About 200 people traveled to Rooted Bible Fellowship Church in Edgewood on Thursday to hear 31 words from Del. Andre V. Johnson Jr. (D-Harford).
“Madam Chair, members of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, it is my honor and my pleasure to call this first-ever Legislative Black Caucus meeting in Harford County to order,” Johnson said to rousing applause.
The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland made history Thursday when it met for the first time in Harford County to host a town hall and to recap this year’s 90-day legislative session.
Johnson, who opened the meeting, was the first Black state lawmaker from the county, which has nearly 38,000 Black residents, when he was elected in November 2022. According to the Census Bureau, Harford County had a population of about 261,000 residents in 2020, of which 190,128, or 73%, were white.
The Black Caucus visit came a little more than a week after the county’s Board of Education voted unanimously, after an hourslong meeting, to restore an Advanced Placement course on African American studies to its high schools.
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