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Heritage Black History Remembers Local Leaders and Places
The article lists key figures in Frederick County's black history from 1921 to 1965 including Charles B. Henson, Lincoln School principal and supervisor of black schools, and Dr Ulysses Bourne and Dr Charles Brooks who ran a hospital for blacks at 181 West All Saints St. It notes churches Asbury United Methodist and First Missionary Baptist, schools Lincoln High School, and various organizations and sites such as Bartonsville, Clagett Center graveyard, and the Afro-American publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West All Saints Street
Charles B. Henson
Lincoln School
Frontiers Club of America
Asbury United Methodist Church
Benjamin F. Davey
Rockville
Eutaw
Homer C. Blake
North Atlantic
David D. Porter
North Carolina
Howlett’s Battery
James River
Newport News
Harry Charles Wolf
Pittsburgh
Lily Pons
Maryland House of Delegates
Ulysses G. Bourne
Charles Brooks
West All Saints St
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Bourne
Maryland
House of Delegates
Clagett Center
Buckingham House
First Missionary Baptist Church
All Saints St
John Gilhart
Frederick
Sunny Side
Mountsville
Licksville
Catoctin Ring Mountain
John McKenley
Quinn Chapel
African Methodist Episcopal
AME
Chuch
Monocacy
East All Saints Street
Old Hill
West All Saints and
Court Streets
Asbury
Lodge of Free Masons
New Market
James E. Steuart
Fredericktonian Lodge
Lincoln High School
Madison Street
South
Center Streets
W. Fifth Street
Baltimore
Emancipation Association