Before the coronavirus pandemic took hold in Anne Arundel County, it was common to see friends and neighbors of opposing political parties spending time together, knocking elbows on Main Street for a beer inside a packed restaurant, on the sidelines of a high school football game and around private dinner tables.
After weeks of carefully dismantling the Thurgood Marshall memorial on Lawyers Mall in Annapolis, the final statue of Marshall was taken to the state archives for storage Friday morning.
Droves of activists clad in purple descended on Lawyers Mall outside the Maryland State House on Thursday afternoon to protest abortion and advocate for access to care from conception until natural death as lawmakers milled from offices to the chamber to drop last-minute bills before the deadline.
Hogan Proclaims February as Black History Month in Maryland
Thurgood Marshall Statue on Lawyers Mall in Annapolis, unveiled Dec. 2020 after being away due to construction. Via Office of the Governor’s Flickr, taken 12/17/2020.
In a proclamation Monday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan recognized Feb. 2021 as Black History Month in the state.
“When we celebrate Maryland’s Black history, we celebrate the shared history of all Americans’ injustice, freedom and equality,” Hogan said in a video on the first day of the month. He announced that Maryland is partnering with the Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis and Rev. Tamara Wilson, Chair of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, to highlight iconic Black Marylanders in history. Wilson said to learn more about the state’s Black history, residents should visit the Banneker-Douglass Museum website.