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Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Corporate and Banking Interests Profit from Desecration of Black Maryland Graveyard
16 Jan 2019
Truth rises from the graves of Black ancestors in a wealthy Maryland county.
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Karen Spellman and the SNCC Legacy Project –Black Power Chronicle Part II
24 May 2017
by BAR Editor and Columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo From her vantage point in SNCC, Karen Spellman saw the birth of the modern Black Power Movement. She says “most Black people equated the concept of…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Karen Spellman and the SNCC Legacy Project –Black Power Chronicle
17 May 2017
by BAR Editor and Columnist, Dr. Marsha Adebayo When did the “Civil Rights Movement” morph into the “Black Power Era” -- or is that a false dichotomy. The best testimony on that question comes from…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
The Community Had a Duty to Shut Down the Montgomery County Hearing on the Bethesda African Burial Ground
12 Apr 2017
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo Black community members attempting to preserve an ancestral burial ground charge they were “deceived, misled and ambushed” by officials in suburban…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Brother Harvey Matthews: “I’m Fighting for My Ancestors.” The Bethesda African Cemetery: Part II
05 Apr 2017
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo When whites dispossessed an established Black community in Bethesda, Maryland, a half century ago, they “destroyed the life that we loved,” said Harvey…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Brother Harvey Matthews: “I’m Fighting for My Ancestors.” The Bethesda African Cemetery: Part I
29 Mar 2017
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo More than half a century ago, developers paved over a Black cemetery in Bethesda, Maryland. Now the county claims the ancestral bones may no longer be…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
The Bethesda African Cemetery: Protests Trigger Government Response
22 Mar 2017
by BAR Editor and Columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman Adebayo African descendants have forced a delay in further eradication of ancestral burial grounds in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington, DC. “The…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Politics of the Bethesda African Burial Ground and the Montgomery County National Lampoon
15 Mar 2017
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo and Kevin Berends A Black burial ground lies under a parking lot in Montgomery County, Maryland, a wealthy suburb outside Washington, DC. Developers…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Maryland County Commission Favors Developer Over African Burial Ground
01 Mar 2017
by BAR Editor and Columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo When a planning board in a wealthy Washington suburb sided with developers that want to obliterate an African burial ground, the only concession they…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Continued Desecration of Bethesda African Cemetery: We Shall Stay in Our Resistance! Part II
22 Feb 2017
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo