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Members of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Located in the western section of Lakeland, on Lakeland Road near Rhode Island Ave., the Elks Home was owned and operated by the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, an organization created in 1899 in answer to the exclusion of African…
Men of Distinction
"Men of Lakeland in their Sunday finest, including Chesley Mack (seated right) and Delarce "Lock" Dory (standing right)."
Standing left to right are Arthur Brooks, Benjamin Briscoe, unknown, Delarce Dory. Seated are Rev. Mosley and Chesley Mack.
Standing left to right are Arthur Brooks, Benjamin Briscoe, unknown, Delarce Dory. Seated are Rev. Mosley and Chesley Mack.
On the Shoulders of Giants
The plaque was commissioned and created by the black faculty and staff association and the university of Maryland. Seeking acknowledgment and awareness of the black people who helped build the school, but often go unnoticed. The plaque was placed on…
Open Letter to president Elkins from Michael Tabor, president of Suburban Washington CORE June 5, 1965
This letter outlines and describes the reasons for CORE’s picketing of the University in the spring of 1965. The main reason for picketing the University is because it “epitomizes a state system of education which is unequal and discriminatory.”…
Pamela Boardley
"Lakeland was just a friendly town. You could walk the streets at night and not be afraid - I wouldn't dare do it now. It was just very family-like oriented."