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Black History in Baltimore

Published on Feb 11, 2016

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Black History in Baltimore

February 12, 2016
Photo by 3 Sons Productions
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Politics

  • Clarence Du Burns
  • Kurt Schmoke
  • Shelia Dixon
  • Stephanie-Rawlings Blake
  • What do all of these people have in common?
Photo by Jeff Kubina
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Bishop L. Robinson, Sr.

First African American Police Commissioner of Baltimore City
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Thurgood Marshall

First African American Supreme Court Justice
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Frederick Douglass High School

  • Thurgood Marshall
  • Cab Calloway
  • Bishop L. Robinson, Sr.
  • All Alums of Douglass
Photo by Marion Doss
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Coppin State University

  • Founded in 1900 as a school for elementary educators
  • Later remained for Fanny Jackson Coppin, a pioneer in teacher education
  • In 1952, Coppin moved from Pennsylvania Avenue to their current 38 acre campus on West North Avenu
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Morgan State University

  • Founded in 1867 by a group of Methodist ministers
  • 1939 the school became a public university
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Royal Theater

  • Most famous theater on Pennsylvania Avenue
  • Concerts - Louis Armstrong, Duke Elington, Etta James, Nat King Cole
  • Sister Theaters - Apollo, Harlem; Howard, Washington DC; Earl, Philadelphia
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