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Annual Brick Sale is Happening Now. Just go to our webpage at whbateslegacycenter.org/annual-brick-sale-happening-now to complete the form and order your brick. Thank you in advance for your support.

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We are calling all Wiley H. Bates High School Graduates to come, tell your story and share your legacy!

The Board of Directors of the Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center invites you to sign up for a time to be recorded and be a part of the Oral History project!

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Thank you for your interest in the important mission of Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center. Every gift is important to us and shows that you share our vision. If Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center is one of your most important charitable causes, you can make it part of your legacy. When you remember Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center in your will, you leave a lasting legacy to your values as you help continue our work far into the future.

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Scanning and Quilting Sessions Announced

During our last session on July 25, we continued to view and evaluate photos and other memorabilia that was shared by committee members. Our next scanning session is scheduled for Wednesday, August 9, 2023 from 9 am to 3 pm. We hope that you will continue to bring in photos and documents from your Bates experience that tell the story and allow us to scan them for the quilts.



Our next quilting meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 9, 2023 4:00 pm at Bates Legacy Center. Remember if you are not able to attend our meetings, you may bring items to the Center Monday - Friday from 11 am to 4 pm or email copies to [email protected]. Please share this email with all of our interested partners. We hope to see you tomorrow.

County Executive Pittman Announces $2 Million for Community Grants.

We are on the list! #66

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County Executive Pittman Announces $2 Million for Community Grants At a press conference held at the Chesapeake Arts Center, Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman announced the 69 community-based organizations selected to receive grant funding through the …

During our last session on July 11, we started the scanning process from items that were brought in. For our next session, we hope that you will continue to bring in Memorabilia, photos and documents from their Bates experience that tell the story and allow us to scan them for the quilts. We also want to review the yearbooks that we have in our archives for memories.

Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 25, 4:00 pm at Bates Legacy Center. If you are not able to attend our meetings, you may bring items to the Center Monday - Friday from 11 am to 4 pm or email them to [email protected]. Please find a copy of our WHBLC Documentary Story Quilt Project Consent Release Form attached to this email. Please share this email with all of our interested partners. We hope to see you next week.

Bates Legacy Center Seeks Former Students and Supporters for Quilting Project


The Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center invites the public to participate in the Bates Legacy Center StoryTelling Quilt Project! The Center is developing six Documentary Story Quilts as part of a project funded in part by a FY2023 Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA) Grant. There have been two quilt planning sessions to date and the third has been scheduled for Tuesday, July 11 at 4 p.m. at the Bates Legacy Center, 1101 Smithville Street, Annapolis. All are invited!

The six quilts planned will group graduating classes together by decade (1930’s, 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s), as well as create a quilt about the life of Wiley H. Bates, and a thematic quilt still to be determined.

Calling all Former Bates Students! The project planners are calling for additional participants to bring their photos and memorabilia of their years at the school to the meetings, to be shared. They want to hear from former Class Presidents, those who have saved their yearbooks and copies of the Chronicle, and anyone who has photos and memorabilia from the school. A future “scanning day” is planned so that digital scans can be made of materials to be included.

For more information, please contact Isaac Vineyard at [email protected]

QUILTING PROJECT WORK SESSION THE WILEY H. BATES LEGACY CENTER: June 20th, 2023, 4pm

Wiley H. Bates Legacy Award - Nancy Gist, of Queenstown, is the recipient of the Wiley H. Bates Legacy Award. Gist served as an educator in Anne Arundel County for decades: After graduating as valedictorian for the Wiley H. Bates High School class of 1952—the only high school Blacks could attend in Anne Arundel County during segregation—she returned as a teacher. Gist also was an English and reading resource teacher in the county public schools. During her years in education, she was the only Black high school English department chairperson in Anne Arundel County. Gist also served in several education administration roles: she was the administrator at Southern Senior High School, assistant principal at Meade Senior High School, and assistant principal at Annapolis Senior High School. Her community involvement is also extensive: Gist was secretary of the Anne Arundel NAACP, vice president of the Anne Arundel County Ethics Committee, and the first Black president of the Board of Education in Anne Arundel County.

