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Vincent O. Leggett, a historian and conservationist of black culture along the Chesapeake Bay, has died, according to Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman. “I was shocked and deeply ...
Chesapeake Conservancy and the foundation acknowledge that the list is not complete and there are even more beaches that are significant to Black history in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Carr's Beach, founded in 1926, was a beachfront resort on the Chesapeake Bay that catered to African American patrons during segregation. [1]Located just south of Annapolis, Maryland, Carr's Beach was established as a recreational area during the Jim Crow-era when African-Americans were denied entry into 'Whites-only' establishments. [1]
Sparrow's Beach was a beachfront resort on the Chesapeake Bay that catered to African American patrons during segregation in the American South. [1]Located just south of Annapolis, Maryland, Sparrow's Beach was established as a recreational area during the Jim Crow-era when African-Americans were denied entry into 'Whites-only' establishments. [2]
Location of Chesapeake in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Chesapeake, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Chesapeake, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register ...
The Mattawoman (also known as Mattawomen) were a group of Native Americans living along the Western Shore of Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay at the time of English colonization. They lived along Mattawoman Creek in present-day Charles County, Maryland .
Columbus police homicide detectives have filed murder charges against two young adults and a teenager after a man died Monday from injuries in a Dec. 6 assault outside a Kroger store on the South ...
The mall's original anchors were Miller & Rhoads (sold to Hecht's in 1990 [3]), Sears, and Leggett, a division of Belk. Hess's was added in 1987. [4] Proffitt's, which acquired the former Hess's in 1993, was sold to Dillard's in 1996. [5] The Leggett store briefly operated as Belk before it was traded to Dillard's in 1998 as part of a mutual ...