National African American Museums
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution
Two-story house symbolizing freedom for former slaves to be displayed in new museum, by Michael Ruane, Washington Post, 8-23-16
From the Underground Railroad to the African American Museum, Washington Post
State of Maryland African American Museums
Reginald Lewis Museum of African American History & Culture, Baltimore
Banneker-Douglass Museum, Annapolis
Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, 2021 Annual Report
Benjamin Banneker Historical Park & Museum, Catonsville
Museums and Memorials in Other States
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery, AL
International African American Museum, Charleston, SC
Juneteenth
Juneteenth History information, National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth, National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Long History of Our New Federal Holiday: Juneteenth, United States Capitol Historical Society
Juneteenth National Independence Day
Juneteenth, National Park Service
What is Juneteenth? History.com
Public Law 11-17, June 17, 2021, An Act to designate Juneteenth National Independence Day as a Legal Public Holiday
Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad, National Park Service
Maryland’s underground railroad: network to freedom brochure, Maryland Office of Tourism
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation, National Park Service
Press releases regarding Scotland history, 2019 exhibit at American University
Plans to Prosper exhibit catalog, American University
“Montgomery County Reflections: Honoring African-American Communities in Montgomery County, Maryland, 2020”:
Freedmen and Southern Society Project
Documents from Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867, Freedmen and Southern Society Project
African American History and Genealogical Organizations
List of Montgomery County African-American history organizations and resources
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Montgomery County chapter
Heritage Montgomery (Heritage Tourism Alliance of Montgomery County)
Heritage Montgomery (Heritage Tourism Alliance of Montgomery County)
Maryland Heritage Areas Program
Maryland Heritage Areas Coalition
Heritage Tourism Alliance of Montgomery County, Maryland Heritage Areas Boundary Amendment 2018
Maps of Montgomery County-Designated African American Historic Sites and Districts
Montgomery County history in the parks
Interactive Map of County-Designated African American Historic Sites and Districts Launched to Honor Black History
"Crossroads and Culture,” African-American Heritage, Montgomery County, MD map and infographic, HeritageMontgomery
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Montgomery County Parks - Designated Historic Sites and Museums
Montgomery County Parks, Planning & Stewardship, contact info
Josiah Henson Museum and Park
Josiah Henson Museum and Park
Button Farm Living History Center program description
Josiah Henson Museum and Park, program overview and video
Montgomery Parks Opens Newly Completed Josiah Henson Museum and Park on April 23, 2021, Montgomery Parks
The Riley House, Josiah Henson Site, Historic Structure Report
The Riley House, Josiah Henson Site, Historic Structure Report Appendices
African American Cemeteries and Burial Sites - Identification, Preservation and Protection
Perpetual Neglect: The Preservation Crisis of African-American Cemeteries, by Zach Mortice, Places journal, May 2017
The Fight to Preserve African-American History: activists and preservationists are changing the kinds of places that are protected-and what it means to preserve them, New Yorker, 2-27-20
Even in Death, Black Americans Have Been Denied the Right to Rest in Peace, Greg Melville guest opinion article in February 15, 2023 New York Times
Black cemeteries are crucially important – and all too often neglected, Washington Post, May 19, 2017
Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries, by Greg Melville
Historic African American Cemeteries, Maryland Commission on African American History & Culture & Maryland Historical Trust, Report to the Chairman of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and House Appropriations Committee, June 30, 2022
HB 1099, Historic African American Cemeteries Preservation Fund and Study, 2021 State Legislature, not enacted
Coalition to Project Maryland Burial Sites
Montgomery Preservation, Burial Sites issue
Finding Lost Cemeteries in Montgomery County, The Third Place, Montgomery County Planning blog
Montgomery County burial inventory geographic inventory system (GIS) map, Montgomery Planning
Montgomery County Burial Sites Inventory Update, report to Montgomery County Planning Board, May 18, 2021
Montgomery County Burial Sites Inventory Update 2022, Montgomery Planning
