Silver Spring Library
Lynching in Montgomery County: A Reconciliation Tour
Silver Spring Library 900 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, United StatesMontgomery History Archivist/Librarian Sarah Hedlund will be joined by Michael Williams, the Co-County Coordinator for the Minority Scholars Program at Kennedy High School, and Tony Cohen, historian and Founding Director of the Menare Foundation. Together, the three speakers will provide an overview of the history of the county’s three lynchings, race relations in the U.S. […]
One- and Two-Room Schoolhouses in Montgomery County
Silver Spring Library 900 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, United StatesJoin Ralph Buglass from the Montgomery County Historical Society for a discussion of one- and two-room schoolhouses in Montgomery County, and the stories they tell about early days of public education.
Thurgood Marshall: A Trail-Blazing Civil Rights Victory in Montgomery County
Silver Spring Library 900 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, United StatesCivil rights icon Thurgood Marshall delivered an early blow to school segregation right here in Montgomery County – gaining equal pay for the county's African American teachers in 1937. This […]