Remembering Mr. George W. Peck: Laying a Wreath
MoCoLMP lays a wreath in memory of Mr. George Peck, lynched in 1880, and talks about how to push back against racism.
Scotland: the Founding & the Revival of an Historic Community
Founded in 1880, this historic community has worked to keep its community intact. Today, it is thriving.
Sellman -- farming and trains
The Sellman community grew up between the farm they had been enslaved on and the train tracks.
The Community of Seneca at Violette's Lock
The community’s first church, Potomac Grove Colored Church, was built on Violettes Lock Road in 1893 by a community formed by workers at the local stone quarry, near the C&O Canal.
Too Precious to Lose: A Memoir of Family, Community & Possibility
Book talk, Jason Green, Feb. 23, 2026 at peoples books in Takoma Park, Maryland.
Brownstown Then and Now
The Brownstown community was founded in 1868 by William Brown, who bought ten acres here.
A Look at the History of Racial Violence in Montgomery County
Racism and racial violence in Montgomery County, MS.
Big Woods Historic Black Community, Dickerson, MD
A short history of the Big Woods historic Black community in Maryland the 1800s.
Sugarland: A Place of Excellence
The historic Black community of Sugarland, was founded in 1871 in Poolesville, MD.
Blocktown
The historic Black community of Blcoktown was founded by Thomas A. and Jennie Jackson in 1884
“IT HAPPENED HERE” photo exhibit hosted at Blackrock Center for the Arts
“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 has recently expanded to include Mr. Peck’s lynching in Poolesville. With site markers and photographs, this exhibit traces the paths of the three lynchings: Mr. George Peck in 1880, Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey in 1880 and Mr. Sidney Randolph in 1896
What did freedom mean to the enslaved of Montgomery County, MD?
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.
Panel on local historic Black communities
You are warmly invited to join us at a panel on Saturday at the Poolesville library.
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?
It Happened Here: Remembering Three Lynchings Exhibit
MoCoLMP's new, expanded exhibit on the three lynchings in 1880s and '90s Montgomery County, MD premieres Sep. 22 in Poolesville, MD.
NPS Requests Feedback Intended to Erase History
This article talks about current efforts to limit discussion at National Park Service sites of the full history of the U.S.
Statement on White Supremacy
Because of repeated attacks on Black history and the truth, the MoCoLMP Steering Committee believes it necessary to restate our...
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....
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.