Dorothy and John Brooks' Home in Coleman, MD, 1958
Still Image
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Community Archive
Dorothy and John Brooks' Home in Coleman, MD, 1958. The home did not have any indoor plumbing or running water and no bathroom. The road in front of the house was a dirt road. Most of the houses in Coleman during this time were two stories high and had a porch- basically the same architectural design. Carolyn Brooks, John and Dorothy's youngest child, remembers recognizing the different types of neighborhoods in their area, specifically where white and African American families lived, at a very young age. Carolyn is standing beside her father's car in this photo. Photo taken in October 1958. October 1958
English
black-and-white photographs
Black Communities - Coleman, The Lives and Families of Chesapeake Heartland Oral History Initiative
African American families, African Americans--Housing, Rural African Americans
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