The Montgomery County community gathered Sunday in Rockville to memorialize two Black men who were lynched in the late 1800s. John Diggs-Dorsey was lynched in 1880 and Sidney Randolph in 1896, according to Montgomery History documents. Diggs-Dorsey was accused of assault in 1880 and was in jail when a white mob took him and lynched […]
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September 27, 2021 |
September 26, 2021 |
Remembrance Walk, Soil Collection Ceremony Memorialize Two Victims Lynched in Rockville
In the late 1800s, two Black men were lynched in the Rockville area. On Sunday, leaders and residents joined a remembrance walk and soil collection ceremony to memorialize John Diggs-Dorsey and Sidney Randolph. According to Montgomery History, Diggs-Dorsey was accused of assault in 1880 and jailed, when a mob captured him and lynched him. Randolph […]
April 26, 2016 |
Police Investigate Hate-Based Vandalism in Rockville (PHOTOS)
Montgomery County police officers are looking for the vandals that painted swastikas at several locations in Rockville. Police said on Sunday afternoon, officers responded for the report of vandalism that had just recently occurred at Welsh Park on Mannakee Street and at Beall Elementary School located at 451 Beall Avenue in Rockville. Through the course […]
April 29, 2015 |
Service of Solidarity and Prayer for Baltimore Tonight in Rockville
A Service of Solidarity and Prayer for Baltimore is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Rockville (UUCR). “Escalating inequality in America is a lived experience in our neighbor city of Baltimore. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Freddie Gray, and to […]
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