Silver Spring’s Acorn Park

July 11, 2017 | Mitti Hicks

Parks Petition Asks Officials to Acknowledge Racism in Public Displays (VIDEO)

Charlotte Coffield has lived in Silver Spring for more than 80 years and said she remembers it as a segregated place where blacks couldn’t even eat at the same restaurants as whites. “We could not go to dress shops and try on clothes,” Coffield said. “We couldn’t try on hats. If you handled it, you […]

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