Alex Dominguez, The Associated PressHomeJudge Hears Case Over Maryland Funding of Historically Black SchoolsAttorneys arguing that Maryland’s history of racially-segregated higher education is ongoing used decades-old state reports to try to make their point as a federal trial began Tuesday.January 3, 2012African-AmericanSlaves Hid African Charms in Maryland GreenhouseThe greenhouse on the Maryland-based Wye House plantation where famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass spent part of his childhood was not as uniquely European as once thought: Its furnace was built by slaves, who hid distinctly African touches within it to ward off bad spirits, researchers say.February 14, 2011Page 1 of 1
