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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 227 Print image (48K) |
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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 227 Print image (48K) |
| 1970 Milton B. Alien was elected the first African American States Attorney for Baltimore. 1970 Parren J. Mitchell was elected the first African American to serve in Congress from Maryland. 1970 Charles T. Burns opened his first Super Pride Food Store. 1970 Louis Harper became the first African American captain of the Baltimore City Fire Department. 1972 Roland Patterson became the first African American superintendent of Baltimore City Public Schools. 1979 Dorothy Brunson became the first African American woman in the United States to own a radio broadcasting station. 1979 Lucille Clifton became the first African American woman to be named as Poet Laureate of Maryland. 1979 Joseph C. Howard became the first African American judge for the state of Maryland. 1981 Mabel Houze Hubbard became the first African American woman judge for the District Court of Maryland in Baltimore City. 1984 Bishop Robinson appointed first African American Commissioner of Baltimore City Police Department. 1986 Clarence "Du" Burns became the first African American Mayor of Baltimore. 1987 Kurt L. Schmoke was elected the first African American Mayor of Baltimore. 1987 Dr. Benjamin Carson, neurosurgeon, led the team of specialists in successfully separating the Binder Siamese twins. The operation lasted more than 20 hours and gained worldwide recognition. 1988 Frank Robinson, became the first African American manager of Baltimore Orioles Baseball Organization. 1989 Edward Wood appointed commissioner of Baltimore City Police Department. 1991 Kurt L. Schmoke re-elected Mayor of Baltimore City. 1992 Vera P. Hall was elected first African American woman to serve as chairperson of the Maryland Democratic Committee. SS-77 |