

Swimming While Black in Montgomery County
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.


Farms or Plantations? MoCoLMP’s Mapping Project Responds
Did 1860s Montgomery County, MD have farms or plantations? Language is important.


Agricultural Sites of Enslavement In Montgomery County: Farms or Plantations?
Classifying places of enslavement in Montgomery County, MD: plantations or farms?