How a mass suicide by slaves caused the legend of the flying African to take off

In May 1803 a group of enslaved Africans from present-day Nigeria, of Ebo or Igbo descent, leaped from a single-masted ship into Dunbar Creek off St. Simons Island in Georgia. A slave agent concluded that the Africans drowned and died in an apparent mass suicide. But oral traditions would go on to claim that the Eboes either flew or walked over water back to Africa. For generations, island…

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. walking with School Children

Two Prince George’s County sites – Greenbelt and Landover – were previously two of three finalist locations for new consolidated headquarters

Upper Marlboro, MD – Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III, released this statement following the news of the coordinated effort of Maryland’s House of Representatives Congressional Delegation to pressure the General Services Administration…

Woodmore Town Center es un centro comercial abierto en la población de Glenarden, Maryland, que abrió al público en 2010 y tiene una superficie de 800.000 pies cuadrados. Directorio de Tiendas Bank of America ATM Beauty Mart Best Buy Big Frog Carter’s Cava Grille Centre Cleaners Chipotle Coinstar Cold Stone Creamery Copper Canyon Costco Costco Food Court Costco Gasoline Costco Pharmacy Costco…

Phillips Realty Capital Facilitates $58M Financing for Maryland Apartment Development in Glenarden

BY KEITH LORIA MAY 10, 2021 10:58 AM THE ST. JOSEPH APARTMENTS. RENDERING: BY PRC Varsity Investment Group has closed on a $45.1 million construction loan from United Bank for the St. Joseph Apartments, a four-story, 268-unit multifamily development in Glenarden, Md., Commercial Observer has now learned. Phillips Realty Capital (PRC) structured the capital stack financing, which also included…