Historian
I’m warning you now, this story ends badly. But let’s start with the good parts. Early in the twentieth century, a young black man named Allen B. Wilson graduated from Leonard College, the medical school of Shaw University …
Continue Reading about A Black Doctor and an Abortion in 1941
by Tamela Baker, Herald Mail Media / The path to freedom for enslaved people before — and during — the Civil War was an arduous one. The goal for many was to reach the organized Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania. While the …
Continue Reading about For Many Escaping Slavery, Hagerstown Was a Connection Point
Tamela Baker/The Herald-Mail/HALFWAY — For decades, the resting place of scores — perhaps hundreds — of Black residents lay overgrown and unnoticed as a residential neighborhood developed around it. Those interred there …
Continue Reading about Local Historian and Concerned Neighbor Lead Effort at Black Cemetery
On a very cold day in January, WBAL-TV (Baltimore) reporter Kim Dacey came out to Hagerstown to talk with Convention and Visitors Bureau president Dan Spedden and with me, about Hagerstown's Underground Railroad …
Continue Reading about WBAL covers Hagerstown’s Underground Railroad trail
Common Power is a wonderful social justice organization that includes history among its activities. In December I sat down with A.J. Musewe and Dr. Terry Scott to talk about the Underground Railroad for one of their "History …
In November, WDVM reporter Katie Rhee covered the ground-penetrating radar survey at Halfway Cemetery. Watch her story here. For more about Halfway African American Cemetery, read my earlier blog post. I've also written …
