This marker is located within the oldest cemetery for African Americans in Baltimore and describes its history. Numerous civil rights leaders are buried there including Lillie Carroll Jackson, Dr. N. Louise Young, John Henry Murphy and many others.
This marker details the heyday of the Pennsylvania Avenue District, with the Royal Theatre as its crown jewel. The world-renowned entertainment district, with performances from Billie Holiday and others, was part of the Chitlin' Circuit.
This monument is a memorial dedicated to one of the most important civil rights leaders in American history and our nation's first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
This marker is on the Pennsylvania Avenue Heritage Trail and explores the ways in which the surrounding West Baltimore neighborhood helped shape some of America’s greatest Black writers, artists and performers.
This marker describes the house's history as the home of civil rights leader Parren Mitchell, the first African American to represent Maryland in the U.S. Congress and provides information about his life and achievements.
This plaque is affixed to the exterior of 1632 Division Street. It provides information on the house's history as the childhood home of Justice Thurgood Marshall and details Justice Marshall's important role in the Civil Rights Movement.
This exhibit panel provides information about an interracial tennis match played here in 1948, which, was held to protest the park's segregationist policies. A nearby historic, "Breaking the Back of Segregation," lists the names of the participants.
This marker traces the long struggle for equality in housing and other areas that historically defined the Black experience in Baltimore. It details new housing opportunities gained in the 1960s on both sides of the Gwynns Falls.
This marker details the history of the 1852 church, contributions of its various leaders, including Rev. Vernon Dobson (a civil rights leader and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) and the church’s important role in the surrounding community.
This marker commemorates a long-overlooked civil rights milestone: the 1955 sit-in at Read’s Drug store by students from Morgan State and CORE. The sit-in took place five years before the better-known lunch counter protest in Greensboro, NC.