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
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
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
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
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,
Updated On: May 12, 2025 | Washington Burch went from enslaved to landowner, bailiff, politician, and community activist. He was highly regarded in his community of Port Tobacco, Charles County.
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?
Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Agnes Kane Callum was a distinguished genealogist on Maryland African American history; her vision created the Sotterley Descendants Program.
