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This exhibit honors Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, one of the foremost leaders in the struggle for equal rights under the law. The exhibit, on Concourse C at BWI airport, features a timeline of Marshall’s life and highlights his accomplishments, including his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1967 as the first African American on the bench. The exhibit also includes a bust of Marshall by artist Toby Mendez.

This tour explores Baltimore's Pennsylvania Avenue corridor exploring its history as one of the nation’s premier African-American entertainment districts. The guided tour is only available for groups of 6 or more, with reservations.

This marker is located within the oldest cemetery for African Americans in Baltimore and describes its history. Numerous civil rights leaders are buried there including Lillie Carroll Jackson, Dr. N. Louise Young, John Henry Murphy and many others.

This monument is a memorial dedicated to one of the most important civil rights leaders in American history and our nation's first African-American Supreme Court Justice.

This marker describes the house's history as the home of civil rights leader Parren Mitchell, the first African American to represent Maryland in the U.S. Congress and provides information about his life and achievements.

This marker traces the long struggle for equality in housing and other areas that historically defined the Black experience in Baltimore. It details new housing opportunities gained in the 1960s on both sides of the Gwynns Falls.

This marker details the history of the 1852 church, contributions of its various leaders, including Rev. Vernon Dobson (a civil rights leader and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) and the church’s important role in the surrounding community.

This marker commemorates a long-overlooked civil rights milestone: the 1955 sit-in at Read’s Drug store by students from Morgan State and CORE. The sit-in took place five years before the better-known lunch counter protest in Greensboro, NC.

During the War of 1812, the British vandalized the village of Chaptico, doing extensive damage to Christ Church and desecrating its cemetery. Several members of the Francis Scott Key family are buried in the Key Family vault. The church is on the National Register of Historic Places. Over its 300-plus years, Christ Church has offered the people of Southern Maryland a place of spiritual comfort, connection, and renewal.