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Arthur Farrar

Updated On: Mar 31, 2024 | Arthur Farrar's businesses provided safe lodging and restaurants for stars, musicians and athletes during Jim Crow segregation.

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Captain Edith (Edie) Taylor

Updated On: Apr 1, 2024 | Captain Edith (Edie) Taylor a licensed female charter boat captain since 1979.

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Tamika Tremaglio

Updated On: Apr 1, 2024 | Tamika Tremaglio, native from St. Mary's County is the former executive director of the National Basketball Players Association.

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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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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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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.

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Equity in History Coalition