Throughout the month of February you’ll find many events around the county celebrating African American heritage.

Our Heritage: From the Civil War to Education in Montgomery County Lecture Series
Sponsored by Montgomery Co. Public Libraries & Montgomery History
Details

• Saturday, February 4, 2pm
  Still Standing: One- and Two-Room Schoolhouses and the Early Days of Public Education
  Marilyn J. Praisner Community Center in Burtonsville
• Sunday, February 12, 2pm
  The Boyd School and Education
  Quince Orchard Library, Gaithersburg
• Thursday, February 16, 6pm
  Within These Walls: The Contraband Hospital & the African Americans Who Served There
  Twinbrook Library, Rockville

Black History Month at the Sandy Spring Slave Museum
Details

• Saturday, February 11, 3pm
  Looking Ahead with James L. Stowe, Director of Montgomery County’s Office of Human Rights.
  Sandy Spring Slave Museum, Sandy Spring

Emancipation to Integration: 150 Years of Advancement in Educational Equality Lecture Series
Sponsored by Peerless Rockville
Details

• Friday, February 24, 7pm
  The Experience of Emancipation in Maryland Lecture & Exhibit Opening
  Rockville Memorial Library
• Saturday, March 11, 1pm
  The Rise of Separate but Unequal Schools
  Jerusalem-Mt. Pleasant Church, Rockville 

Montgomery Parks Celebrates Black History Month
Details

• Saturday, February 25 & Sunday, February 26; non to 4pm
  A Walk in Father Henson’s Footsteps Tours & Screenings of “The Search for Josiah Henson”
  Josiah Henson Park, N. Bethesda
• Sunday, February 26, 3pm
  Lyrical Rhythms: The Sounds of Freedom Spoken Word Poetry Event
  Josiah Henson Park, N. Bethesda

Rockville Colored School c.1900; Courtesy of Peerless Rockville, James. C. Moore Collection