Signature WHILBR items about African Americans History
These buttons are also from the late 1960s and very early 1970s. Individuals included on these buttons include Eldridge Cleaver, Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, and Huey Newton.
These Black Panther buttons are from the late 1960s and very early 1970s. Individuals identified on these particular buttons include Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. The Black Panther Party (for Self Defense) was founded in Oakland, California in 1966. It was seen as an alternative to the non-violent civil rights movement. The Black Panthers believed that blacks should arm themselves in a liberation struggle and would early on experience several violent confrontations with the police.
The August 28, 1963 March on Washington was estimated at 250,000 people. This march put the struggle for civil rights at the top of the American agenda and helped create the demand for passage of the civil rights bill which had already been introduced.
Jean Beckward celebrates 30 years
27-year member of Historic Highlands Association of Realtors Million Dollar Club
June 5, 2004
CUMBERLAND –
City Playground Royalty
Miss Donna Stumbaugh (center), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stumbaugh, Reynolds Street, last night was named City Playground Queen for 1956. Runners-up were Miss Carol Jean Decker, of Ridgedale play lot, left, and Miss Tanya Darr, of Carver play lot.
Tanya Ley Darr graduated from Allegany High School in 1960 in the Commercial course of study.
Portrayed here is the family of John Dorsey. The Dorseys were also related to the Biggs family, whose Sonny Biggs is also in the photograph. John Dorsey was an avid hunter and the owner of Dorsey's Chicken Shack on Pine Avenue.
Tommy Lee and Bobby Cleggett
Shaking hands in this photograph are, on the left, Tommy Lee, while on the right is Bobby Cleggett. Robert W. "Bob" Cleggett, Sr. was born in 1941, was a graduate of Fort Hill High School, and passed away in 2005.
Tommy Lee's father was Major Thomas Lee, a well-known area musician who is depicted playing the piano elsewhere on this website. His grandfather was Major T. Lee who was the subject of the following excerpt from Cumberland, Maryland Through the Eyes of Herman Miller:
Black history museum opening
Heritage society wants to raise awareness of culture
MARIA D. MARTIRANO
Times-News Staff Writer
CUMBERLAND —
Represented by La Soleil Noir, the black sun, the African American Heritage Society of Western Maryland wants to raise awareness of black culture in the tri-state area.
A new museum at 183 N. Centre St. will meet that need.
Just a few blocks from downtown, the two-story brick building with a red roof sits on the corner of Centre and Hanover streets.
African-American gallery opens Dedication coincides with start of Black History Month
MARIA D. MARTIRANO
Times-News Staff Writer
CUMBERLAND —
February 2, 2002
Even in rough times, blacks showed a dignity and knew they were God's children.
That's what the Rev. Alfred Deas, pastor of the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, sees when he looks at the various photographs and biographies in the African American Gallery & Gift Shop.
Young winners honored with recognition dinner July 24, 2003
A recent banquet at the Park N Dine West restaurant honored winners of the Black History Contest and those chosen as Outstanding Youth. The contest was sponsored by The Allegany County Library and Community Unity in Action Inc. The contest and banquet were funded by Church Women United of Tri-Towns. Winners were presented with a money-order, as well as a $20 shopping card.