The Maryland Humanities Council is pleased to announce the award of seven fall 2008 Major Grants to Maryland non-profit organizations to bring humanities programming to their communities.
» read moreIn conjunction with the Maryland Transit Administration and the AFRO-American Newspapers, the Maryland Humanities Council is celebrating the life and legacy of Rosa Parks with Sitting Down to Take a Stand—Remembering Rosa Parks.
» read moreRosa Parks is known as “Mother of the modern Civil Rights Movement.” To honor Rosa Parks’ legacy and highlight her relevancy for today, the Maryland Humanities Council has organized Sitting Down to Take a Stand—Remembering Rosa Parks, a four-month long, multi-faceted celebration, centering on December 1, 2008, the anniversary of her 1955 decision to refuse to relinquish her seat to a white passenger.
» read moreThe Maryland Center for the Book, a program of the Maryland Humanities Council, is calling for entries for the 2009 Letters About Literature contest, a national reading and writing program that encourages young people in grades 4-12 to write to an author who has transformed their view of the world or themselves.
» read moreWhat do past American presidents Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt have in common (besides sharing close quarters on Mount Rushmore)? Both are coming to Baltimore to share their views on "What Makes a Great American President."
» read moreThe Maryland Humanities Council is pleased to announce the additions of Adam Goodheart and Darcey Schoeninger to the MHC Board of Directors.
» read moreThe Maryland Humanities Council announces a new grant program in Maryland made possible by the PNC Foundation.
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