In 1973 US Vice President Spiro Agnew pleads no contest to taking cash kickbacks from Maryland contractors in the VP office. He escapes jail by resigning. The first VP to be accused of a crime but not convicted is Aaron Burr for treason in 1807.
Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns, avoids jail Read More »
Popular early 20th century author Sophie Kerr creates the largest U.S. literary prize for an undergraduate at Washington College in 1965.
Sophie Kerr Literary Prize created Read More »
Thurgood Marshall, Maryland’s most famous lawyer, wins Brown vs. Board of Education case, desegregating public schools. Appointed by President Lyndon Johnson as the first African American to the Supreme Court in 1976, Marshall serves 24 years.
Thurgood Marshall wins Brown vs. Board of Education case in 1954 Read More »
“Columbia, Maryland, is the best place to raise a family in the country.” Jim Rouse creates a carefully planned city for “joyous living” in 1967.
Following civil rights demonstrations in 1963, Gloria Richardson becomes the SNCC negotiator with US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. They sign the Treaty of Cambridge, ending segregation in schools and housing which is ignored by locals.
Gloria Richardson negotiates end of Civil Rights demonstrations in Cambridge Read More »
Rachel Carson publishes a controversial environmental book in 1962 that leads to the banning of DDT and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Rachel Carson publishes “Silent Spring” Read More »
Fashion designer Claire McCardell, featured on the cover of Time in 1955, is the successful creator everyday easy-to-wear clothing for women.
Claire McCardell, fashion designer of modern women’s sportwear Read More »
Seven Morgan State College students stage the first sit-in at Read’s Drugstore in Baltimore in 1955. It ends peacefully and occurs 5 years prior to more famous Greensboro, NC sit-in.
Morgan State students stage first sit-in Read More »
The Ritchie Boys, trained in Maryland in 1942, are an important secret weapon for the allies in World War II. Exiled European Jews are trained in intelligence for the allies. They interrogate prisoners, interpret, translate and read code.
The Naval Air Station Patuxent River in St. Mary’s county has an 80+ year history as the Center for Naval Aviation Training and Testing.
Patuxent Naval Air Station opens in St. Mary’s in 1942 in response to WWII Read More »
We acknowledge the enduring presence of many American Indian tribes who once lived in Maryland and who now, having lost their lands, live in a diaspora. Read more.
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