museum include everything from former slaves to doctors, lawyers, busi- nessmen, a slave ship, a spaceship, a lynching exhibit and a wax figure of President Barack Obama. FREEDOM FIGHTERS from Charm City, USA CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS (1951- 2019) Cummings graduated from Baltimore City College High School in 1969. At age 11, Cummings was a part of a group of children being led by noted Civil Rights Attorney Juanita Jackson Mitchell to integrate the segregated swim- ming pool in his South Baltimore neighborhood. Cumming graduated from Howard University and earned his law degree from Univer- sity of Maryland College Park. He became a member of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity at Howard. Cummings was presented with over 12 honorary de- grees from U.S. Colleges. After serving for 14 years in the Maryland House of Delegates, he was elected Chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland. Cummings won election to the U.S State Congress from Mary- land’s 7th Congressional district. He won re-election 13 times. He fought for civil rights, healthcare, funding for HBCUs, voting rights, and lower prescription drug prices, and immigrant rights. He served as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. He hosted racial injustice hearings and event- fully became the Chair of the U.S. House of Representative Government Oversight Committee. One of his proudest achievements was securing over $5 million dollars in funding for the renovations of the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum. HENRY G. PARKS, JR. (1916-1989) Parks graduated from Ohio State University in 1939. Parks was the owner of Parks Sausage, the first black firm to be listed on the stock exchange and to operate nationally and internationally. Parks served on the Baltimore City Council from 1963-1969. He served on the boards of Magnavox, W.R. Grace, First Penn Bank while still supporting the NAACP, NUL and UNCF. Parks Sausage became very suc- cessful. Years later the firm was purchased by former NFL players Lydell Mitchell and Franco Harris. The firm is still located at Druid Hill Park Circle. In 2021, Parks granddaughter, Roz Johnson, erected a historic maker honor- ing Henry at the entrance to M&T Bank Stadium (Ravens).
DONALD GAINES MURRAY (1914-1986) was a gradu- ate of Frederick Douglass High School in 1929. He became the first Black student admitted to the University of Mary- land School of Law. Donald Murray became an attorney with the NAACP. He was a graduate of Amherst College in
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