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June 6, 2026 “1885 lynching historical marker to be installed in Westminster” - The Baltimore Sun
May 20, 2026 “Community Gathers to Remember James Taylor and Confront a Painful History” - The Chestertown Spy
May 20, 2026 “Accused of 'something he did not do'“ - Kent County News
May 14, 2026 “Historical marker near lynching site in Chestertown to be unveiled on Justice Day” - The Evening Enterprise
March 11, 2026 “City of Annapolis Coordinates Site for Lynching Memorial at Northwest Street Park” - City of Annapolis
March 10, 2026 “Coming soon: A memorial to victims of lynchings in Maryland” - Substack
November 21, 2025 “Music heals: Maryland Lynching Memorial Project and BSO announce partnership on lynching memorial” - Baltimore Fishbowl
November 21, 2025 “The noose will forever be a symbol of racial terror in America” - Substack
November 1, 2025 - “Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Commissioners release details of recommendations for reform” - The Intersection Magazine
October 13, 2025 - “‘Lynching in Maryland’ conference puts truth first to honor victims and face history” - Baltimore Fishbowl
August 4, 2025 - “Maryland’s forgotten victims: Shedding light on the state’s lynching legacy” - AFRO-American
February 17, 2025 - “Baltimore museum exhibt tells the story of Maryland’s last recorded lynching victim” - CBS Baltimore
November 4, 2024 - “New exhibit at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum details history of lynching, honors Maryland’s victims” - WBALTV
June 3, 2022 - “Truth and reconciliation for Howard Cooper” - On the Record
May 26, 2021 - “Baltimore County Dedicates Historical Marker Remembering Lynching of Howard Cooper” - Equal Justice Initiative
March 18, 2019 - “Bill to Create Commission on Maryland Lynching History Goes to Senate” - The Washington Informer
February 28, 2019 - “Lynching in Maryland: Proposed commission could shed light on history” - Delmarva Now
February 13, 2019 - “State lawmakers propose commission to confront dark history of lynchings in Maryland” - Maryland Matters
December 22, 2018 - “Groups pay tribute to Henry Davis, last man to be lynched in Anne Arundel County” - The Capital Gazette
October 23, 2018 - “The soil remembers the barbarity of lynching even though America tried to forget it” - The Washington Post
October 14, 2018 - “Group hopes confronting Maryland’s history of lynchings will help with path forward” - The Washington Post
October 10, 2018 - “Confronting the horrific legacy of lynching in Maryland” - Afro-American
September 25, 2018 - “Bringing a dark chapter to light: Maryland confronts its lynching legacy” The Baltimore Sun
February 20, 2018 - "In Towson, remembering a lynching" - The Baltimore Sun