Wêne ji Dîroka Amerîkiyên Afrîqa li Hagerstown, Maryland

A stone slave auction block from Hagerstown, Maryland, is displayed at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C. (C. Simkins/VOA)

A fragment of a stone slave auction block from Hagerstown, Maryland, is displayed at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C., with a scene recreating a slave auction seen in the background. (C. Simkins/VOA

An undated photo shows the home of Robert Kelsh in Hagerstown, Maryland. (Courtesy of Wendi Perry, Curator of Doleman Black Heritage Museum)

Children Arnetta and Catherine are seen playing on swings, in Wheaton Park, Hagerstown, Maryland, in the 1930s. (Courtesy of Wendi Perry, Curator of Doleman Black Heritage Museum)

North Street High School graduates are seen in an undated photo at Ebenezer AME Church, Hagerstown, Maryland. (Courtesy of Wendi Perry, Curator of Doleman Black Heritage Museum)

The interior of Brown Tavern on Jonathan Street Hagerstown, Maryland, is seen in an undated photo. (Courtesy of Wendi Perry, Curator of Doleman Black Heritage Museum)

A map shows the Jonathan Street community in Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1964. (Courtesy of Wendi Perry, Curator of Doleman Black Heritage Museum)

A banner shows the history of the Doleman Black Heritage Museum in Hagerstown, Maryland. (Courtesy of Wendi Perry, Curator of Doleman Black Heritage Museum)

Singer Tina Turner is seen during a performance in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1964. (Courtesy of Wendi Perry, Curator of Doleman Black Heritage Museum)

Baseball player Willie Mays is seen in a photo during his 1951 rookie year. (Courtesy of Wendi Perry, Curator of Doleman Black Heritage Museum)