A new story map chronicles 65 historically black beaches and other places of black historical significance in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation and Chesapeake ...
Essex Heritage was awarded a $20,000 grant for the "Untold Voices of Essex County's Revolutionary Maritime History" program.
On Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the landscape is replete with reminders of the peninsula’s racist past. The Harriet Tubman center sits astride the pathways she navigated to guide slaves to freedom. Signs ...
HAMPTON, Va. — A hotel that once resided along Buckroe Beach in Hampton was an iconic vacation spot for African Americans during segregation. The Bay Shore Hotel, built in the 1890s and nestled along ...
CAMBRIDGE — Jaelon Terrele Moaney has been appointed as a commissioner by Gov. Wes Moore to be on the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture. His term is from 2023 to 2027. You ...