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An area in the DMV known as Chesapeake Bay is home to multiple beaches along its shorelines. During the Jim Crow Era when segregation ran deep, the Black community wasn’t welcome to enjoy the sandy shores, according to CBS News.
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Van Lennep Auditorium was packed on Saturday, Feb. 17, for “Troubled Waters: Black Watermen,” co-hosted by the St. Michaels Community Conversations on Race, the St.
The city of Annapolis has purchased a property that will become Elktonia-Carr's Beach Heritage Park, preserving the history of "Black life on the bay."