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1856 in the News

Most of UMD’s founders were slaveholders. The 1856 Project aims to confront that history.

Frederick Douglass statue in front of Hornbake Library on the UMCP campus

By Anaya Truss-Williams, The Diamondback

Last week, before visiting a section of an orientation course meant to introduce new students to the University of Maryland, university archivist Lae’l Hughes-Watkins reviewed the slides that had been shown to educate the class about the school’s history.

She noticed a few key omissions...

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Photo by Julia Nikhinson