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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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Updated On: Apr 12, 2024 | The Freedmen’s Bureau helped establish schools for Black children to protect them from postwar violence and abusive labor practices.
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Updated On: Apr 12, 2024 | The St. Mary’s County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was approved by the national organization in 1946.
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Updated On: Apr 19, 2024 | A lawsuit was brought against St. Mary’s County by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on behalf of 66 Black
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Updated On: Apr 12, 2024 | In 1958 the three counties of Southern Maryland formed a regional library association.
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Updated On: Apr 12, 2024 | Marriage between African Americans or Asians and whites was no longer considered a crime punishable by imprisonment.
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Updated On: Apr 12, 2024 | Enola Pettie McMillan became the first woman to hold the position of National President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Places to Experience History
Updated On: Apr 17, 2024 | St. Nicolas Cemetery Burial Ground is an Historic African American Cemetery site located on Serenity Farm in Charles County, Maryland. The site also contains
Timeline
Updated On: Apr 11, 2024 | Turkey Tayac was buried on ancestral lands in Piscataway National Park in Accokeek, Maryland.
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Updated On: Apr 12, 2024 | A group of 272 people enslaved by Maryland’s Jesuit priests were sold in September 1838 to help save Georgetown University.
News
Updated On: Apr 11, 2024 | Descendent led archaeology at Sotterley. In 2024, Historic Sotterley will embark on a first of a kind archaeology project in Southern Maryland. Read the
