Signature Collections

Allegany County African American History

Collage of Allegany County famous African Americans

About: Education

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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Image of Carver school children group photo

African American schools of Allegany County, Maryland

Photo of African American students from Frostburg State University, circa 1969

Afro-American Student Society, Frostburg State College

Clipped photo of young man playing a saxaphone

Arthur Washington - Allegany

Photo of students receiving award trophy from teacher

Bonnie and Shelly Peck

Collage of 3 photos; young students presented with savings bonds, Carver High School debate team, Carver High School class of 1951

Breaking Barriers

Photo of building, Brownsville Hall at Frostburg State University

Brownsville Hall - Frostburg State University

Photograph and text of the teachers of Carver School, Allegany County MD; 4 women and 1 man

Carver Elementary School Teachers

Yearbook photos of 16 Carver High School students, Cumberland MD - Class of 1954

Carver High 1954

Photo of 1950-1951 Carver High School Junior-Senior Prom; girls seated in front in formal dress, administrators standing in back

Carver High Prom

Photo of 4 band members playing drums and 3 saxophone players

Carver High School Dance Band 1954

4 Carver High School student with aprons on participate in shop class while teacher oversees woodwork

Carver High School shop class

3 students of Carver High School shop class sanding tables and nailing a chair

Carver High School shop class - sanding

2 photos of Carver High students; 1 photo class picture from 1955, 1 photo of reunion of class from 1978

Carver High students and alumni

Black and white photo of Carver School circa 1950s

Carver School

Photo of Charles E. Waterman

Charles Watermann

Cropped photo of Chester "Leroy" Carter

Chester "Leroy" Carter

Photo of William Peck speaking at Allegany Board of Education hearing, 2023

Commemoration of 1956 Integration in Allegany County, Maryland schools

Students at Allegany High School in 1955 greet new integrated students; 4 students in photo, 2 carrying books

Crossing the Bridge

Photo of Earle Bracey, Mary Reed, Mary Carter at a dinner banquet circa 1970s

Earle Bracey, Mary Reed, Mary Carter - Education

Black and white photo of Earle L. Bracey

Earle L. Bracey, 1904 - 1983

Cropped black and white photo of Edith Bracey

Edith C. Bracey, 1893 - 1960

2 photos - 1 postcard of Lowndes Hall, State Teachers College; 1 portrait of Miss Rae A. Biggs

First Negro Student accepted at Frostburg State College

Florence Saku

photo of three Fort Hill graduates 1956, two males, one female

Fort Hill graduates 1956

Carver High School graduates for Class of 1940

Frederick Street & Carver High School graduates

Photo of Frederick Street School debate team, 1926

Frederick Street School debate team, 1926

5 young ladies pose for 1926 Valentines Day Dance at Frederick Street School, Allegany County MD

Frederick Street School Valentine Dance, 1926

Photo of Frostburg State College African-American Faculty, circa 1979

Frostburg State College African-American Faculty

Group photo of black school students from "Lincoln" School, Allegany Co Md

Frostburg's Park Street, "Lincoln" School Children

Map of Garrett County Maryland highlighting E High St & S 5th St and "White Church" on Steyer Mine Road

Garrett County's "Colored" Schools

Postcard of School in Allegany County MD

Greene Street Junior High School

Newspaper clipping of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. speaking at Shepherd University 2007

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. at Shepherd University

Cropped photo of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in doctoral graduation gown

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. biography

2 photos of school, Howard High School circa 1877-1955, school was vacant in 2009

Howard High School, Piedmont, WV

4 images of James Fanto Deetz in different facial expressions

James Fanto Deetz and "Parting Ways"

Photo of front of Keyser High School,

James Goldsworthy