Charles Ball, who was once enslaved, is depicted heroically on the War of 1812 Bladensburg memorial, “Undaunted in Battle,” which is an 8-by-10-foot bronze sculpture located near the Peace Cross at the intersection of Baltimore Avenue and Bladensburg Road.
Bladensburg’s Ann Williams’ act of rebellion against slavery changed the course of her life, inspired abolitionists, was cited before Congress, and eventually helped her win her freedom.
The historic Magruder Flat Iron Building, one of Hyattsville’s most distinctive buildings, is getting a facelift in a new lead gray color with green trim thanks to a partnership with Green Owl Design and real estate firm Go Brent, which is renting space in the building.
Starting in the 1790s, enslaved people in Prince George’s County tried a novel way to gain their freedom: they took their owners to court.
The old Cameo Theatre was part of a D.C. chain owned by Sidney Lust, a former partner of the Warner Brothers — as in the actual brothers, Jack and Harry Warner.
The late Route 1 artist David Driskell, who lived in Hyattsville but worked in College Park, is at the center of a new HBO documentary “Black Art: In the Absence of Light,” which airs this week.
Curlee R. Holton, executive director of the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland and a printmaker and painter and whose work has been professionally exhibited for more than 25 years, was chosen to design the poster for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s arts department.
The Prince Georges African American Museum and Cultural Center in North Brentwood will be getting an upgrade soon.
Most enslaved people seeking to escape fled north, but for a brief time in Prince George’s County starting in 1862, freedom meant heading south into D.C.
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