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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

Originally published January 23, 2002

By Karen Gardner

African-American history in Frederick County runs almost as deep as that of European settlers, but until recently it's a history that has largely been ignored.

The Frederick Historic Sites Consortium has just published "African-American Heritage Sites in the City of Frederick and Frederick County, Md.," a brochure with a list of 20 sites that commemorate the contributions of blacks in the past two centuries.