Anne Arundel Community College

Jan Sharik Baker shares a story handed down from mother to daughter. It is the tale of a simple immigrant family that came from Ireland to Annapolis. As the information was gathered, and the story unfolded, connections to many well-known landmarks and points of local interest were uncovered. Each discovery that confirmed a long ago memory, brought the ancestors to life in the hearts and minds of the family living here today. Join the Anne Arundel Genealogical Society as we “stroll the streets” that built this family’s story. For more...

The Peer Learning Partnership at Anne Arundel Community College is presenting a lecture by Chris Haley, including a broad overview of enslavement in Maryland with a focus on Anne Arundel County. Christopher E. Haley of the Maryland State Archives and the Director of its “Study, Legacy of Slavery in Maryland,” will use primary 18th and 19th Centuries documents to provide a glimpse into the vast universe of experience that shaped the lives of Maryland’s African American population. The presentation will be held in CALT 100.