Thank You for the Celebration

The staff of the Sylvia Gaither Garrison Library would like to thank the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, the Friends of the Bannker-Douglass Museum, the Banneker-Douglass Museum Foundation, the staff of the Banneker-Douglass Museum, C.R. Gibbs, Dwyane Lee, Cheryl Elliott, and the attendees of the event for helping to make the fourth anniversary celebration of the Sylvia Gaither Garrison Library a joyous occasion. To find out what happened during the anniversary celebration, please click on this link: http://bannekerdouglassmuseum.blogspot.com/ and type Sylvia Gaither Garrison Library fourth anniversary in the search box.

Pictured from left to right: Chairman Ted Mack, BDMF Board Member Linda Simms, and Commissioner Dr. Clara Small

The Sylvia Gaither Garrison Library Will Celebrate It's Fourth Anniversary!

Runners: Maryland Fugitives from Slavery: A Lecture by Historian C.R. Gibbs


Saturday, November 19, 2011
10:30a.m.-12:30pm
Location: Bates Legacy Center, 1101 Smithville St., Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Free, Open to the public
Registration encouraged
To register, call 410.216.6181 or email BDMPrograms@goci.state.md.us by November 16th


Join the Banneker-Douglass Museum in celebrating the fourth aniversary of the Sylvia Gaither Garrison Library. Historian and author C.R. Gibbs will discuss historic figures such as Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass and their escape from slavery.


This program is sponsored by the Banneker-Douglass Museum and the Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center.

Baltimore County Author Donates Four Books

Author Louis Diggs donated four books, From the Meadows to the Point, Since the Beginning, Our Struggles, and North County, to the Sylvia Gaither Garrison Library. The staff of the library thanks Mr. Diggs for his generosity.