Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will host a poetry read-in on Saturday in Silver Spring . The event is part of the Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) and will take place at the GapBuster Learning Center located inside United Methodist Church on 33 University Boulevard in Silver […]

The Montgomery County Employees Black History Month Program Committee is hosting its annual celebration at the Universities at Shady Grove today. The theme of this year’s program is “Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African American Memories.” Local leaders, including County Executive Ike Leggett, Council President Nancy Floreen, and Councilmember Craig Rice, are among those attending the […]

Montgomery Parks will celebrate Black History Month with free educational events that highlight the stories, struggles and successes of African Americans. The events will take place on February 27 and 28 at Josiah Henson Park and will include free guided tours, a screening of a PBS documentary about the park and a spoken word poetry […]

To highlight a pattern of racial stereotyping, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Students released a video called “I, Too, Am B-CC.” The students also plan to produce “I, Too, Am MCPS.” “They shared things that I was sort of shocked to hear. Things they seem to think as normal to me seemed the opposite,” said Sarah […]

Six long time Montgomery County residents whose activism on Civil Rights played key roles in the Civil Rights movement spoke to the County Council about history as they lived it. The presentation was in recognition of Black History Month. Take a look. County Cable Montgomery producer/editor Barbara Grunbaum and videographer Mike Springirth compiled the recollections […]

Susan Kenedy hosts the latest episode of Council in Brief, which includes reports about Black History Month, streamlining the development application process and a preview of an upcoming APFO meeting at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.

Another extremely cold day is on tap! Here are five more things to know today, Feb. 24, in Montgomery County: 1. WSSC is asking for your patience as crews are responding to a high number of water main breaks in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties this week. 2. County Executive Ike Leggett is answering your […]

One resident was not allowed to receive a library card or read books in the library. Another grew up in a property bought by his great-great-grandmother who was a slave to the Beall family in Rockville. But all of them had one thing in common: they fought and still fight for equal, fair, and just treatment […]

A powerful video, “I, Too, Am B-CC [High School],” explores racial stereotypes at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Montgomery County as students share their personal experiences and opine on their future. Inspired by the social campaign, “I too, am Harvard,” the video is produced by Makdes Hailu and directed and edited by Orlando Pinder. It […]

Montgomery County employees honored Black History Month with a special ceremony on Feb. 5 at the Universities at Shady Grove. It was a celebration of education, diversity, and a time to honor ordinary people doing extraordinary things. “We are who we are today because of our ancestors and because of the people currently living today. […]