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University of Maryland Reckons with the Past

black and white photo of a cabin formerly located on campus properly that probably served as a dwelling for enslaved laborers
A 1919 image by J. Henry Shannon shows a cabin on land belonging to the Eversfield family, a structure that likely was demolished when the UMD campus expanded in the 1920s. (Photo courtesy of Washington History Center. Rambler Photo Collection, Dr. Octavius Eversfield Office, RA 649-2)

By Liann Herder, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education

The University of Maryland's (UMD) The 1856 Project has released its first report covering the history of their institution and its intersection with slavery, Reconstructing the Truth. Its goal, stated in the report, is to become a “blue print for a richer understanding of generations of racialized trauma rooted in the institution”...Read More