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Leroy J. Thompson Sr.

Updated On: Apr 17, 2024 | Leroy J. Thompson Sr. was a lifelong entrepreneur, natural leader and civil rights activist.

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John Thompson

Updated On: Apr 8, 2024 | John Thompson's first memory of enslavement was at six years old when he and his mother visited his sister held in a pen at

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Luther Harold Stuckey

Updated On: Oct 14, 2024 | Luther Stuckey Civil rights activism and leadership contributed significantly to the desegregation of public facilities in Southern Maryland.

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Orlando “Tubby” Smith

Updated On: Apr 8, 2024 | Tubby Smith was the 20th Head Coach of the Kentucky Wildcats and the first African American coach.

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Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland Dedicated

Updated On: Apr 5, 2024 | The Commemorative was dedicated by St. Mary's College of Maryland on the site where the remains of slave cabins were discovered in 2016.

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Guffrie M. Smith, Jr.

Updated On: Apr 8, 2024 | Guffrie M. Smith, Jr., educator and civic activist, has an extensive career with Calvert County Public Schools and the Maryland State Department of Education.

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Edna Warren Simmons

Updated On: Jun 20, 2024 | Edna Warren Simmons was a teacher for 46 years - overnight, she went from a graduating high school student to the sole teacher at

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Ignatius Seale

Updated On: Apr 27, 2024 | Valued, skilled blacksmith enslaved escaped to freedom in Canada

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Myrtle M. Patten

Updated On: Apr 8, 2024 | Myrtle M. Patten RN, was Calvert County’s first public health nurse.

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Tenny Merritt

Updated On: Apr 27, 2024 | Tenny Merritt exercised resistance and agency by participating in the largest emancipation in the United States until the Civil War almost half a century

Southern Maryland
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