Signature Collections

Allegany County African American History

Collage of Allegany County famous African Americans

About: Black History Month, Juneteenth, and MLK Events

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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2 photos cropped from Martin Luther King Day Celebration 2018

2018 Annual Martin Luther King Day

Girl reading article from Black History Month display at Cumberland, Maryland Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church

2020 Black History Month

Picture of man and 2 women talking at community event

Allegany NAACP Voice of Freedom Awards, 2022

Speaker shares grandmother's advice

Angela Sailor - Black history month speaker

Button of Martin Luther King with text "don't let the dream die"

Black History Jeopardy Players

People gathered viewing items from Black History display at Fulton Myers Post #153

Black history month - Fulton Myers

People gathered viewing items from Black History display at Fulton Myers Post #153

Black history month - Fulton Myers #2

2 people viewing MLK exhibit at Frostburg State University 2004

Black history month at FSU

Group of people viewing Black History Month articles at Allegany College

Black History Month, A.M.E. church

Black History Month event at Allegany College of Maryland

Black history month, Allegany College 2007

Man speaking at podium with artwork on the walls

Black History Month, Washington County, 2014

Newspaper clipping of Maria Smith speaking at MLK program

Bonita Austin

Newspaper article clipping about Notes of Appreciation

Cabin in the Sky

3 people gather while talking about movie Cabin in the Sky

Cabin in the Sky film showing

Coretta Scott King visits students at Frostburg University 1981

Coretta Scott King - Frostburg State College, 1981

Newspaper article about Ebenzer black history program

Ebenezer hosts black history program

Group of 8; 1 speaking at podium, 7 seated in front in chairs at St. Mary's Catholic Church

Ecumenical service seeks unity

Button of Martin Luther King with text "don't let the dream die"

Events to mark Black History Month, 2003

Students at Allegany College hold signs for photo from Black History Month

Frank Smith - Black history month, ACM

3 women seated and one standing looking through MLK display at Fulton Myers Post 2004

Fulton Myers Black History 2004

Photo collage of 4 of speakers from Black History program at Garrett College

Garrett College - "Still I rise..."

City of Cumberland seal; man in front of podium at rally in Cumberland MD

Juneteenth Official Cumberland Holiday

2 photos celebrating Juneteenth in Allegany County MD

Juneteenth Remembrance Ceremony and March 2021

Button of Martin Luther King with text "don't let the dream die"

Keeping Martin Luther King's dream alive

4 newspaper clippings on MLK day from Cumberland Times-News

Keyser & Westernport MLK events, 2005

Man standing behind podium; picture of MLK in front of podium

MLK Birthday Celebration, 2016

Group viewing MLK celebration at Frostburg University 2005

MLK Celebration at Frostburg State University

People gathered viewing items from MLK celebration at Frostburg State University

MLK Celebration at Frostburg State University #2

Students gather in hall to view items from Black History Month at Allegany College

MLK Day Exhibit at ACM

Newspaper clipping of school room with teacher and children; students celebrate black history

Parkside students - Black history month

Alice McGill, a portrayer of the famed Sojourner Truth speaks to Garrett County elementary students

Sojourner Truth portrayed in Garrett

Newspaper article about Quilt Squares created for New Museum; girl arranging squares

Westernport creates quilt

William Colbert speaking at the Fulton Myers Post #153; American flag and Post flag on both sides

William Colbert - Black History Month, 2004

2 men pose for photo during Black History Month 2004

William Peck, Black History Month, 2004

William Peck reviews papers that have been preserved in memory book

William Peck, Black History Month, 2013