Preserving the history of African Americans in College Park, Maryland.

Our Board of Directors

Chair: Maxine Gross, Lakelander, community activist and former College Park council member. 

Vice-Chair-Violetta Sharps-Jones, Lakelander, local historian and genealogist.

Secretary: Mary Sies, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, American Studies Department, University of Maryland

Treasurer: Myron Gray, member of the Lakeland diaspora and retired banker. 

Board Members: Pamela Boardley, Diane Ligon, Avis Matthews, Sandy Tyler,  Earlene Williams, Delphine Gross, George Randall, Courtnie Thurston, Cameron Thurston. Plus LCA President Robert Thurston, and a City representative.–

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