Multicultural in Rockville, MD

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Father Divine was an influential and charismatic religious leader and founder of the International Peace Mission Move...

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Rockville was an early center of Methodism in Montgomery County. Methodists first met in private homes with occasiona...

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The Beall-Dawson property originally extended from Montgomery Avenue west to Forest Avenue and north to Martins Lane....

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Racial tensions between African American and white church members peaked immediately before the Civil War. Pro-slaver...

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The park is run by the National Park Service and is located a couple of miles NW of Washington DC on the banks ...

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Although this house has only 11 rooms, it's well worth a visit. Formerly the home of Clara Barton, the Glen Echo re...

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This was once a vital center of the African American community in Rockville: the Eureka Tabernacle Number 29 of the O...

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Built in 1927, the Smithfield Colored School was one of sixteen schools for African Americans constructed in the coun...

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After the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and Congress created the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands to aid...

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Long before the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, some enslaved people freed themselves by escaping to Canada. In 18...

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For over fifty years, Celestine and Jesse Hebron operated one of the most successful printing businesses in the count...

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The Sandy Spring Museum was established in 1980 to preserve the history and heritage of the Sandy Spring community. The Farm...

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Now owned by the Montgomery County Department of Parks, the cabin has been fully restored and furnished to depi...

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Rockville's First Colored School 246 North Washington Street In March, 1867, twenty African Americans pledged to supp...

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After being made to wait while five white patrons who came in after him were served, George T. Johnson opened Mr. T?s...

Father Divine Birthplace