Montgomery County cemetery inventory project revisited, Montgomery Planning
African American Burial Grounds Preservation Program Created in Omnibus Bill, Coalition for American Heritage, December 21, 2022
Montgomery Parks Cemetery Program: Burial Sites in Montgomery County
Montgomery County Archaeology Program
Historic Cemeteries information sheet, Maryland Historical Trust
Battlefield of memory: Asphalt where a black cemetery is said to have stood, Washington Post, April 14, 2017
Paving over black history in Montgomery County, Washington Post, April 14, 2017
The River Road Moses Cemetery, A Historic Preservation Evaluation, by Dr. David Rotenstein, 2018
Tracing a Bethesda, Maryland African American Community and its Contested Cemetery, article by David Kathan, Amy Rispin and L. Paige Whitley, Washington History, Vol. 29, no 2 (Fall 2017)
Opinion: Protecting a Piece of Maryland History from the State's Beltway Expansion Plan, Maryland Matters, 4-09-21
African American Burials in St. Mary's are among Maryland's oldest, Washington Post, June 18, 2023
Maryland African American Heritage Grant Programs
African American Heritage Grants Program, Maryland Historical Trust
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund: Tell the Whole Story, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Race in America, History Matters, Washington Post, 2-02-23 transcript, Robin Givhan with Brent Leggs, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Slavery and the Anti-Slavery Movement in Maryland, Research
Legacy of Slavery in Maryland, State Archives of Maryland
Slavery and Freedom in Maryland, a guide to the history of slavery in Maryland to the Civil War, University of Maryland
A Guide to the History of Slavery in Maryland, 2020 revised edition, Maryland State Archives
Frederick Douglass, Documents for the Classroom, Maryland State Archives
Manumissions, Maryland State Archives, Guide to Government Records
How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Unknown Slave Market in the United States, by Jennifer Berry Hawkes, ProPublica, June 16, 2023
Freedmen's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau Records, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian
The Freedmen's Bureau, National Archives and Records Administration
Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Field Offices for the State of Maryland and Delaware, 1865-1872, National Archives and Records Administration
Publication No.: M-803, Records of the Education Division of the Bureau of Regugee. Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1871
The Freedmen's Bureau and Education in Maryland, W.A. Low, Maryland Historical Society, Volume XLVII, March 1952
Maryland African American Travel Guides
Maryland’s African American travel guide, Maryland Office of Tourism
Traveling in His Footsteps: Frederick Douglass driving tour, Maryland Office of Tourism
Research Materials for African American History in Montgomery County, MD
Researching African American Families at the Maryland State Archives, Phebe Jacobsen
African American Resources, Maryland State Archives
Description of African American Records at the Maryland State Archives
Researching the Enslaved in Maryland, Robyn Smith, Heritage Montgomery
Research resources for African American history, Heritage Montgomery
African American History, Other Organizations and Resources, Montgomery History
The Historic African American River Road Connections collection, curated by American University library
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Montgomery County chapter
African American Research Resources in Maryland, FamilySearch Project, Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Black Builders in Montgomery County 1865-1940, by Eileen McGuckian, Montgomery County Historical Society. February 1992
Medusa, Maryland’s Cultural Resource Information System, searchable
African American History: Sween Library and Special Collections Resources, Montgomery History
African American Gateway research sources, ACPL Gateway
A Historical Bibliography of the Built Environment in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area, Including Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, Maryland, and Alexandria and Arlington and Fairfax Counties, Virginia, compiled by Richard Longstreth, April 21, 2019
Black Historical Resources in Upper Western Montgomery County, by George McDaniel (Rockville, MD, Montgomery County Government and Sugarloaf Regional Trails, 1979)
Maryland Center for History and Culture, Baltimore (numerous online research materials) (NOTE - MCHC collects, preserves, and interprets the history, art and culture of Maryland. Originally founded as the Maryland Historical Society in 1844, MCHC inspires critical thinking, creativity and community by exploring multiple perspectives and sharing national stories through the lens of Maryland.)
Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission
"The Unwritten Law of Maryland": The 1896 Lynching of Sidney Randolph, by Sarah Hedlund, The Montgomery County Story (Montgomery County's Periodical for Historical Research), Fall 2021, Vol. 64, No. 2
African American Interdisciplinary Research & Techniques
UMD Professor [Cheryl LaRoche] Discusses Her Work to Uplift Black History, The Black Explosion Newspaper, May 17, 2022
Sugarland Ethno-History Project
Sugarland Ethno-History Project, History Associates Incorporated (HAI) information sheet
Civil Rights Movement
Gibbs v. Broome, Rockville's Place on the Road to Brown v. Board of Education, by Sharyn Duffin and Alonzo Smith, The Montgomery Coounty Story (Montgomery County's Periodical for Historical Research), Winter 2020, Vol. 62, No 2
Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, April 16, 1963
The Modern Civil Rights Movement in the National Capital Area timeline, National Park Service
A Summer of Change: The Civil Rights Story of Glen Echo Park, National Park Service
The Civil Rights Movement, Segregation & Slavery in Maryland – A Reading List, Maryland Historical Trust
Civil Rights and Wrongs in Montgomery County in 2008, by Wayne Goldstein, The Montgomery County Sentinel, January 24, 2008
Social Justice
Continuing on a Path Toward Social Justice [Tina Clarke, Poolesville], Washington Post, September 6, 2001
When Architecture and Justice Intersect, Architectural Digest article, June 8, 2020
County poised to erase Confederate references from streets, facilities, by Briana Adhikusuma, Bethesda Magazine, Decembej 8, 2020
Sounds of Silence Slam the Door on the African American Historic Sites Project, The Monocacy Monocle, June 18, 2021
NPC 22: Renaming Montgomery County's Streets, Montgomery County Planning Board, May 1, 2022
Buildings That Can Heal in the Wake of Trauma: Buildings of the emerging architectural movelent called trauma-informed design see buildings as "the first line of therapy," Bloomberg City Lab/Design, Zack Mortice, April 10, 2023
Walking the Way of Harriet Tubman: Public Mystic and Freedom Fighter, by Therese Taylor-Stinson
Racism in Montgomery County, MD & the Nation
A Shameful Past, article by Eugene Meyer, Bethesda Magazine, 2021
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, Nicole Hannah Jones
The 1619 Project and the Demands of Public History, New Yorker, Lauren Michelle Jackson, December 8, 2021
You cannot love America and avoid the topic of race, Theodore Johnson, Washington Post, April 12, 2023
When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America, Theodore R. Johnson
The Latent Racism of the Better Homes in America Program
Regional African American Heritage Studies in MD/DC/VA
How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America, Clint Smith (book)
On a tour of historical sites, examining how the story of slavery is taught, Martha Anne Toll, The Washington Post, June 6, 2021
Historic Resources Study, African American Communities, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Washington DC and Lower Montgomery County, October 27, 2022
The enslaved artisan behind Thomas Jefferson's newly restored Va. estate, J Michael Welton, The Washington Post, April 24, 2023
"They Have Errected a Neat Little Church," The Rural African American Experience, 1865-1900, in the National Capital Area, National Park Service
Built by the People Themselves - African Amierican Community Development in Arlington, Virginia, from the Civil War Through Civil Rights, George Mason University PhD dissertation by Lindsay Besttebreurtje, Spring Semester, 2017
Historic Resource Study of African American Schools in the South, 1865-1900
Negro Motorist Green Book
The Negro Motorist Green Book exhibition, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with Candacy Taylor, on-line exhibit
The Architecture of The Negro Travelers’ Green Book, state of Maryland, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia
Establishments that served the Black community in Montgomery County in 1958, Montgomery County Media, February 22, 2019
Poor People's Campaign 1968
City of Hope, Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and National Museum of African American History and Culture, poster exhibition
Black History Month Commemorations in Montgomery County, MD
Preserving the Past and Educating for the Future, A Commemoration for Black History Month, Montgomery County, Maryland, George McDaniel, February 27, 2018
Anita Neal Powell Receives 2020 Roscoe Nix Award for Distinguished Community Service, Montgomery County
Black Religious History
A brief overview of Black religious history in the U.S., Pew Research Center, February 16, 2021
