The Eastern Shore edition of Maryland African American Pride Magazine pledges to publicize positive people and activities that affect the MD Eastern Shore; to advocate for improvements in the communities; to promote Black-owned businesses and trade with those who show support for our communities; and to promote equal opportunity for all.
We are a local, African American owned community service, supported by advertisements, grants, donations, and subscriptions. We welcome your comments and input. Call us at 410-543-2926 or email: MDAAPride@aol.com
Our thanks to the Rural Development Center at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for its support in creating and maintaining this website.
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Welcome to the site of the only Maryland Eastern Shore publication dedicated to serving African Americans who live here.
- Don't miss the latest news:
- Obama Wins Election
- Outstanding Achiever - David B. Mitchell
- Princess Anne park dedicated in honor of Garland Hayward Sr.
- Dr. Bronte Jones receives a Fannie Lou Hamer Award
- Black Elected Officials
- Jon'mel Davenport to take part in the Presidential Inaugutation
- And more...
In This Issue
Black History
December
5th - Montgomery AL Bus Boycott began in 1955
15th - Bill of Rights took effect in 1791
16th - Andrew Young appointed US Ambassador to the United Nations in1976
23rd - Madame C.J. Walker born in 1867
24th - National Council of Negro Women founded in 1935
26th - Kwanzaa celebration begins
January
1st - Emancipation Proclamation made in 1863
- Kwanzaa celebration ends
5th - Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity founded at Indiana U. in 1911
9th - Fisk University founded in Nashville, TN in 1866
- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity founded at Howard U. in 1914
10th - George Washington Carver born in 1864
11th - Southern Christian Leadership Conference founded in 1957
12th - The Congressional Black Caucus organized in 1971
13th - Delta Sigma theta Sorority founded at Howard U. in 1913
15th - Martin Luther King, Jr. born in 1929
- Alpha Kappa Alpha (1st Black Greek) Sorority founded at Howard U. in 1908
16th - Zeta Phi Beta Sorority founded at Howard U. in 1920
17th - Dr. Daniel H. Williams born in 1856
- Boxer Muhammad Ali born in 1942
18th - Actor James Earl Jones born in 1931
19th - Baptist Church organiz-ed by Blacks in Savannah, GA in 1788
25th - Constance B. Motley appointed the first Black Woman federal judge in 1966
30th - Harlem Globetrotters formed by Abe Saperstein in 1927
31st - Jackie Robinson born in 1919
