Howard County Jail, 1851

Historical marker location:

3730 Court Place, Ellicott City, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Court Place, on the left when traveling south.)

National Park Service Underground Railroad. Network to Freedom.

Maryland was once the site of a major Civil Rights protest: In 1963, civil rights activists organized the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which drew more than 250,000 people to the National Mall in Washington D.C. Many of the participants in the march were from Maryland, and the state played a crucial role in the civil rights movement.