Collection

Various photos of friends and family.

More postcards, this time from Amsterdam.

Bowie State basketball team played against Salisbury State. Gray was a walk on for tbt team entering as a sophomore.

In 1970, Prince George’s County officials reported that only a few of Lakeland’s streets were paved, lighting was inadequate, and home values lagged behind those of neighboring white communities. The report failed to mention contributing influences, such as the disparity in economic prospects and the lack of financing opportunities for residential and commercial properties. African Americans were primarily dependent on unregulated private lenders; bank mortgages were rarely granted. Above are two homes on Pierce Avenue circa 1965. Here are Two homes on Lakeland Road circa 1968.

Embry AME Church was founded in 1903 in the home of Samuel and Georgianna Stewart. The congregation built a chapel in 1905 in a low-lying section of the community. In 1918, the building was moved to a site on Lakeland Road. In 1920, a new church on the same location replaced the chapel. Over time, a parish hall and study were added. The building is shown here around 1965. (Courtesy of Thelma Lomax)

Members of the Edwards family.

Urban Renewal Property Map

Young boy on bicycle

Senior photos continued.

At event held at Hyattsville library branch. Included were cake, ice cream and jello. The inclusion of jello was a tradition in the Braxton household.

Lakeland High School graduate

Donor's brother in middle left, on his graduation day from Howard in 1974. Top left - pictured with donor's cousin Raynard Johnson, Maggie's brother. All other pictures on that page from that day. They still lived in DC.

More pictures of donor's sister and brother in the DC home.

James Johnson and Nannie Walls Johnson, two of Lakeland's earliest African American residents. They migrated with family members from Westmoreland County, Virginia. This image is from 1890-1900.

A letter/speech from Martin Luther King Jr., and poems about the Pastor and his wife for their 25th anniversary.

McKinley Gray with son

Edward Jefferson and Amy Brooks Potts (seated, middle) are pictured with their children. Seated from left to right are Beverly, Patricia, Iris, and Sylvia. The children standing are, from left to right, Anthony, Edward, Shirley, LaVerda, William, and Gerald. Wallace was not present for this photograph, which was taken at the Potts family home on Navahoe Street circa 1968. Potts was a granddaughter of Samuel and Georgianna Stewart, founders of Embry A.M.E. Church.

This motel had its front along Baltimore Avenue and was part of the Lakeland subdivision. It was not part of the Lakeland community as for much of its history the establishment did not serve African Americans

Map - Proposed Zoning - Lakeland Urban Renewal Area

"College Park Mayor and Council Work Session Briefing Paper on Lakeland Urban Renewal Project, Weygandt Property - giving history of project, action and rationale #114 page 2 of 1"

Continuing with photos of the students as they were in 1985 with a short bio.

Also scanned: the back of photograph, on which is written "Ethel, Arthur Brooks, Rev. Musely, Chesla Muck""

African Americans could not attend the University of Maryland until 1954, and few undergraduates of color were admitted until the 1970s. Lakelander Constance Sandidge graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1969. About her graduation she wrote, “I had no idea that I was doing anything out of the ordinary. Our parents instilled in my sisters and me that we could be successful at anything, and they made unbelievable sacrifices to ensure that we would get a firm academic foundation.”

Embry stewardess board. they helped to run church. The church also had a group called communion stewardess board. Their function was to prepare for and assist in the communion service.

New York based brother of Hattie Walls worked on Wall Street "Lived in Lakeland at some point"

Thelma and Dervey Lomax with their sons Elston on the left and Gregory on the right

Exhibition in College Park Community Center