Discover Worcester County - African American Experience
Comfort Powell House
(Gabe Purnell) |
The history of the African-American experience in Worcester County consists of a complex fabric of written facts and oral traditions, as well as people of local, state and national prominence. Worcester County's African American community can point to a long and rich history of people, places and events that have helped shape the cultural traditions of the Delmarva peninsula. However, the full history of the African-American experience on the Eastern Shore has yet to be researched or written.
Fishing the Pocomoke c. 1925
(Julia A. Purnell Museum) |
It is a sincere hope that this web site and accompanying brochure may spur others to learn more about their own families or research individuals who have contributed in other ways to the complex and interwoven cultural fabric that distinguishes this unique region.
Copywriting by Paul Touart
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