In the latest issue of Maryland Historical Magazine, we bring you the first two of three articles by William F. Messner on Maryland’s Eastern Shore’s black communities from 1870 into the 20th century. The changes that occurred in black demographics, education, political activity, and church life as opportunities opened up for black women and men in terms of labor freedom are illustrated in more detail in the lives, successes, and challenges of community leaders Joe Gray and Nace Hopkins. Articles begin on pages 187 and 203 in the latest issue. All issues of the magazine are available online for free at ow.ly/iuOW50Bc18m. For your very own printed collectible copy, become a member of the Maryland Historical Society. Image: Likely Lewis Roberts, the 11-year-old son of Horace Roberts, a farm hand on the Clora Dorsey Farm, unknown photographer, c.1890–1901. Initially published in James Dawson, ed., 100 Years of Change on the Eastern Shore: The Willis Family Journals, 1847–1951 ...