederick Douglass Marker 410-822-0293 services before the land was [H-21] The oldest positively identified purchased and turned into an Matthewstown Rd., near structure in Maryland. Used by African-American church called Tuckahoe River Bridge Quakers, who were ardent abo- the “Church on the Hill.” Easton 21601 litionists, it probably housed fugitive slaves. 410-770-8000 WORCESTER COUNTY Frederick Douglass was born in 1818 on a farm that is now Unionville [H-20] Sturgis One-Room School Trappers Corner in Talbot Near Easton, on the Museum [M-24] County. A marker honoring his Miles River Neck 209 Willow St. memory is here. Unionville 21601 Pocomoke City 21851 www.tourtalbot.org 410-770-8000 410-957-1913 Originally called Cowgillton May-Oct: Wed. and Sat., 1-4pm Historical Society of after a prominent Talbot or by appt. Talbot County [H-21] County family, but renamed Circa 1900, the only African- 25 S. Washington St. after the Civil War in honor of American one-room school Easton 21601 the 17 African-American Union museum in Worcester County. 410-822-0773 soldiers who returned home to www.octhebeach.com/ Museum: Mon.-Sat. 10am-4pm. purchase land. museum/Sturgis.html Office: Mon.-Fri. 9am-5pm. www.tourtalbot.org $

Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide a29 index [ LETTER-NUMBER CODES REFER TO FOLD-OUT MAP INSIDE BACK COVER. ]

