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.
Piezano's Pizza is an Italian Pizza restaurant located directly on the boardwalk. We are open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner also have a full bar serving amazing cocktails. We have a spacious dining room and an amazing patio.
East Coast Airsoft Arena is Harford County, Marylands largest indoor blasters arena. Offering Nerf, Gel Blasters, Laser Tag & Airsoft for private and public events! Open Friday through Sunday every single week!
Located on an attractive 319 acre water-front campus, St. Mary's College stands on a historic piece of land first settled in 1634. As Maryland's only Public Honors College, students receive the benefits of a small, liberal arts college with the lower cost of state tuition.