A look at African-American History in the Village with special guest Ike Legget

Join us on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 6:30 p.m., at the Village Center as we learn more about Black history in Friendship Heights and Montgomery County with Council Historian Dr. Alfred Muller and former Montgomery County Executive Isiah “Ike” Leggett. Dr. Muller will give and overview of some of the long forgotten events: plantation life of River Road, a lynching on Willard Avenue, and the failed attempt to build a Black middle class community where Tiffany and Saks Fifth Avenue now stand. These introductory remarks will be followed by our special honored guest, former three-term County Executive Leggett, who oversaw the building of present-day, multiracial Montgomery County, its achievements and remaining challenges. Mr. Leggett was chair of the Montgomery County Human Relations Committee, on which he served from 1979 to 1986. In 1986, he was elected the first African American to the County Council and served three terms, also serving three terms as Council President. During his time on the Council, Mr. Leggett chaired the council’s transportation and environment committee and played a role in passage of a county living wage law and public smoking ban.

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This event will also be livestreamed at https://www.regionalwebtv.com/village-of-friendship-heights.