The land on which CCBC's Catonsville campus is situated is rich in history and has deep connections to community heritage. These 10 signs, located throughout the CCBC Catonsville campus, tell the stories of people who once lived and labored…

On July 22, 1868, a black man by the name of Isaac Moore and an accomplice Ben Preston were accused of robbing and assaulting a woman crossing Bynum’s Run Bridge on Church Hill Road in Harford County, Maryland. Not much can be recollected about…

Garfield King was a resident of the Trappe District in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland. Born in 1880, he graduated from Princess Anne “Colored” Academy and was highly thought of by his neighbors. On May 21st of 1898, King and others got into an…

George Briscoe was an African American resident of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Briscoe, described as approximately 40 years of age, was accused of a series of robberies in the Stoney Creek area and believed to be the sole perpetrator. Suspected…

The October 8, 1889 issue of The Baltimore Sun reported that Mary Morrison and her sister Hattie Rhodes were attacked by 56 year old Wright Smith during an attempted robbery at the residence of James and Mary Morrison in Anne Arundel County.…

King Johnson (King Davis) was a 28-year-old African American man living in the Fairfield area of Anne Arundel County (now Baltimore City). According to census records and newspaper reports Fairfield was an integrated community. Uncommon for the area…

Thomas Juricks was an African American who worked as a sharecropper to support his wife and six children. Juricks was working on Schoaff farm in Prince George’s County in 1869, when he had cut open his hand using a scythe. He tore off a piece of his…

On October 3, 1907, 22-year-old William Burns and Jesse Page were drinking at multiple bars in the Canal Wharf area of Cumberland Maryland. While at Kate Preston’s bar, William Burns became disorderly and was told to leave the bar. Police Officer…

Charles Whitley was originally from Stafford Circuit, Virginia. At the approximate age of 19 he worked as a chef for the Lyles, a white family who considered him to be an intelligent and skilled young man. He was trusted by the family and was…