Silver Spring Neighbors Once Separated by Color Walk Together as One
Pat Tyson has lived by the Talbot Avenue bridge in Silver Spring for 78 years. She remembers life without running water in her home and a lack of streetlights in… Read More
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Redesigned Talbot Avenue Bridge Now Connects Towns It Once Separated
A bridge that for so many years separated Black and white residents in the Lyttonsville area of Silver Spring reopened May 24 as part of the Purple Line project. The… Read More
Former One-Room Schoolhouse, Segregated Church Gets $943,000 Toward Preservation
The Pleasant View Historical Association received $943,000 from the federal government to preserve and restore a former segregated church and one-room schoolhouse in Quince Orchard that will be used to… Read More
Former School for Black Students Recommended for County Historic Designation
The Edward U. Taylor School in Boyds is being recommended for designation as an historic structure. Members of the Montgomery County Planning Board unanimously agreed Thursday to ask Montgomery County… Read More
Black History Month: Trailblazer Vernon Ricks
84-year-old Vernon Ricks lived through some of the seminal moments in Montgomery County’s history. Last November, MyMCM honored Ricks, who serves on MCM’s Board of Directors, with the Montgomery County… Read More
Metro Celebrates Rosa Parks’ Legacy With Commemorative Seat on All Buses
The Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) is paying tribute to Civil Rights leader Rosa Parks’ legacy Thursday by reserving a commemorative seat for her on every bus across Washington D.C.,… Read More
Frosh Overrules Maryland’s ‘Racially Discriminatory’ Legal Opinions, Calling Them ‘Abhorrent’
In his last few weeks as Maryland attorney general, Brian Frosh overruled 22 legal opinions that he called racially discriminatory. The opinions dealt with antiquated rulings already deemed unconstitutional and… Read More
Annual Talbot Bridge Lantern Walk Returns Saturday
In an effort to shine a light on the history of the county and areas previously affected by racial segregation, communities in Silver Spring will walk in unison to promote… Read More