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John Graham Lancaster

Updated On: Apr 8, 2024 | First African American County Commissioner for St. Mary’s County.

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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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Alice Elisa Kane

Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Elisa Kane's (Cane) life on Sotterley illustrates what life was like before, during the Civil War, and after emancipation in 1864. How much did

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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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Horace G. Funn

Updated On: Apr 2, 2024 | Horace G. Funn was a Calvert County educator during the transition from segregation to Integration.

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Mary Winston Jackson

Updated On: Apr 6, 2024 | Mary W. Jackson successfully overcame the barriers of segregation and gender bias to become NASA’s first black female engineer in 1958 and a leader

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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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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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