New Chair and Vice Chair Announced by MCAAHC

Chair Edwin T. Johnson

July 1, 2023 – The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture (MCAAHC) is pleased to announce the newly elected leadership of Chair Dr. Edwin T. Johnson and Vice Chair Maya Davis. 

Among Chair Johnson’s priorities for his administration, he aims to build upon the legacies of his immediate predecessors, Rev. Dr. Tamara E. Wilson and Professor Dale Green, who developed the African American Heritage Preservation Program (AAHPP) grant into a national model, and to address the omission of women from the landscape of Maryland’s African American history.