Sankofa: Honoring Our Past, Seeding Our Future
You are warmly invited to join MoCoLMP at our commemoration of Montgomery County’s 250th anniversary, featuring speaker Chris Haley of the MD Archives Legacy of Slavery project
Why Should We Celebrate the 250th?
We all have reasons to celebrate or not celebrate the 250th anniversary of our county. Many people may have asked themselves, "What is there for me or my community. Many people may have asked themselves, "What is there for me or my community to celebrate?" Or, "What is one significant event that has happened over the past 250 years in Montgomery County that I want to celebrate?" Maybe it is something your ancestors passed down to you. Maybe it happened in your lifetime or in
MLMP Issues Statement on Patterns of Hangings in the United States
The Maryland Lynching Memorial Project is deeply troubled by the clear rise in Black people found hanging from trees in communities across the United States. The frequency of these deaths and the similarities they share across jurisdictions reflect an extremely dangerous trend that evokes the trauma and terror of racial terror lynching committed against Black communities.