Category: Media
AARCH Society In the News
August 9, 2023The Frederick News Post recently featured the African American Resources Cultural and Heritage Society in an article on $10 million for Maryland projects recently approved by the U.S. Senate’s Appropriations Committee. If approved, AARCH Society will receive $162,000 in grant funds that will be put toward digitizing and preserving its archival collections in preparation for the opening of Frederick’s African American Heritage Society. Read the News Post feature here.
AARCH Society Gains New Artifact
June 20, 2023We are excited to announce that the African American Resources Cultural and Heritage (AARCH) Society is a recipient of a full set of “Belva’s Museum Artifacts,” a seven-volume newsletter highlighting African American history in Frederick, MD. Read the Frederick News Post feature on this new AARCH Society Heritage Center acquisition here. Photo credit: Delaplaine Foundation. Left to right, Rick Simmons, Sir Speedy Printing, Mary Mannix, Frederick County Public Libraries, Seaven Gordon, AARCH Society, Belva King, Protean Gibril, AARCH Society, Blair Wilson, Delaplaine Foundation.
AARCH Society In the News
March 11, 2023“Examining the Past” in February’s Frederick Magazine highlights some important African American historical spots in Frederick city and county and AARCH Society’s Guided Historic Walking Tours. Read more and sign up for our tour under Programs & Events!
AARCH Society and the Frederick Downtown Partnership recently co-hosted a brainstorming session for a new restoration and public art project underway for the Seventh Street Fountain at the intersection of N. Market and 7th Streets. Learn more in the Frederick News Post here.
Tale of the Lion Viewing for Black History Month
February 19, 2023Read this feature by The Frederick News Post: “In the years since “The Tale of the Lion: Our Voices, Our Stories” premiered at the Weinberg Center for the Arts in Frederick in 2018, several organizations have requested showings of the documentary, to hear from the people whom Barbara Thompson calls “our living treasures.” Read the full article here.
Recovering Identity Grant to Study Local African American History
February 13, 2023See this Frederick News Post article on a new grant and project: “The Maryland Historical Trust has awarded $35,000 to Frederick County for the second phase of a project to study African American history in partnership with the African American Resources Cultural and Heritage (AARCH) Society, according to a press release Monday. The project, called Recovering Identity, will provide research and a foundation for long-term preservation planning for African American resources in Frederick County, the release states.” Read the rest of the article here.
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Frederick History Missing A Page
September 16, 2021Read this 2003 Washington Post feature interview with AARCH Society founder William O. Lee, who shares why Frederick County’s African Americans deserve better than to have to search in his basement for their ancestral roots.
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