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On Feb. 2, 1959, seventeen Black students stepped into six segregated Norfolk schools, knowing the welcome would be anything but warm. Surrounded by hostility and threats, they carried more than textbooks—they carried the weight of a system built to keep them out. Still, they showed up, choosing dignity and determination in the face of cruelty. […]
The Maryland National Guard and Governor Wes Moore honored Harriet Tubman with a posthumous commission as a one-star general in the Maryland Army National Guard. The ceremony took place near her birthplace at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park Visitor Center. Click here to learn more
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