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Simeon Saunders Booker, Jr.

Updated On: Jun 19, 2024 | Simeon Saunders Booker, Jr. was a famous Civil Rights era reporter and journalist and first Black reporter for the Washington Post.

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Charles Ball

Updated On: Apr 2, 2024 | Charles Ball an enslaved person from Calvert County is best known for his account as an American fugitive slave. but his valor is depicted

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Joan Groves Briscoe

Updated On: Mar 11, 2025 | Joan Groves and her brother Conrad entered Great Mill’s High School in St. Mary's County, Maryland under a court order in 1958 as the

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Bishop William Sampson Brooks

Updated On: Mar 13, 2025 | Bishop William Sampson Brooks of Calvert County used his talents and faith, during the Jim Crow era, to become powerful international leader and activist

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Harriet Elizabeth Brown

Updated On: Mar 13, 2025 | Harriet Elizabeth Brown, teacher, activist, role model, during racial segregation, sued the Calvert County Board of Education in 1937 for equalization of pay for

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Issac Brown

Updated On: Apr 2, 2024 | With no proof, Issac Brown’s enslaver accused Issac of shooting him. Issac was jailed, tortured and sold South. His story includes the Underground Railroad,

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Washington Burch

Updated On: Dec 4, 2024 | Washington Burch went from enslaved to landowner, bailiff, politician, and community activist. He was highly regarded in his community of Port Tobacco.

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John F. Butler

Updated On: Aug 13, 2024 | John F. Butler, a teenager, went from enslaved to enlisting with the U.S. Colored Troops to Civil War hero.

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Eleanor (Irish Nell) and Charles Butler

Updated On: Mar 11, 2025 | Because of carefully crafted colonial Maryland marriage laws, Eleanor (Irish Nell) went from indentured servant to enslaved. How did this impact her descendants?

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Minty (Gurry) Caden

Updated On: Jun 20, 2024 | Minty Caden daringly escaped to the British during the War of 1812 to gain freedom and a new life in Canada.

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Equity in History Coalition

The Southern Maryland Equity in History Coalition is a transformative collaboration of local organizations and educational institutions, committed to elevating the history of Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color in our region.

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Southern MarylandEquity in History Coalition

The Southern Maryland Equity in History Coalition is a transformative collaboration of local organizations and educational institutions, committed to elevating the history of Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color in our region.

Learn how you can support our mission.

Southern Maryland
Equity in History Coalition