Governor Moore proclaims 2024 as Maryland’s Year of Civil Rights

ANNAPOLIS, MD—This week, Governor Wes Moore proclaimed 2024 as Maryland’s Year of Civil Rights during a launch event at the Banneker-Douglass Museum, Maryland’s official African American history and culture museum. Joined by First Lady Dawn Moore and the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, the launch celebrated the upcoming events that will honor Maryland’s Year of Civil Rights […]

Artwork by 15 BCPS students to be featured in annual High School Juried Art Show at Reginald F. Lewis Museum

TOWSON, MD—Fifteen Baltimore County Public Schools students have been named among the 20 finalists in the Reginald F. Lewis Museum‘s 18th annual High School Juried Art Show. The BCPS finalists are: Ifeoluwa Naluwa Adeyooye, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology Khyree Bonds, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology Jasmin Gedlu, Eastern Technical High School Sanye’ Grace, […]

Governor Hogan proclaims 2022 ‘Year of Harriet Tubman’ in Maryland [VIDEO]

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan has officially proclaimed 2022 as “The Year of Harriet Tubman” in Maryland as the state celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of the nation’s most renowned freedom fighter. The governor announced the designation at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and Visitor Center in Church Creek as the kick-off to a full weekend of […]