Reflections: On the 5th Anniversary of George Floyd's Murder
The killing of George Floyd on Monday May 25, 2020 was a seismic event in American history, but not because it was unusual. White folks in the New World have been killing Blacks for hundreds of years. What was different about Floyd’s killing was how unapologetically brazen and flagrant it was. And how visible....
MoCoLMP’s Annual Gathering 2025: Leaves of Redemption Quilts
Kentucky quilt Fifty MoCoLMP members and new friends gathered at the lovely Seekers Church in Takoma Park to learn about slavery and emancipation in 1860s Montgomery County, to talk about what MoCoLMP volunteers have found this year, and to see the fabulous quilts designed by Lynda Tredway for her “The Lynching Trees: Leaves of Redemption” project. Lynda, wearing a T-shirt with a photo of Ida B. Wells, explained that she is creating a quilt for each of the states where lynchi
Montgomery County in the early 1860s
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.