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Feb 4, 2025

Annapolis eyes naming City Dock park after conservationist Vincent Leggett

Annapolis eyes naming City Dock park after conservationist Vincent Leggett

The City of Annapolis wants to name a park after Vincent Leggett, a historian and conservationist of Black culture along the Chesapeake Bay.

Dec 6, 2024

Blacks of the Chesapeake Announces an Interim CEO

Blacks of the Chesapeake Announces an Interim CEO

The Board of Directors endorses the appointment of Interim Chief Executive Officer/President to continue the work and legacy of Founder and long-term CEO, Vincent O. Leggett, "Admiral of the Chesapeake"

Jul 2, 2024

Black history revived at a historic Chesapeake Bay beach

Black history revived at a historic Chesapeake Bay beach

Jan 22, 2024

Commentary: It’s time for a Maryland Black Watermen’s Memorial

Commentary: It’s time for a Maryland Black Watermen’s Memorial

Jul 10, 2023

Initial plans for Elktonia Beach includes erosion limiting beachfront design, education center

Initial plans for Elktonia Beach includes erosion limiting beachfront design, education center

Dec 26, 2021

OYSTER NINJA PODCAST - VINCE LEGGETT

OYSTER NINJA PODCAST - VINCE LEGGETT

Nov 18, 2021

A Vanishing Legacy: Black Captains of the Chesapeake Bay

A Vanishing Legacy: Black Captains of the Chesapeake Bay

An African-American head boat captain and black woman oyster farmer fight to preserve a minority presence in aquaculture on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.

Jan 1, 2021

National Sailing Hall of Fame- Captain Bill Pinkney, Inductee- Lifetime Achievement Award

National Sailing Hall of Fame- Captain Bill Pinkney, Inductee- Lifetime Achievement Award

After a diverse post‑Navy career, Bill Pinkney fulfilled his lifelong dream by becoming the first African American to single‑handedly sail around the globe (1990–1992) aboard his 47‑foot sloop  'The Commitment', documenting the 27,000‑mile voyage for 30,000 schoolchildren and earning a Peabody Award for the film “The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney.”

Jan 3, 2019

Sea Grant film explores a diminishing Smithville

Sea Grant film explores a diminishing Smithville

Smithville is a community on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, on the edge of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. A century ago, Smithville had more than 100 residents. Today, it has four. Hear about the issues these residents are facing from slow-moving encroachment of water on their community.

Sep 24, 2016

African American Watermen of the Chesapeake

African American Watermen of the Chesapeake

From the 1870s through the 1970s, African American watermen like Ira Samuel Wright of Wetipquin, Maryland, made their living dredging oysters and fishing the Chesapeake Bay under harsh conditions, passing the trade from father to son.

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