Cheryl Janifer Laroche has dedicated more than 30 years to studying the Underground Railroad, and Harriet Tubman. LaRoche is a preservationist and archeological conservator who focuses on African American history and the Underground Railroad.
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Brooks is the running backs coach at the University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to his college tenure, he was the head football coach at DeMatha Catholic High School, where he coached future NFL players and won four consecutive Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championships.
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A quiet, creative girl born in Oklahoma and raised in Kansas, a young Brown didn’t foresee a career in journalism, but she has taken on a role that is far from how she would self describe. She spent her childhood playing in the Oklahoma red dirt and now spends her adulthood digging to uncover the truth of one of the worst acts of racial terror in American history that happened on that same soil.
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For 20 young men, they know exactly what it took to pull off the game-winning shot. The Maryland women's basketball team’s "Scout Team" spends countless hours reviewing game footage to become the Terrapins' upcoming opponents before the team even hits the hardwood.
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As an American studies doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland, Christina Sessoms uses her seven-year long research to advocate for Black women by understanding their presence through joy.
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Senior dance major Paetyn Lewis explores the theme of race, gender and mental health in her debut choreography “Cross,” in the School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies Experimental Performance Series.
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Greenbelt council member and former mayor Colin Byrd has been a lifelong resident of the area. He continues to reside not far from the community after graduating from the University of Maryland.
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Miss Mabel’s, a family-owned fried chicken restaurant, serves crispy Nashville hot chicken in Greenbelt, Maryland.
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