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Theodore (Ted) Newkirk

Updated On: Aug 15, 2024 | Theodore Newkirk was a key player in the desegregation of St. Mary’s County Schools and the fight against workplace discrimination at the Patuxent River

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Enolia Pettie McMillan

Updated On: Apr 8, 2024 | Enolia Pettie McMillan was an educator, civil rights activist, community leader and the first female national president of the NAACP.

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Frank Kane (Cane)

Updated On: Aug 1, 2024 | Frank Kane at five months old he was sold for $50.00. He grew up on the Sotterley Plantation.

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Joyce Freeland

Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Joyce Freeland recounts what life was like growing up in segregated Calvert County and later working on Capital Hill.

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Hilry Kane

Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Hilry Kane (Cane) faced chattel slavery, the Civil War, emancipation, reconstruction, finally established an independent life. Through him, we can understand what life was

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Ann Joice

Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Ann Joice was a freewoman who became enslaved. How did her descendants win their freedom through the courts during colonial times?

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Harold T. Herndon, Sr.

Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Harold T. Herndon: A Man for All Seasons: Air Force Major, educator, musician, corporation founder, president and CEO.

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Matthew Alexander Henson

Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Matthew Alexander Henson was born in a one-room log hut on a farm in Charles County. He discovered the North Pole with Robert E.

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Isaac Hawkins

Updated On: Jun 20, 2024 | Isaac Hawkins is the first name listed on the 1838 Georgetown University bill of sale, now known as the "Georgetown University 272".

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Malcolm Lloyd Funn

Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Malcolm Funn having grown up experiencing segregation, dedicated his life, as an activist, for equity in education, voting, the law, housing and healthcare. He

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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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