February 14, 2012FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Andrea Davey, M-NCPPC Public Affairs M-NCPPC PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES Upper Marlboro MD – Coinciding with the annual celebration of Black History Month, the Prince George’s County Planning Department of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) has released a new publication highlighting African American Historical and Cultural resources in the County. The publication, African-American Historical and Cultural Resources in Prince George’s County, Maryland, explores material culture and the built environment in the County as it relates to African-Americans from 1650 to about 1960. The publication updates and expands upon the previous African-American Heritage Survey published by the Planning Department in 1996, Prince George’s County’s Tricentennial year. Available in both online and printed formats, African-American Historical and Cultural Resources in Prince George’s County, Maryland discusses historic structures, both standing and no longer existent, as well as archeological resources and neighborhoods. The publication describes more than one-hundred and eighty properties, including residences, churches and cemeteries, schools, fraternal lodges, archeological sites, and commercial establishments, and explores nineteen historic communities, including early towns and retreat communities. Illustrations, photographs, architectural descriptions, maps, graphic illustrations, and a history of the community’s development and significance are also included. The book is divided into three major sections: Essays, which provides background and context for the resources and includes essays on Black History, Significance, Education, Suburban Settlement, and Archeology; Communities, which presents the 19 communities and the 119 properties within them including Schools, Churches and Cemeteries, and Dwellings; and Resources Outside Communities, that presents the remainder of the resource types outside identified communities. An online version of the new 296-page publication is currently available at http://www.pgplanning.org/Resources/Publications/aapgc.htm. Printed copies of the softbound book are $7 and will be available by the end of February from the M-NCPPC Information Counter at the County Administration Building in Upper Marlboro by calling 301-952-3208. ### |