安纳波利斯获得博士故居. Parlett Moore for Elktonia-Carr’s Visitor Center

安妮阿伦德尔县, 切萨皮克的黑人, 自然保育基金, 十大赌博正规老平台, 私人捐助者使购买成为可能

安纳波利斯, MD(二月十五日), 2024) – 安纳波利斯市 finalized the acquisition of the one-time home of educator and former Coppin State University President Dr. 2024年2月15日，星期四，帕利特·摩尔. The City’s acquisition was made possible through City funding as well as funding from 安妮阿伦德尔县, 自然保育基金, 切萨皮克的黑人, 十大赌博正规老平台, Maryland Heritage Area Authority and hundreds of private donors, 包括美林家族基金会, 弗朗斯-梅里克基金会和威廉·L. 和维多利亚Q. 亚当斯基金会.

The Moore property is adjacent to Elktonia-Carr’s Beach Park, 那是安纳波利斯市在2022年购买的. 在一起, the two properties will become the Elktonia-Carr’s Beach Heritage Park, managed by the City of 安纳波利斯 Department of Recreation and Parks. The location will also become the headquarters for 切萨皮克的黑人, a nonprofit organization that documents and celebrates the history of African Americans who worked (and continue to work) in the maritime and seafood processing industries in the Chesapeake Bay region.

“因为我们在2022年收购了Elktonia, the City and partners have been tirelessly raising the funds to get the Moore property,安纳波利斯市长加文·巴克利说. “Now both properties are not only preserved from future development, but will be joined together to be part of the Elktonia-Carr’s Heritage Park, a site dedicated to telling a more complete history of 安纳波利斯.”

From left to right: 切萨皮克的黑人 President & Founder Vince Leggett, Maryland State Director Bill Crouch and 十大赌博正规老平台 President & 首席执行官乔尔·邓恩. 摄影:J.T. 院长/十大赌博正规老平台

安纳波利斯市, 自然保育基金, 切萨皮克的黑人, 十大赌博正规老平台, and private funders celebrated the property transfer at an event that included elected officials and members of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture.

“Today represents another historic milestone of achievement for the 20-year Odyssey to preserve the last vestiges of African American land situated directly on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. 卡尔家的历史位置, 麻雀, Elktonia海滩, 现在是帕利特·摩尔家的小屋, 代表海湾的“黑海岸”,文斯·莱格特说, 切萨皮克黑人协会的执行董事. “和巴克利市长一起工作, 康乐及公园署署长, 以及公共/私人合作伙伴, our vision is to open a state-of-the-art educational, 环境, and cultural heritage center designed to train and motivate the next generation of African American land conservation and heritage preservation champions.”

0.67-acre waterfront Moore property and existing residential structure join the adjacent Elktonia-Carr’s Beach property, a 5.17-acre parcel that is significant to Black history, culture, and heritage in 安纳波利斯.

Elktonia, 斯派洛海滩和卡尔海滩, 位于安纳波利斯的埃奇伍德路, were Chesapeake Bay destinations where Black families spent summer days and musical nights from the 1930s to the 1960s. 在种族隔离的时代, Black Americans were historically prohibited from visiting popular beaches along the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic seashore. 在回应, Black Americans created their own spaces where they could congregate and recreate safely by the water.

“Acquiring this property during Black History Month is important for 安妮阿伦德尔县 and 安纳波利斯,县行政长官斯图尔特·皮特曼说. “Black leaders of today will be able to memorialize what for many were the most joyous moments of a segregated era, when thousands gathered at this sacred site on the Chesapeake Bay to party to some of the best music that our country had to offer.”

Carr’s Beach hosted some of the most famous musical performers of the mid-20th Century, 包括艾拉·菲茨杰拉德, 查克贝瑞, 詹姆斯·布朗, 史提夫汪达, 莎拉·沃恩, 和艾灵顿公爵, 还有很多当地的艺术家. Sunday night concerts were broadcast to radio audiences on WANN/1190 AM, with 安纳波利斯 DJ Hoppy Adams introducing the performers.

种族隔离的终结, 切萨皮克湾大桥的扩建, 切萨皮克海滨的私有化, and a host of other socioeconomic factors led to the decline of these Black-owned businesses on the Western Shore. 1971年，安妮阿伦德尔县判处35人死刑.5 acres of 麻雀 Beach to become the location of the 安纳波利斯 Water Reclamation Facility. Much of the remaining land was later sold to a private developer to construct a gated condominium development.

Elktonia-Carr’s Heritage Park 摄影:Jody Couser/十大赌博正规老平台

“This special place connects us together with its nature and cultural history. The past and future of Elktonia-Carr’s Beach will fuel the wisdom and compassion our community needs,十大赌博正规老平台协会主席说 & 首席执行官乔尔·邓恩. “感谢巴克利市长的领导, 合作伙伴和慷慨的捐助者, current and future generations will learn about the Chesapeake’s Black history at this welcoming park on the shores of the Bay.”

在接下来的几个月, the City’s Department of Recreation and Parks will develop, 通过社区公众意见的过程, 两处房产的总体规划. The overall plan will incorporate storytelling components about the history of the site, as well as a coastal and shoreline restoration plan in partnership with the 安纳波利斯 and 安妮阿伦德尔县 Resilience Finance Authority. The new park will be managed by the 安纳波利斯 Department of Recreation and Parks and be open to the public.

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