Freedman’s State Park, a new Maryland state park dedicated to the African American Howard family, was established to honor their journey from enslavement to emancipation and their contributions to the Civil Rights Movement.
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AFRO team visits land that played pivotal role in newspapers’ beginnings
The AFRO American Newspapers and Afro Charities team recently visited the land where Martha Howard Murphy, wife of AFRO founder John H. Murphy Sr., was enslaved and later owned, which provided seed money for the founding of the AFRO.
