Social Change

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Featuring: Anne Arundel County Civil Rights Era Story Map

Take a virtual journey with county residents as they tell the stories of the people, places, experiences that will forever shape us.

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The Terminal Restaurant and the Annapolis 5

Read about the legacy left behind by these courageous residents whose act of courage impacted a community

Desegregation in Annapolis Schools

Learn more about desegregation in Annapolis City Schools, such as the integration of Annapolis High School, with students from Wiley H. Bates High School.

Sit-in at Dick Poole's Restaurant

Hear about the experience of protests and sit-ins to a local business that refused to serve African Americans.

MLK Foot Soldiers Memorial

Housed in "The People's Park," this structure pays tribute to the over 500 Anne Arundel County residents who traveled together to attend the March on Washington

Social Activism in the Early Years

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History of Anne Arundel County

No mispelling here. Learn about the wife of Lord Baltimore for whom the county was named.

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Stories of Flight

Analyze the ads, documents, and other data that tell the amazing accounts of enslaved people escaping Anne Arundel County

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Army of the Severn: The Women's Suffrage March to Annapolis

See how these trailblazers united to petition for women's voting rights

The Need for Change: Lynching in Anne Arundel County

See why activism was so important and how African Americans took steps to find justice in the wake of Jim Crow.

"Maryland Lynching Memorial Project"

The 5 Known: The History Behind the Lynching Memorial

Watch this riveting video that documents the stories of the 5 known lynchings in Anne Arundel County

Lynchings in Anne Arundel County

Learn about Lynchings in Anne Arundel County as Reverend Dr. Carletta Allen recounts the history of lynching and the need to confront these issues in the present day.

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Lynching in Anne Arundel County

See how a coalition of local organizations committed to racial justice worked with the Equal Justice Initiative to erect a marker in remembrance of 5 black residents

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Lynching of King Johnson

Learn about the Christmas Day murder who's lynching garnered nearly a 700 page report with no conviction for his assailants.

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The Hanging of John Snowden

Executed for a crime that he would later be pardoned of, John Snowden was the last African American that was hanged by execution in Anne Arundel County

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Lynching of Henry Davis

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