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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 3, 2024 | The incident involving The Pearl was the largest recorded non-violent escape attempt by enslaved people.
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Updated On: Apr 3, 2024 | The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required that freedom seekers be returned to their owners without due process of law.
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Updated On: Apr 3, 2024 | According to the 1860 census, 58.7% of the total population was Black.
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Updated On: Apr 3, 2024 | The Drayden African American Schoolhouse was one of three serving African American families in the Valley Lee district.
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Updated On: Apr 3, 2024 | The first Rosenwald School in Calvert County opened in 1921.
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Updated On: Apr 3, 2024 | Cardinal Gibbons Institute opened in September 1924, as the first high school for African Americans in St. Mary’s County.
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Updated On: Apr 3, 2024 | Benjamin Banneker High School opened its doors in 1934 and was the first public high school for African Americans in St. Mary’s County.
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Updated On: Apr 5, 2024 | Elizabeth Barber Walker enrolled in St. Mary’s Junior College as their first Black student.
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Updated On: Apr 3, 2024 | The Groves children enrolled into Great Mills High School in the fall of 1958, making Joan and Conrad the first African American students to
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Updated On: Apr 3, 2024 | Twelve years after Brown v Board of Education, only six of Maryland’s counties had desegregated their schools.
