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The historic Black community of Sugarland, was founded in 1871 in Poolesville, MD.

The historic Black community of Blcoktown was founded by Thomas A. and Jennie Jackson in 1884

What happened to them? What could they do and where could they go when they had nothing, and may not have known where to go and how to get there? Learning about our historic Black communities in Montgomery County, MD.

You are warmly invited to join us at a panel on Saturday at the Poolesville library.

As recently as 1972, nearly half of community pools in our county were still for whites only. Indeed, across the nation many white people clung to their community pool as a bastion exclusively for them. The effects of this racial discrimination linger today.

MoCoLMP is naming & mapping enslavers & enslaved in 1860s Montgomery County, MD, and researching their connections to the 110 named historic Black communities that sprang up around them.

Linden-Lyttonsville in Silver Spring underwent significant urban renewal in the 1970s. We talk with a historic descendant about its effects.