Maryland Commission on African History and Culture: "Historic Preservation/Self Preservation"
Channel: Preservation Maryland
Date: 09/07/2020

The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, founded in the late 1960s, is one of few such organizations nationally. The Commission operates the Banneker-Douglas Museum in Annapolis and helps fund preservation projects across the state. 

In this recorded session, you'll learn about the remarkable leaders of the Commission that restored a historic church into the Banneker-Douglas Museum as one of the group's foundational acts of preservation as well as a dispatch from Western Maryland where the organization is supporting positive change in a disinvested community, building-by-building.

Speakers for this session are both Commissioners: Chanel Compton, Executive Director of the Banneker-Douglass Museum and Reggie Turner, Chairman of Western Maryland Community Development Corporation and owner of Turner Wealth Management.

This is the first of several online webinar being offered by Preservation Maryland instead of our annual Old Line State Summit. More sessions here: https://www.preservationmaryland.org/programs/old-line-state-summit/.

The Old Line State Summit is supported by Maryland Historical Trust, Whiting-Turner, Rural Maryland Council, Ruff Roofers, Brennan+Company Architects, and Worcester Eisenbrandt, Inc.