WHAT'S IN OUR LIBRARY?
Contributions created or developed by UCAC to the history and development of St. Mary’s County while advocating for improvements in health, education, and community building for all citizens of St. Mary’s County.
Photo: Members of the Unified Committee of Afro-American Contributions visited the St.Marys County Historical Society at Tudor Hall in Leonardtown and were given a tour and received lots of information about archiving and historical collections. Carol Moody gave us lots of valuable information in our 2 hours tour.
RESOURCES
Dedication Ceremony of the United States Colored Troops
Dedication Ceremony of the United States Colored Troops
Dedication Ceremony of the United States Colored Troops
Dedication Ceremony held on June 16, 2012 at John G. Lancaster Park Ceremony attendees included the Governor, Secretary Alvin Collins - Dept. of General Services, Delegate John Bohanan (who walked with us every step of the way), and St. Mary’s County Government
Located at: John G. Lancaster Park
21550 Willows Road Lexington Park, MD 20653
Park hours are every day, sunrise to sunset
The African American Monument in Southern Maryland
Dedication Ceremony of the United States Colored Troops
Dedication Ceremony of the United States Colored Troops
July 29, 2000 a dream became a reality. The newly erected St. Mary’s County African American Monument was dedicated The monument is surrounded by six pedestals with bronze plaques and engraved bricks surrond to say thank you to ... the people who paved the way for them. The St. Mary’s County Commissioners unanimously approved naming Freedom Park in Lexington Park after a prominent citizen, Elmer Brown. The commissioners agreed to rename the park, Elmer Brown Freedom Park on June 21, 2014.
Located at: Route 235 South and Tulagi Place in Lexington Park.
African American History Pathway
Dedication Ceremony of the United States Colored Troops
African American Interpretive Center
When attending the Juneteenth Festival in Lancaster Park, don’t miss the brand new “African American History Pathway.” Look for the new wayside interpretive signs between the United States Colored Troops Civil War Memorial Monument and the historic “Flat top” building, now officially designated the United States Colored Troops Memorial Monument Interpretive Center!
Located at: John G. Lancaster Park
21550 Willows Road Lexington Park, MD 20653
Park hours are every day, sunrise to sunset
African American Interpretive Center
" With All Deliberate Speed: One High School's Story"
African American Interpretive Center
UCACs’ award-winning exhibit on African American education, “Remember the Past Look to the Future,” which will be on display inside the Interpretive Center. This exhibit tells the story of 100 years of segregated schooling in St. Mary’s County.
Located at: John G. Lancaster Park
21550 Willows Road Lexington Park, MD 20653
Park hours are every day, sunrise to sunset
In Relentless Pursuit of an Education
" With All Deliberate Speed: One High School's Story"
" With All Deliberate Speed: One High School's Story"
African American Stories from a Century of Segregation (1865 - 1967)
In Relentless Pursuit of an Education is local history at its best. In their own words, residents of St. Mary's County, Maryland, tell of the separate and unequal black schools that existed until the county finally complied with Brown v. Board of Education in 1967. This generation displays no nostalgia for segregation, but they do recall how their daily life was marked not only by inequality, but also by determination, caring, even fun.
" With All Deliberate Speed: One High School's Story"
" With All Deliberate Speed: One High School's Story"
" With All Deliberate Speed: One High School's Story"
A CD Documentary by Meredith Taylor about the desegregation of Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland.
"With All Deliberate Speed: One High School’s Story" grew out of a project led by Merideth Taylor with support from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions. In 2003-2004, Great Mills High School students and teachers participated with Taylor in interviewing former students, teachers, and administrators who experienced the desegregation process at the school between 1958 and 1972. At the end of the year, students presented scenes drawn from the interviews for a 50th Anniversary celebration of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling. In 2007 and 2008, Taylor conducted subsequent video interviews, and the documentary is primarily drawn from these interviews, but reflects the information from over thirty interviews conducted between 2003 and 2009.