It would have been a blast to go to Carr’s Beach in the 1950s and 1960s. Carr’s Beach was an extremely popular Chesapeake Bay resort and concert venue for the African American community during the racial segregation years of the 1900s. Unfortunately today, Carr’s Beach no longer exists as a venue…
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Everybody loves a parade, and there's no better reason to gather for a fun yet meaningful event than the Annapolis MLK Parade & African Diaspora Festival scheduled for 12 pm on April 1st. The MLK Parade and African Diaspora Festival return on April 1st. Image courtesy of Annapolis Discovered…
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Celebrate the brave women of the United States Naval Academy this International Women's Day! Elizabeth Anne (Belzer) Rowe was the first female to graduate from the United States Naval Academy. Photo courtesy of THEFEMALESOLDIER.COM There's a well-known and oft-altered saying about the famed…
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Freedom, Equality, and Citizenship—Harriet Tubman ran for it, Frederick Douglass sanctioned it in his speeches, Benjamin Banneker mapped it in the stars, Thurgood Marshall enforced laws to ensure it, and Lillie May Carroll Jackson and Martin Luther King, Jr. marched for it. – From curatorial…
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Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with Black History, Heritage & Culture in Anne Arundel County On August 28, 1963, 500 Annapolis and Anne Arundel County residents boarded buses to attend the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Little did they know they were about to join 250,000…
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Join us for the 32nd Annual Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival on Saturday, September 24, 2022, 10 am - 7 pm. The Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival is a celebration of the perseverance, education, and cultural heritage of the African Diaspora. Here are the top seven reasons to join the festivities…
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The State of Maryland cordially invites one and all to celebrate her 388th birthday at a weekend-long party called Maryland Day, held this year from March 25-27, 2022. That’s right, Maryland Day is back this year with over 60 in-person and virtual events within Anne Arundel County that celebrate…
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“I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty, or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for no man should take me alive.” — Harriet Tubman to Sarah Bradford in Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, 1868. True stories of the…
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If you are looking for an engaging and exciting history lesson on our great city of Annapolis, look no further than the Museum of Historic Annapolis to see the brand new exhibition, Annapolis: An American Story. The exhibition follows 400 years of Annapolis, chronologically, as you weave your way…
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Black history and heritage are American from the ancient Olmecs to Frederick Douglass, Cynthia Abney Carter, DeJuan Gay, and beyond. African and American history are inseparably intertwined. Every month boasts of African American voices and events that changed history and continue to transform the…
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