Sunderland in Calvert County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Harriet Elizabeth Brown

Photographed by F. Robby, November 6, 2007

1. Harriet Elizabeth Brown Marker

Inscription. During the period of racially segregated education, elementary school teacher Brown enlisted the N.A.A.C.P. and attorney Thurgood Marshall to challenge the inequity of separate salary scales for public school teachers based on race. Her case was settled with the Calvert County Board of Education on December 27, 1937, and was the turning point for salary equalization in the state of Maryland.

Erected 2003 by Maryland Historical Trust, Maryland State Highway Administration.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education. In addition, it is included in the Maryland Historical Trust series list. A significant historical date for this entry is December 27, 1937.

Location. 38° 40.434′ N, 76° 35.786′ W. Marker is in Sunderland, Maryland, in Calvert County. It is at the intersection of Solomons Island Road (Maryland Route 2) and Pushaw Station Road, on the right when traveling north on Solomons Island Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 35 Pushaw Station Road, Sunderland MD 20689, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southern Maryland.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The First All Saints Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); All Saints Episcopal Church (approx. one mile away); Calvert County

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(approx. 2.7 miles away); A County in Ruin (approx. 2.7 miles away); Railroad Bed (approx. 2.7 miles away); Forest Edges (approx. 3 miles away); Watershed (approx. 3 miles away); Tree Canopy (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sunderland.

Harriet Elizabeth Brown Marker along State Road 2 at Pushaw Station Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, March 7, 2010

2. Harriet Elizabeth Brown Marker along State Road 2 at Pushaw Station Road

Mt. Hope Community Center image. Click for full size.

Photographed by F. Robby, November 6, 2007

3. Mt. Hope Community Center

This building is the former Mt. Hope Elementary School, where Mrs. Brown worked as a teacher and principal.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 2, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2007, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 3,280 times since then and 28 times this year. Last updated on February 21, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. Photos: 1. submitted on November 11, 2007, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. 2. submitted on March 7, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 3. submitted on November 11, 2007, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.