Signature Collections

Allegany County African American History

Collage of Allegany County famous African Americans

About: Community

Other topics within this collection:

Arts and Entertainment

Government and Law

Segregation, Intolerance, and Integration

Slaves and the Underground Railroad

Sports: Football and Basketball

Sports: Baseball, Boxing, and Track

Black History Month, Juneteenth, and MLK Events

Buttons - African American

Acknowledgements and Bibliography

About Al Feldstein

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Professional photo of Lord Nickens

Lord Nickens, 1913-2013

Clipping of newspaper article titled "Rusty Wire Runs Through Negro Child's Foot"

Maxine Keyes

NAACP branch formed in Garrett County, 2021

Allegany branch of NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner attendees pose for photo

NAACP hold Freedom Dinner, 2011

Profession photo of Martin L. Erwin, Sr

NAACP Membership, 1932 - Martin Erwin

Group of 5 people; 2 seated, 3 standing, reviewing planning session material for NAACP

NAACP Reorganizes, 1973

Newspaper article clipping about Bourdeau Named Freedom Fighter, Cumberland Time News 2007

Norma Bourdeau, NAACP

Photocopy of Directory of the Town of Frostburg, MD 1865

Occupations in 1895

Photograph of Pastors Alfred and Carrie Deas

Pastors Alfred and Carrie Deas

2 young women stand on stair well for the Montgomery Ward, with caption "The friendliest store in town"

Rhonda Davis and Toni (Beckward) Jones

Romaine Franklin at table with 2 men and a woman

Romaine Franklin

Outside gathering under tent from Jane Gates Day 2022

Second Annual Jane Gates Day

Group of people gather in the fall on rolling landscape in southern Frederick County

Standing on hallowed ground

Newspaper article clipping about Historic Cemetery Organization sets Memorial Day event

Sumner Cemetery - CHCO

Susan Jones on stage receiving NAACP award, 2023

Susan Jones top honoree at NAACP Voice of Freedom Awards ceremony, 2023

Whilbr little girl image

Susan Jones top honoree at NAACP Voice of Freedom Awards ceremony, 2023

William O. Lee Jr. and Alfernia Dailey pose for photo on corner of of Ice and West All Saints streets, Frederick MD

Take a self-guided journey through local African-American history

Newspaper clipping of 3 young women posing as they are crowned in the City Playground pageant

Tanya Darr - playground queen, 1956

Two young boys shaking hands

Tommy Lee and Bobby Cleggett

2 men talking to woman in hat; people in background talking

Tonya Hardy

Image of underground tunnel in Allegany County, MD

Tunnels under Emmanuel Church

2 women sitting at table for dinner; 1 women serving food to them

Vieda Page, Geraldine Smith and Ethel Yates

Photo capture of elderly black woman in pearl necklace and earrings

Virginia Williams

Man sitting on curb drinking from a bottle celebrating with crowd the end of WWII in Baltimore MD

William Banks