Doswell Brooks served as Supervisor of Colored Schools in 1922, and in 1956 was appointed as the first African-American member of the Board of Education. He also served on the Fairmount Heights Town Council and was Mayor from 1955 to 1968.

Formerly “Henry’s Colored Hotel,” this facility catered to African-American tourists and entertainers who stayed here while performing at the Pier Ballroom. The beach was restricted also via reserved periods known as “Colored Excursion Days.”

Lorraine Henry and her husband George purchased this land in 1952 and developed a popular day resort for African Americans. Families enjoyed ball games, swimming, fishing, crabbing and home-style cooking, as well as the premier Black entertainment.

The mural, featuring the community around Pine Street, highlights important figures in Cambridge’s rich African-American history, culture and heritage, including Gloria Richardson Dandrige, a leader in the Civil Rights movement.

The first of its kind in the nation, the memorial garden honors the late Coretta Scott King and features an eternal fountain, a biographical plaque entitled "Her Story," and a number of quotes. It is on the grounds of Sojourner Douglass College.

This statue honors Dr. Aris T. Allen, a pioneer in Maryland politics who blazed a trail for African Americans in public service. Allen was dedicated to the education of Maryland's youth and to serving local nonprofit organizations.

This intersection of West and West Washington Streets is the gateway to the "Old Fourth Ward,'' Annapolis' historic African-American community. Its distinctive identity sparkled in its heyday of 1920-50 when Black and white people gathered here to enjoy a common interest in great music and entertainment.

A small, free museum that talks about the history of Somerset County from the turn of last century to about mid-1930s, attached to the Somerset County Welcome Center.