Parren J. Mitchell, a trailblazer in politics and civil rights, was the first African American elected to Congress from Maryland. His family told 11 News he was a man who could not say no. The ...

Former Maryland State Senator Michael Bowen Mitchell, seated, center, is presented with a news photo, by Karen Theimer Brown, President and CEO of Historic Annapolis, of when he was arrested in ...

Annapolis officials and civil rights leaders are expected to unveil a memorial to Parren J. Mitchell, Maryland’s first African-American congressman, in May.

Mitchell, who died in 2007, was also “instrumental” in advocating for improvements to affordable housing in Annapolis in the 1970s. The monument will be installed at Pip Moyer Recreation ...

Annapolis officials and civil rights leaders are expected to unveil a memorial to Parren J. Mitchell, Maryland’s first African-American congressman, in May.