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Interesting facts about how the son of Frederick Douglass built the first black municipality in Maryland
When Charles Douglass and his wife Laura decided to visit the Bay Ridge Resort on the Chesapeake Bay in 1890 to enjoy the sea breeze, it did not occur to them that the color of their skin could be a reason they would be restricted to enjoy their rights to leisure. The white majority in…
