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Morgan State University Student Center Civil Rights Exhibit

An exhibit in the student center.

Mt. Auburn Cemetery

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.

The Street of Royalty Marker

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.

Thurgood Marshall Monument

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.

Nurturing the Arts Marker

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.

Parren Mitchell House and Marker

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.

Thurgood Marshall House

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.

Playing for Civil Rights Marker / Druid Hill Park

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.

Struggling for Equality Marker

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.

Union Baptist Church

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.

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