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She was a public school teacher before 1937, when she was the first black person to be appointed as an officer in the Baltimore Police Department in Maryland. [3] [4] Hill served in the American army during the Second World War. [1] In 1948, Hill graduated with a BA from Howard University, a historically black university in Washington, DC
Sarah A. Collins Fernandis (March 8, 1863 – July 11, 1951) was an American social worker, writer, and community leader, based in Baltimore, Maryland.She organized settlement houses in Washington, D.C., and Rhode Island, and worked for improved living conditions and healthcare for Black city residents.
The Black Panther Party struggled in Baltimore during the late 1960s and early 1970s due to campaigns of surveillance and harassment from the FBI and the Baltimore City Police Department. Between 1968 and 1972, the Baltimore Black Panthers used a number of different buildings to house meetings and other activities.
Anna Johnson Julian, born Anna Roselle Johnson (November 24, 1903 – July 3, 1994) was the first African-American woman awarded a PhD in sociology by the University of Pennsylvania (1937), a civic activist, and fourth national president of Delta Sigma Theta, a historically black sorority.
When the Baltimore YWCA was founded in 1883, they only offered their services to white women and so the Colored Women's YWCA was founded in 1896. They merged in 1920. [ 52 ]
1911 - Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore) built. 1912 Arch Social Club founded. 1912 Democratic National Convention; 1914 Baltimore Museum of Art founded. Baltimore Museum of Art. Hippodrome Theatre built. 1916 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra formed. Baltimore Black Sox baseball team formed. 1917 Fort Holabird established. Lithuanian Hall opens. 1918
John Henry Murphy Sr. (25 December 1840 – 5 April 1922) [1] was an African-American newspaper publisher based in Baltimore, Maryland. Born into slavery, he is best known as the founder of the Baltimore Afro-American (also known colloquially/for short as The AFRO), published by the AFRO-American Newspaper Company of Baltimore, Inc.
McClinton remained in her full-time position at the Durham County Department of Social Services for two years, until the birth of her second daughter in 1956. [ 4 ] In 1960, McClintoin became the first Black professional staff member at the Veterans Administration Hospital , where she worked for six years. [ 4 ]