Black History Month, Juneteenth, and MLK Events

Allegany NAACP Voice of Freedom Awards

Juneteenth Official Cumberland Holiday

JUNETEENTH REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY AND MARCH, 2021

On June 19, 2021 a “William Burns Remembrance” ceremony was held at the site of the proposed William Burns Historical Marker at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. The ceremony was sponsored by the Allegany County Lynching Truth & Reconciliation Committee (ACLTRC). William Burns was an African-American who was lynched on October 6, 1907. This was after a mob attacked the jail where Burns was awaiting trial for reportedly shooting a white police officer who was attempting to arrest him.

2020 Black History Month

Black History Month

Ned, Murph, Sam, Enoch, Daphney, William, Hannah and Jupe.

These are the names of some of the 17 slaves John Blackford owned at the Ferry Hill Plantation near Sharpsburg in the 1800s, Paula Reed told the audience Sunday during a Black History Month program at the Robert W. Johnson Community Center in Hagerstown.

Ned and Jupe ran the rope ferry across the Potomac River, to what was then Virginia, for Blackford, said Reed, a historic-preservation consultant with Paula S. Reed and Associates in Hagerstown.

CUMBERLAND — The Allegany County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hosted a free celebration in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday on Monday in the Allegany College of Maryland Zimmer Theatre.

"I'm a child of the '60s and I'm a very, very active civil rights activist," said Carmen Jackson, president of the Allegany County branch of NAACP. "My mother was the first black woman to run for Congresswoman in the United States, so I marched under Dr. Martin Luther King as a child."

STUDENTS CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY

In recognition of Black History Month, Christa Kelly's kindergarten class at Parkside Elementary School made history come to life by transforming an ordinary history lesson into The Oprah Winfrey Show. The students were asked to research famous African Americans and then present to the class various interesting facts about each one.

First row from the left are, Xavier Twigg as Michael Jordan; Lainey Golliday as Oprah Winfrey; Benji Bryan as Martin Luther King Jr., and Timmy Sterne as Muhammed Ali.

QUILT SQUARES CREATED FOR NEW MUSEUM

Fifth-grade students at Westernport Elementary School, under the direction of Heather Prince, art teacher, recently created quilt squares to commemorate the grand opening of the new Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture in Baltimore.

Ecumenical service seeks unity for one human kind

VICKI WALKER
TIMES-NEWS WRITER

CUMBERLAND — Unity was the theme of Sunday's ecumenical service at St. Mary's Catholic Church on Oldtown Road. The service was part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and to honor Martin Luther King Jr., who was mentioned in prayers and speeches during the ceremony.

A service for Martin Luther King Day will be conducted today at 5 p.m. in Metropolitan A.M. E. Church., Frederick and Decatur St.

Churches remember slain civil rights leader
King forced to overcome hurdles

Jennifer Raley
THE CUMBERLAND TIMES-NEWS

January 17, 2005

JENNIFER RALEY T
KEYSER, WVa. —
A Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Grace United Methodist Church drew an enthusiastic crowd on Sunday evening.
About 70 people gathered in the Keyser church to pay tribute to the slain civil rights leader.