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 Join Montgomery History for a special tour at the C&O Canal’s Seneca sectionOctober 5 at 2 PMOctober 23 at 1:30 PMPopular Local historian Ralph Buglass will take us along the […]

Stonestreet Museum Reinterpreted Months of hard work from Curator Elizabeth Lay and Master Docent Clarence Hickey came to fruition on Saturday, October 26, with the reopening of the Stonestreet Museum of […]

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Did you know… Montgomery History has Traveling Pop-Up Exhibits!  Are you holding a public event? Do you have a love for history and preserving the past? Our pop-up exhibits could be at […]

African American History: The Montgomery County StoryOriginally published quarterly and now biannually by Montgomery History, The Montgomery County Story is a scholarly journal of research focusing on the history of […]

African American History: History Conference Topics Videos of Select TopicsIn Search of the Ballfields of Montgomery’s Black Communities Bruce AdamsMap of Ballfields of Black Communities in Montgomery County  Gibson Grove: Gone but not ForgottenDr. […]

The Effects of Brown vs. The Board of Education in Montgomery County The Decision The Supreme Court made its historic, unanimous decision, outlawing segregation in public schools, on May 17, 1954.  A […]

This is a past exhibit which was displayed at the Beall-Dawson Museum between Aug. 17, 2004 and Mar. 6, 2005. The Effects of Brown vs. The Board of Education in Montgomery […]

The Effects of Brown vs. The Board of Education in Montgomery County The 1872 Law An 1872 Maryland law provided that one free (public) school for black students, aged six to twenty, […]

The Effects of Brown vs. The Board of Education in Montgomery County The Rosenwald Fund In 1917, Julius Rosenwald, a director with Sears, Roebuck & Co., started a foundation to match funds […]