Drum Major Award - Dr. Linda Hicks Boyd, of Annapolis, is the recipient of the Drum Major Award. Boyd is a higher education supervisor for the Center of Teaching and Learning at Bowie State University. Her lifelong background in education is extensive: in addition to serving as classroom teacher and, eventually, principal, she was the regional director for Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the director of schools under the Maryland Department of Education’s Reconstitution Program. Boyd is a member of the Annapolis Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the Annapolis Chapter of Links, the MLK Committee, and sits on the Board of Trustees for Chase Lloyd House. Boyd has served as an adjunct professor at Notre Dame College, Goucher College, and served as supervisor of administrative interns at McDaniel College.

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35th Annual MLK Jr. Awards | PHOTOS The 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Program will be held Friday, Jan. 13, at the La Fontaine Bleue in Glen Burnie, Md. 13 Local Civil and Human Rights Activists Honored. U.S. Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the January 6 Committee, will be the keynote speaker at the cer...

Giving Tuesday is November 29th - Consider contributing to assist the community efforts of the Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center on Tuesday and Any Day

Thank you for supporting our efforts to expand community impact through academic scholarships, programs and support. We appreciate any gift--no matter the size--giving straight from the heart in the legacy of Wiley H. Bates.

We appreciate you!!

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Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center #Giving Tuesday- November 29, 2022 – Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center Tuesday- November 29, 2022 Thank you for supporting our efforts to expand community impact through academic scholarships, programs and support.  We appreciate any gift–no matter the size–giving straight from the heart in the legacy of Wiley H. Bates. We appr...

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Thank you in advance for your support of this ongoing fundraiser and happy holidays to you and your family.

The Board of Directors,

Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center, Inc

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Thank you in advance for your support of this ongoing fundraiser and happy holidays to you and your family.

The Board of Directors,

Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center, Inc

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The unveiling of the Annapolis Port Marker on November 1, 2022 @ 11 a.m.

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We have published a new blog article on our website : October 2022 Newsletter – Bates Legacy Connection

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The Bates Legacy Center is an ideal location to host receptions, corporate and civic meetings, and corporate and state government training sessions, among many other events. Book our venue today!!

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- Handicapped Accessible
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- Special Features: Audio and Video sound equipment is available upon request and the cost will be incorporated into the overall rental fee.
- Total Meeting Room Space (Square Feet): 1,600

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Wiley H. Bates Class of 1964 summer celebration at Gloria and Roger Harris home in Hanover, MD on Friday, 9/16/22.

John Makell Jr., Anne Arundel’s first Black director of rec and parks passed away today.

A 1948 graduate of Wiley H. Bates High School, Mr. Makell starred in sports and played baseball for the Galesville Hot Sox, a local sandlot team.

Condolences to his friends and family.

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John Makell Jr., Anne Arundel’s first Black director of rec and parks, dies John Makell Jr., the first African American director of Recreation and Parks in Anne Arundel County, died of complications from heart disease June 16.

Wiley H. Bates Birthday Celebration Video!

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Wiley H Bates Birthday Celebration Wiley H Bates Birthday Celebration held on August 3, 2022 at the Wiley H Bates Legacy Center in Annapolis Maryland.

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Virtual Tour of BGCAA's Wiley H. Bates Clubhouse

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Virtual Tour of BGCAA's Wiley H. Bates Clubhouse Located in Annapolis, MD. Produced by VPC, Inc.

Check out the Wiley H. Bates Distinguished Alumni List!

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You are invited to join the Wiley H. Bates Birthday Celebration.

We have published a new blog article on our website : Anne Arundel County Community Support Grant Award Recipient– Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center

You can view it from this link : https://whbateslegacycenter.org/anne-arundel-county-community-support-grant-award-recipient-wiley-h-bates-legacy-center/