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The search results are drawn from the organizations that contain significant history resources, and the categories including places to experience, notable people and the timeline. All can be searched by keyword, time, theme, type, counties and audience. The search filters were developed with the school systems to align with State social studies requirements. 

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History
| Calvert Library provides excellent resources to t
Notable People History
| Mary Washington was the first chairman of the first elected Board of Education for St. Mary's County in 1996.
History
| Calvert Library has excellent online resources.
Notable People History
| Elizabeth Barber was the first African American graduate from St. Mary’s College, read her experience in her own words.
Notable People History
| Arthur Farrar's businesses provided safe lodging and restaurants for stars, musicians and athletes during Jim Crow segregation.
Places to Experience Photo Gallery
| The Old Wallville School is the oldest surviving one-room school for African American children in Calvert County.
Places to Experience Photo Gallery
| The McConchie One-Room School at the Charles County Fairgrounds is typical of the majority of public schools constructed after the Civil War.
History
| Two books offering biographies of exemplary African American men and women in Calvert
Places to Experience Photo Gallery
| Drayden African American Schoolhouse is one of the best-preserved African American schoolhouses in the country,
Places to Experience Photo Gallery
| Camp Stanton was established in October 1863 for the purpose of recruiting and training African American men of Maryland for the Union Army during

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