MoCo Government

Per Montgomery County:

The Montgomery County Commission on Veterans Affairs will honor County uniformed service members and veterans with an expanded detailed virtual display of tributes as part of its celebration of February as Black History Month.


MoCo History

Feature photo of the Montgomery County Jail building in Rockville (1935), where John Diggs-Dorsey was dragged from to his lynching on July 27, 1880 courtesy of Montgomery History.

Per Montgomery County:


Cabin John

Discovery+ will be airing Uprooted, a three-part docuseries on the death of Silver Spring teenage, Keith Warren, beginning February 18.  Warren was found hanging from a tree on July 31, 1986 near his home in Silver Spring. The death was classified as a suicide but because of inconsistencies in the case, his family has long believed it to be a lynching.

The series follows Keith Warren’s sisters 35 year attempt to change the cause of death on Keith’s death certificate. The docuseries will be accompanied by a six-part podcast hosted by Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, according to Deadline.


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