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March on Annapolis
On April 24, 1942, over 2,000 people marched on the Maryland State House in Annapolis in response to the police murder of Thomas Broadus, who was shot in the back as he ran from an altercation. The March on Annapolis demanded Governor Herbert O’Conor…
Naval Powder Factory
While southern Maryland resisted integration, several barriers were removed at Indian Head, where the Navy had an established base (now the Naval Ordnance Station), making it federal property. The president of the Charles County NAACP and Shop…
Tags: Legal Action, Letter-writing, NAACP
Ocean City, Maryland
After successfully integrating public accommodations in Baltimore, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) attempted to push for integrations on the Eastern Shore. In Ocean City, CORE tried a similar tactic as they tried in Westminster, meeting with…
Tags: CORE, Direct Action, Media Pressure
Integration of the University of Maryland Law School
In 1935, Donald Gaines Murray Sr. (1914-1986) was recruited by the NAACP to apply to the University of Maryland Law School, knowing he would be rejected based on his race. Following the rejection, Murray and the NAACP sued the University of Maryland,…
Tags: Legal Action, NAACP
Baltimore Polytechnic “A” School Integration
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute’s “A Course” curriculum, a college preparatory program in engineering, was unique in the city’s public school system. Only white boys could be accepted into the program. On June 16, 1952, the Coordinated Committee on…
Tags: Direct Action, Education, Legal Action, NAACP
Gwynn Oak Park, 1955
In 1955, after first trying to persuade the owners to integrate, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) began an eight-year picketing campaign against Gwynn Oak Park in Baltimore County. On July 4, 1963, hundreds of people, including religious…
Tags: CORE, Direct Action, Nonviolence, Protest
Ford’s Theater Protest, 1947
In 1947, the Baltimore chapter of the NAACP, supported by students, began a picketing campaign against Ford’s Theater and its segregated seating policies. Many national and international stars, including Paul Robeson, joined the protest. The…