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Allegany County African American History

Collage of Allegany County famous African Americans

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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

Image of tunnel with iron bar gate

Samuel Denson: a notable citizen of Cumberland

Image of 2 grave coffins above ground

Samuel Semmes

Postcard of McKendree Methodist Episcopal Church, Cumberland MD

Samuel Washington

Image of Sarah W. Bromery 1880-1980

Sarah Bromery, 1880-1980

Outside gathering under tent from Jane Gates Day 2022

Second Annual Jane Gates Day

Woman with crown and flowers on red convertible sitting on back waving in parade; man driving

Shana Powell

Postcard of McKendree Methodist Episcopal Church, Cumberland MD

Shirley Corthron

Photo of men and women looking over gravestones with snow on grown in Boonsboro MD 2014

Slave history of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church explored

2 photos of house with white siding; front of home and back of house

Slave Quarters - Ridgeley, West Virginia

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

Sojourner Truth portrayed in Garrett

3 images combined - 1 of church drawing, 2 of newspaper clippings from church functions

St Philip's Chapel

Photograph of multiple African Americans standing in front of a building

St Philip's Chapel 1924

Image of church altar with 2 candelabras on each side

St. Philip's Church Altar

Photocopy of Saint Phillip's Chapel program bulletin

St. Philip's Consecration Program

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

Standing on hallowed ground

Photo of Steve Trimble

Steve Trimble

Photo of football player running pose

Steve Trimble - Fort Hill, 1958-2011

photograph of James Ashby, left, and Allegany senior Ryan Alderson is from the Cumberland Times News

Students’ book new approach to gathering history, working together

Photo of Sumner Cemetery

Sumner Cemetery

Newspaper article clipping about Historic Cemetery Organization sets Memorial Day event

Sumner Cemetery - CHCO

Image of Sumner Cemetery, Allegany County Maryland

Sumner Cemetery Interments

Whilbr little girl image

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

Susan Jones on stage receiving NAACP award, 2023

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

Cropped image of Susan M. Jones

Susan M. Jones - Judge of the Orphan's Court

Photo of Susan Mitchell with super-imposed picture in upper right corner of her graduation photo

Susan Mitchell

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 Pageant winner - 2 photos; 1 of Tammy Frazier at FSU, 1 of Miss Allegany County Pageant

Tamela Frazier

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

Tanya Darr - playground queen, 1956

Photograph of Tax records of African Americans from 1872

Taxes 1872 - African American

Photo of Tekesha Martinez, Mayor of Hagerstown

Tekesha Martinez, Hagerstown’s First Black Mayor

2 buttons; Tennessee Negro Education Ass'n; Tennessee State Teachers Ass'n circa 1950s

Tennessee and Kentucky Integration, 1956

Image of Allegany High Football team class of 1968, side photo of Terry Ashby in military uniform

Terry Ashby - Allegany High football

Postcard of Lonaconing circa 1910s; street trolley in the middle of the road on tracks

The Blacks of Lonaconing

Group photo of Cutt Flag football team

The Cutt Flag-Football Team

Woman standing under trestle; gate says "The Dingle, Private Road"

The Dingle

Page of book with title "From the 1956 Negro Traverler's Green Book" Maryland

The Green Book - Glenwood Manor Tourist Hotel

Photo of Dapper Dans Little League Baseball Team 1966

The Hollys - Dapper Dan

Flyer of title "Opening Announcement of Garden Theatre" - White Patronage only circa 1927

The Howard and the Garden, Cumberland

Image of John Wesley Church

The John Wesley Church - Frostburg

Black and white photo of black man in tailored jacket circa 1910s

The Lynching of Anthony Crawford

Image of stone wall and stair case with bushes on each side

The Mary Hoye School

Image of Maryland Theatre from 1915

The Maryland and other Cumberland Theaters

Photo of rancher home with picket fence in front

The Phillis Wheatley School – Ridgeley, West Virginia

The recent past - Segregation/integration

Newspaper article about area of Cumberland in 1907; horses on a street road with houses in the background

The Shooting of August Baker and Lynching of William Burns

Two photos; 1st of man and 2 women in elegant dress; 2nd of Page One Ball Queen gathered around judges

Therese Washington, Ball Queen

Two young boys shaking hands

Tommy Lee and Bobby Cleggett

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

Tonya Hardy

Picture of Church with steeple

Town Clock Church

Portrait photos of Peck and Trimble

Trimble-Peck; Peck-Trimble

Image of underground tunnel in Allegany County, MD

Tunnels under Emmanuel Church

Newspaper article titled "Airman recalls triumphs before facing battle"

Tuskegee Airman Clifton Brooks

Postcard image of U.S. Post Office and Court House, Cumberland MD; Officers in courtyard with water fountain in the middle.

Two black policemen

Photo of speaker standing in front of microphone with people seated behind them

Ty Marquise Johnson, Professional Football Player