History of Scotland Community
Scotland Community, Montgomery County, Maryland, Wikipedia entry
"A Poor Community Repels Invaders: New Community Planned Cleanup Campaign Rezoning Needed Improved Study Facilities," by Andrew Barnes, The Washington Post, March 22, 1966
"US Loan Assures Scotland Housing," by Peter Winterble, The Washington Post, August 6, 1967
Scotland Photo Gallery, Joyce Siegel, 1960-1970
"Last Portion of Scotland Renewal Set," The Washington Post and Times-Herald, October 8, 1970
The Scotland of the Doves, Washington Post, January 14, 2007
"Hope Growing in Scotland Community: Condemnation Threatened Lederal Loans Sought, by Douglas Walter, The Washington Post and Times-Herald
Civil Rights and Wrongs in Montgomery County in 2008, by Wayne Goldstein, The Montgomery County Sentinel, January 24, 2008
Joyce Siegel collection, Montgomery County Historical Society
Joyce B. Siegel, Wikipedia entry
Oral history of Edgar Dove, Montgomery History
Guide to Oral History of Geneva Mason, Montgomery History
"Negro Town is Reborn in Suburb: Ground-Breaking Marks Rebirth of Negro Town," by Claudia Levy, The Washington Post, April 22, 1986
"The Resurrection of Scotland," by Harvey A. Levine, The Montgomery County Story, Vol. 43, No. 2, May 2000, Montgomery County Historical Society
"Save Our Scotland: An oral history with Joyce B. Siegel," by Nikki Hauspurg, interviewed, Dreyfuss Library, St. Andrews Episcopal School, OH HAU, 2004
"Generations of Residents Settle Down in Scotland," by Janet Rathner, The Washington Post, June 18, 2005
Interview with Betty Thompson, Bethesda Magazine, September 26, 2010
Rich History, Development Define Scotland Community, Patch article, February 7, 2011
"Promise Delivered: Scotland's New Center," by Ken Moore, Potomac Almanac, Connection, Newspapers, April 3, 2013
"Scotland Recreation Center Ribbon Cutting Ceremony" photos, Sonya Burke, Montgomery Media, November 1, 2014
Bette Thompson, activist who helped transform black Md. enclave, dies at 80, by Breanne Deppisch, Washington Post, February 5, 2016
Affordable MD Townhomes Undergoing $14M Rehab, www.multihousingnews.com
Out from the Shadows: Montgomery County's Historic Black Communities are The Focus of New Exhibit, WAMU story, July 30, 2019
Plans to Proster You: Reflections of Black Resistance and Resilience in Montgomery County's Potomac River Valley, American University press release
Plans to Prosper You exhibit catalog
County poised to erase Confederate references from streets, facilities, by Briana Adhikusuma, Bethesda Magazine, December 8, 2020
"Montgomery County to rename 3 Potomac Streets after Black historical figures," by Mark Murillo, WTOP News
County chooses new names for Potomac streets, will no longer honor Confederate leaders, by Caitlyn Peetz, Bethesda Magazine, June 21, 2021
NPC 22: Renaming Montgomery County's Streets, Montgomery County Planning Board, May 1, 2022
"Confederate streets in Potomac renamed after black historical figures Geneva Mason and William Dove, by Madison Well-James, The Sentinet, August 4, 2021
Exhibit Shares History of Scotland, One of County’s Earliest African American Communities, Montgomery Media, February 28, 2022
Scotland Community Seeks to Thrive Again, Montgomery Community Media, February 7 2023
Organizers hope to hit a home run with Montgomery County's Juneteenth plans, by john Kelly, The Washington Post, April 24, 2023
Scotland Juneteenth Heritage Festival, Juneteenth Week Schedule of Events
Resurrection: After a Devastating Flood, A Communty Reunites to Rebuild Scotland African American Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Bethesda Magazine digital edition, May June 2023, pp. 157-161
Realizing A Dream: Providing Opportunity Though Education, Sharyn R. Duffin, Peerless Rockville
Scotland AME Zion Church
Maryland Historical Trust State Historic Sites Inventory Form, Scotland AME Zion Church
Scotland AME Zion Church, historic structure report, EHT Traceries
Church Damaged by Flood in Potomac: Historic Scotland AME Zion Church hopes to rebuild in the future, by Pegy McEwan,Community Newspapers, July 23, 2020
A Day of Praise: Historic African American Church in Potomac readies for renovation, by Christine Zhu, MoCo360, July 8 2022
Montgomery County church rich in African American history working to rebuild, WUSA9, Jess Arnold, June 13, 2023
Celebrate Juneteenth in DC. Maryland and Virginia with festivals, exhibits and Emapcipation Day Proclamation, WRC 4 TV, June 12, 2023
Lincoln Park History Project
Lincoln Park History Project, Montgomery County Public Library
Lincoln Park Historical Foundation, Inc.
