LIVE! The Tracing Freedom Mapping Project: Historic Black Communities in Montgomery County, MD
Learn about slavery, Jim Crow, and the resilience of the historic Black communities that came out of this history in Montgomery County, MD.
“IT HAPPENED HERE” photo exhibit now at Olney Library, MCPL
March 16–April 16, 2026, at Olney Library, during library hours April 17-May 8, at Wheaton library, 11701 Georgia Ave, Wheaton, MD “IT HAPPENED HERE: REMEMBERING THREE LYNCHINGS” was developed by MoCoLMP and reveals the forgotten and nearly-erased history that occurred in our county. Originally focused on the two lynchings that took place in Rockville, the exhibit now includes Mr. Peck’s lynching in Poolesville. With site markers and photographs, this exhibit traces the paths
Maryland Black History: Naming the Enslaved
At the MD State Archives looking for names of Montgomery County, MD enslaved & enslavers in the early 1860s.
“It Happened in Rockville” Virtual Photo Exhibit
This exhibit memorializes and honors two men who were lynched in Rockville—Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey in 1880 and Mr. Sidney Randolph in 1896....
Two Lynchings: The Remembrance Pilgrimage Walk
Take a walk to discover the history of the lynching deaths of Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey in 1880, and Mr. Sidney Randolph in 1896, in...