Forest Glen in Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Fair Housing In The Suburbs

Photographed by Shane Oliver, January 9, 2023

1. Fair Housing In The Suburbs Marker

Inscription. On June 9, 1966, nine civil rights demonstrators walked onto I-495 in an act of civil disobedience. Attorney C. Charles Jones led the three-day, 64-mile march around the beltway to protest the lack of rental housing for African Americans in the DC suburbs. This demonstration showed solidarity with protests then being led by Martin Luther King and others during the civil rights movement.

Erected 2022 by Maryland Historical Trust, Maryland State Highway Administration.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights. In addition, it is included in the Maryland Historical Trust series list. A significant historical date for this entry is June 9, 1966.

Location. 39° 0.729′ N, 77° 2.507′ W. Marker is in Silver Spring, Maryland, in Montgomery County. It is in Forest Glen. It is on Georgia Avenue (Maryland Route 97) south of Capital Beltway (Interstate 495), on the right when traveling south. Marker is in front of the Forest Glen Pedestrian Bridge, directly south of the I-495 Capital Beltway junction. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9604 Georgia

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Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Beltway March of 1966: A Call for Housing Justice (approx. ¼ mile away); A Pioneering Woman Suffragist (approx. 0.4 miles away); John Carroll (approx. half a mile away); Daniel Carroll II (approx. half a mile away); General George W. Getty, U.S.A. (approx. 0.6 miles away); Indonesia Muslim Association in America (IMAAM) Center (approx. 0.6 miles away); In Memory of LTC Karen J. Wagner (approx. 0.6 miles away); Memorial to LTC Karen J. Wagner (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Silver Spring.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Daniel Carroll of Rock Creek (was approx. half a mile away but has been confirmed

Photographed by Shane Oliver, January 9, 2023

2. Fair Housing In The Suburbs Marker

missing).

Photographed by Shane Oliver, January 9, 2023

3. Fair Housing In The Suburbs Marker

View is Northbound on MD-97 Georgia Avenue. The I-495 Capital Beltway interchange can be seen in the distance.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 27, 2023, by Shane Oliver of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 689 times since then and 25 times this year. Last updated on February 1, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 27, 2023, by Shane Oliver of Richmond, Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.