Historic Black Communities, Schools and Churches in Montgomery County, MD
Uncover a heritage of heroes in Montgomery County, Maryland, WP Creative Group, September 24, 2021
African American History: Communities and Schools, Montgomery History
The Segregated Black Schools of Montgomery County, compiled by Ralph Buglass in collaboration with Sharyn Duffin, Montgomery History
Emory Grove United Methodist Church history
Maryland Historical Trust, Guest Blog: The Montgomery County Emory Grove, by Morgan Miller-Scarborough, Independent Historian
Emory Grove Finds Urban Renewal Bittersweet, Washington Post, June 30, 1980
A Century of One- and Two-Room Schools, Teaching Yet Today, by Ralph Buglass, Montgomery County Story, Fall, 2015
Historic African American Community 'Gibson Grove: Gone But Not Forgotten' Will Be Featured in Montgomery History Free Online Presentation That Will Be Available Starting 11-21-22
Gibson Grove: Gone But Not Forgotten, the Archaeology of an African American Church, Alexandra Jones, PhD Dissertation, University of California Berkeley
Paths to the Present, Montgomery History, links to all videos, 2000 – 2016
Jerusalem Baptist Church, Poolesville
Community Cornerstones: African American churches in Montgomery County, Maryland, brochure
Sandy Spring Museum exhitits, collections and archives
Boyds Negro School, the only public school for Black children in the region from 1895=1936
Historically Black Communities of Sandy Spring, Sandy Spring Museum
Historic Context Report “A harvest in the Open for Saving Souls” The Camp Meetings of Montgomery County, by Elizabeth Jo Lampl and Clare Lise Kelly, Momtgomery County Planning Department, Historic Preservation Section, 2004
Black towns, established by freed slaves after the Civil War, are dying out, by DeNeen L. Brown, Washington Post, March 27, 2015 (NOTE - includes information about Sugarland Ethno-history project)
Sugarland's Story, by Gwen Reese and Suzanne johnson, The Montgomery County Story, Montgomery County Historical Society, Spring 2010, Volume 53, Number 1
Rockville African American Historic Proprties
Realizing A Dream: Providing Opportunity Though Education, Sharyn R. Duffin, Peerless Rockville
Early Rockville Walking Tour, online interactive map
Early Rockville Walking Tour, brochure
Rockville African American Walking Tour, online interactive map
Rockville African American Walking Tour, brochure
Oral History Resources & Storytelling Toolkits
National Museum of African American History & Culture, Hometown Treasures Toolkit for Groups & Organizations
Smithsonian Institution, Museum on Main Street Storytelling Toolkit
Principles for Oral Histories and Best Practices for Oral History, Oral History Organization
A Treasury of Artifacts of Black Life, Washington Post, February 24, 2005 (focuses on Leroy E. Neal African American Research Center)
African American Family Histories and Related Works at the Library of Congress, compiled by Paul Connor, updated by Ahmed Johnson, 2009
Generations Past: A Selected List for Afro-American Genealogical Research, complied by Sandra Lawson, Library of Congress
Montgomery History: African American History, Other Organizations
The Montgomery County Historical Society Oral History Program
Oral Histories with Prominent Individuals
Guide to Oral History of Geneva Mason, Montgomery History
"Save Our Scotland: An oral history with Joyce B. Siegel," by Nikki Hauspurg, interviewed, Dreyfuss Library, St. Andrews Episcopal School, OH HAU, 2004
Oral history of Edgar Dove, Montgomery History
African American Benevolent Societies
Benevolent Societies, Cemeteries, Hold Clues to Locations of Early Black Communities in Montgomery County, Montgomery County Historic Preservation Program “The Third Place” blog, October 23, 2020
Black Baseball Teams in Montgomery County, MD
Councilmember Riemer Announces Plans to Restore Legendary Black Baseball Field in Emory Grove," Montgomery County Council, June 10, 2022
The Rise of Black Baseball Teams During Segregation in Montgomery County,' by Erin Roby, Bethesda Magazine and Bethesda Beat, June 13, 2022
Restoration Planned at Former Negro League Field in Gaithersburg, by Suzanne Pollak, Montgomery Coumunity Media, June 13, 2022
Black Baseball in Norbeck, by Julianne Mangin, The Montgomery County Story (Montgomery County's Periodical for Historical Research), Spring 2023, Volume 66, No. 1
Restorative History Initiatives
Center for Restorative History, National Museum of American History
Restorative History Explained, National Museum of American History
Other
New NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) Interpretive Planning Grants at Smaller Organizations
Preservation Maryland Heritage Fund Grants
Thomas V Mike Miller History Fund (assistance for projects at museums, historical societies, libraries and other repositories throughout Maryland)
The Preservationist, newsletter of Montgomery County Historic Preservation Commission, 2001-2019
The Book of Lost Friends: A Novel, by Lisa Wingate
