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Maryland Agricultural College after the 1912 Fire. The Old Barracks and Administration buildings are in ruins, while Morrill Hall, which stands to this day, is visible at right.

"It was just a neighborhood of people who trusted each other, trusted and respected each other. You know, the fiber. Like you said it takes a community to raise a child and that's the kind of community it was.
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This flier was created for a rally October 5th hosted by Black students and faculty in 1977 and appeared in Black Explosion on October 3, 1977. They were seeking more support and representation within UMD and also advocating for the Lakeland…

" I worked in high energy physics. And we were the next generation that came along that was not doing manual labor, like sweeping mopping, the yard crew, or whatever. And high energy physics was an area that we had to learn how to read film. And this…

"Oh, the University of Maryland played an integral part in the jobs that my family had the most of my family was on the grounds crew. And that's what kept Maryland looking as pristine as it was. And I can remember the jobs that they had. They took…

"I used to talk about the different ladies that baked on the cake in the community and stuff, you know, Halloween, nice people used– the parents used to be out there on the corner watching kids go up and down the street, and things were just so safe.…