DESTINATIONS Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse [C-18]....18 African Art Museum of Maryland [D-16] ...... 22 Community Arts Project & African-American Cultural Tours, LLC [C-18]....17 Encore Theater [C-18] ...... 18 African-American Heritage Society Croom Airport [G-17] ...... 12 Museum [I-16] ...... 24 Darnall’s Chance House Museum [G-17] ...... 12 African-American Monument [K-19] ...... 24 Discover Annapolis Tours [F-19]...... 15 African American Schoolhouse Museum [D-21] ....28 Doleman Black History Museum [A-11]...... 9 Alex Haley Memorial/Kunta Kinte Plaque [F-19]....14 Dorsey Chapel [F-16] ...... 12 Annapolis Tours & Watermark Cruises [F-19] ..14 Drayden African-American Antietam Furnace [C-11] ...... 9 Schoolhouse [M-19]...... 24 Antietam National Battlefield [C-11] ...... 9 Dudley’s Chapel (c. 1783) [E-22] ...... 28 Arbutus Memorial Park [C-18] ...... 17 Ebenezer Baptist Church [A-6]...... 9 Arena Players [C-18]...... 17 Ellicott City Colored School Restored [D-17] ....22 Aris T. Allen Statue [F-19] ...... 14 Enoch Pratt Free Library [C-18]...... 18 Asbury United Methodist Church [A-11] ...... 9 The Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute & Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum [C-18] ...... 17 Culture Center [C-18]...... 18 Baltimore African-American Ferry Hill Place [C-11] ...... 10 Tourism Council, Inc. [C-18]...... 17 Finding a Way to Freedom Tour [I-21] ...... 27 Baltimore Civil War Museum-President First Baptist Church (1836) [C-18] ...... 18 Street Station [C-18]...... 17 Flag House & Star Spangled Baltimore Museum of Art [C-18] ...... 17 Banner Museum [C-18] ...... 19 Baltimore Museum of Industry [C-18] ...... 18 Fort Frederick State Park [A-10] ...... 10 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum [C-18]...... 17 Frederick Douglass Marker [H-21]...... 29 Baltimore Rent-A-Tour [C-18] ...... 18 Frederick Douglass Museum & Banneker-Douglass Museum [F-19] ...... 14 Cultural Center “Twin Oaks” [F-18] ...... 15 Bazel Methodist Episcopal Church [I-21] ...... 26 Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Beall-Dawson House [E-15]...... 12 Maritime Park [C-18]...... 19 Benjamin Banneker Historical Park & H. Elizabeth Brown Roadside Marker [I-18]...... 23 Museum [D-17]...... 22 Hampton National Historic Site [C-18]...... 22 Bethel AME Church (1785) [C-18] ...... 18 Harriet Tubman Memorial Garden [I-21] ...... 27 Birthplace of Harriet Tubman (Historic Marker) [I-21] ...... 26 Harriet Tubman Museum & Black Soldier Statue [C-18]...... 18 Educational Center [I-21] ...... 27 Boyds Negro School House [E-14] ...... 12 Heritage Museum [C-18] ...... 19 Brooks U.M. Church & Cemetery [J-18] ...... 23 Highland Beach Community [F-19]...... 15 Brunswick Railroad Museum [D-12] ...... 11 Historic Annapolis Foundation [F-19] ...... 15 Bucktown Village Store [I-21]...... 27 Historic Annapolis Foundation Calvert County Historical Society [I-18]...... 23 Walking Tours & Museum Store [F-19]...... 16 Calvert Marine Museum [K-19]...... 23 Historic St. Mary’s City [L-19] ...... 25 Catoctin Furnace [A-13] ...... 11 Historical Society of Cecil County [B-22] ...... 26 Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum [H-20] ....28 Historical Society of Kent County [D-21] ...... 28 Chipman Cultural Center [K-24]...... 29 Historical Society of Talbot County [H-21] ...... 29 City Dock [F-19] ...... 14 Hope School [F-21] ...... 28 a30 Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide Howard County Center of Negro Mountain [A-3] ...... 9 index African-American Culture [D-16] ...... 22 Nixon’s Farm [D-16] ...... 22 James E. Lewis Museum of Art [C-18] ...... 19 Northampton Historical & Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum [J-18] ...... 24 Archeological Park [G-17]...... 12 Kennard School [F-21] ...... 28 Oakley Log Cabin [E-15] ...... 12 Kennedy Farmhouse (John Brown HQ) [C-11] ....10 Oblate Sisters of Mount Providence [D-17] ....22 Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation [F-19] ...... 16 Orchard Street Church/ Kunta Kinte Celebrations, Inc. [F-18]...... 16 Baltimore Urban League [C-18] ...... 20 Leadenhall Baptist Church [C-18] ...... 19 Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm [G-15]...... 13 Marietta House Museum [F-16] ...... 12 Patuxent United Methodist Church [I-18] ...... 24 Maryland Historical Society [C-18] ...... 19 Point Lookout State Park & Maryland State Archives [F-19]...... 16 Civil War Museum [M-19] ...... 25 Matthew Henson Memorial [F-19]...... 16 Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African Metropolitan United Methodist Church American History & Culture [C-18] ...... 20 (Lafayette Square Church) [C-18]...... 19 Riversdale House Museum [F-16]...... 13 Miller House [A-11]...... 10 Rock Run Grist Mill [B-18]...... 22 Mother Mary Lange Monument [C-18]...... 20 Roger Brooke Taney House [C-13] ...... 11 Mount Auburn Cemetery [C-18] ...... 20 Rose Hill Cemetery [A-11] ...... 10 Mount Calvary African Methodist Sandy Spring Slave Museum & Episcopal Church [C-18] ...... 22 African Art Gallery [E-15]...... 12 Mount Clare Museum House [C-18] ...... 20 Sharp Street Memorial U.M. Church [C-18]...... 20 Mount Gilboa AME Church [D-17] ...... 22 Sotterley Plantation [K-18]...... 25 Mount Hope Baptist Church [I-15]...... 24 Southern Maryland Studies Center [I-16] ...... 24 Museum of Rural Life [G-22]...... 26 Sports Legends at Camden Yards [C-18] ...... 20 Nanny Jack & Company [C-18] ...... 20 St. Clements Island-Potomac The National Great Blacks in River Museum [L-17] ...... 25 Wax Museum [C-18]...... 20 St. Edmond’s United Methodist Church [E-18]....24 National Museum of St. Frances Academy [C-18]...... 21 Civil War Medicine [C-13] ...... 11 St. Francis Xavier Church (1864) [C-18] ...... 21

Charles Albert Tindley Charles Albert Tindley (1851-1933), often called the “Father of Gospel Music,” composed nearly 50 hymns. Two of the Berlin native’s more popular hymns are “I’ll Overcome Some Day,” which later became “We Shall Overcome” as an anthem during the Civil Rights era, and “Stand By Me,” re-made by Ben E. King.

Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide a31 index St. Paul Methodist Church [G-15] ...... 13 Tolson’s Chapel [C-11]...... 10 Stanley Institute [I-21] ...... 28 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site [F-15] ...... 12 The Stanton Community Center [F-19]...... 16 Union Baptist Church [C-18]...... 21 Sturgis One-Room School Museum [M-24]....29 Unionville [H-20] ...... 29 Sykesville Colored Schoolhouse [C-16] ...... 22 USS Constellation Museum [C-18]...... 21 Teackle Mansion [L-23] ...... 28 The Walters Art Museum [C-18] ...... 21 Third Haven Meeting House [H-21]...... 29 Waugh Chapel United Methodist Thurgood Marshall Memorial [F-19] ...... 17 Church [I-21] ...... 28 Thurgood Marshall Statue [C-18] ...... 21 Woodlawn Cultural Park [E-15]...... 12

MARYLAND COUNTIES CITIES & TOWNS Jarrettsville (HAR) [B-18]...... 22 La Plata (CHR) [I-16]...... 24 BY REGION Annapolis (AAR) [F-19] ....14-17 Lake Arbor (PRG) [G-17] ...... 12 Arnold (AAR) [F-18] ...... 16 Western Maryland Lexington Park (STM) Baltimore (BCI) [C-18] ...... 17-21 Allegany (ALL)...... 9 [K-19] ...... 24 Garrett (GAR) ...... 9 Big Pool (WAS) [A-10]...... 10 Nanjemoy (CHR) [I-15] ...... 24 Washington (WAS) ...... 9-10 Boyds (MON) [E-14]...... 12 Oella (BCO) [D-17] ...... 22 Brookeville (MON) [E-15]...... 12 Oxon Hill (PRG) [G-15] ...... 13 Capital Region Brunswick (FRE) [D-12] ...... 11 Pocomoke City (WOR) Frederick (FRE) ...... 11 Cambridge (DOR) [I-21]....26-28 [M-24] ...... 29 Montgomery (MON) ...... 12 Prince Frederick (CAL) Prince George’s (PRG) ....12-13 Catonsville (BCO) [D-17]...... 22 [I-18] ...... 23 Centreville (QUA) [F-21] ...... 28 Princess Anne (SOM) Central Maryland Chesapeake Beach [L-23] ...... 28 Anne Arundel (AAR) ...... 14-17 (CAL) [E-18] ...... 24 Riverdale Park (PRG) [F-16] ....13 Baltimore City (BCI) ...... 17-21 Chestertown (KEN) [D-21]....28 Rockville (MON) [E-15] ...... 12 Baltimore (BCO)...... 22 Coltons Point (STM) [L-17]....25 Salisbury (WIC) [K-24] ...... 29 Carroll (CAR) ...... 22 Sandy Spring (MON) [E-15]....12 Harford (HAR)...... 22 Columbia (HOW) [D-16]...... 22 Scotland (STM) [M-19]...... 25 Howard (HOW) ...... 22 Cumberland (ALL) [A-6]...... 9 Sharpsburg (WAS) [C-11]....9-10 Denton (CRN) [G-22]...... 26 Solomons (CAL) [K-19] ...... 23 Southern Maryland Drayden (STM) [M-19] ...... 24 Calvert (CAL) ...... 23-24 St. Leonard (CAL) [J-18] ..23-24 Easton (TAL) [H-21] ...... 29 Charles (CHR) ...... 24 St. Mary’s City (STM) [L-19]....25 Elkton (CEC) [B-22]...... 26 St. Mary’s (STM) ...... 24-25 St. Michaels (TAL) [H-20] ...... 28 Ellicott City (HOW) [D-17]....22 Sudlersville (QUA) [E-22] ...... 28 Eastern Shore Fells Point (BCI) [C-18] ...... 19 Sunderland (CAL) [I-18] ...... 23 Caroline (CRN) ...... 26 Frederick (FRE) [C-13] ...... 11 Sykesville (CAR) [C-16]...... 22 Cecil (CEC) ...... 26 Glenn Dale (PRG) [F-16] ...... 12 Thurmont (FRE) [A-13]...... 11 Dorchester (DOR) ...... 26-28 Towson (BCO) [C-18]...... 22 Grantsville (GAR) [A-3]...... 9 Kent (KEN)...... 28 Unionville (TAL) [H-20] ...... 29 Hagerstown (WAS) [A-11]....9-10 Queen Anne’s (QUA) ...... 28 Upper Marlboro (PRG) Highland Beach (AAR) Somerset (SOM) ...... 28 [G-17]...... 12 Talbot (TAL) ...... 28-29 [F-18] ...... 15 West Friendship (HOW) Wicomico (WIC) ...... 29 Hollywood (STM) [K-18]...... 25 [D-16]...... 22 Worcester (WOR) ...... 29 Huntingtown (CAL) [I-18] ....24 Worton (KEN) [D-21]...... 28 a32 Maryland’s African-American Heritage Guide