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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 […]

Montgomery County’s Historic Towns and Places Request one of the following Speakers Bureau topics through our online form!Questions? Contact Matthew Gagle or call 301-340-2825.  Down-County: Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Silver Spring, and Potomac Potomac’s Storied HistorySpeaker: Judith […]

Historic and Remarkable People of Montgomery County Request one of the following Speakers Bureau topics through our online form!Questions? Contact Matthew Gagle or call 301-340-2825.   *NEW* Herman Rabbitt: The Man, The Money, The Legend, and […]

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 […]

The Effects of Brown vs. The Board of Education in Montgomery County The Need for Education Since the era of slavery, African Americans understood the need for literacy and education as a […]