Collage image with poictures of women highlighted in the blog: Pauline Tsui, Elisabeth Gilman, Gloria Richardson Dandridge, Fannie Birckhead, Harriet Tubman, Sharon Brackett, Rachel Carson, and Carmen Delgado Votaw.

41 Inspiring Women from Maryland History You Need to Know

More important and fascinating women are newly added to the latest edition of our Women’s History heroes celebration this year!

By Nehemiah Bester

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Community Leaders, Elected Officials, and Civil Rights Organizations Challenge DHS’s Secret, Rushed Plan to Convert Hagerstown Warehouse into Mass Immigration Detention Center

Amicus brief warns of serious risks to water supply, public health, emergency services, and the fundamental dignity of those detained, with no meaningful notice or input from local residents
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Blame state inaction for the condition of Baltimore schools

OpEd published in The Baltimore Sun on September 27, 2021.

By Frank Patinella

A crossing guard is guiding two students across a street.

How Black and Latinx Officers Blew the Whistle on Racism and Won

“People lost their jobs, some were demoted, some were driven out, and community members were killed.”

By , Meredith Curtis Goode

HNLEA v. PGPD victory. Pictured from left to right: Joe Perez, Sonya Zollicoffer, and Thomas Boone.

2021 Freedom Ride: What Can the Past Teach Us?

Civil rights leaders, religious officials, activists, and elected officials take a “Freedom Ride” from Annapolis to Ocean City.

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Maryland's Freedom Summer bus beside a sign celebrating the icon Harriet Tubman.

We Must Acknowledge Race in Schools

"Blueprint" Board Must Have Race Equity Expertise

A Black person is standing on a sidewalk and has hair past their shoulders and wearing a mask and a t-shirt that says "Use Your Power to Empower."

What does Mississippi have to do with abortion rights in Maryland?

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case in 2022 challenging Mississippi’s ban on abortion starting at 15 weeks of pregnancy. That state is asking the Supreme Court to reverse its landmark 1973 abortion decision, Roe v. Wade. This case could mean a major rollback on abortion rights. Roe is in jeopardy and our reproductive rights are under attack.

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Protesters hold ACLU abortion rights posters in front of the Supreme Court.

“He was everything. He loved his family. He was a family boy.”: Anton Black’s Murder by Police

On September 15, 2018, several white police officers and a white civilian forcefully used the weight of their bodies to pin 19-year-old Anton Black face down on the ground for six minutes, until he died of asphyxiation.

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Justice For Anton Black

Black Trans Lives Matter

Highlighting the Work of Baltimore Safe Haven

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90 Years Protecting Civil Rights, Challenging Racism

90th ACLU of Maryland Anniversary

By Dana Vickers Shelley, John Henderson

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Talbot Confederate Statue: A Racist History

White Supremacy Cannot Be Celebrated

By , Nehemiah Bester

Person holds a sign that says, "Glorifying the Confederacy Glorifies Racism. Move the Monument." Another sign is visible that says, "Racism has no business here."