Baltimore American Indian Center and South Broadway Baptist Church Bricks on Broadway Pier (1992 – present) 920 S. Broadway

In 1991, The Baltimore Harbor Endowment, a citizen's group that had launched a "Buy-A-Brick" campaign to help raise funds for a brick promenade from Canton to South Baltimore, started to sell engraved bricks for a section of the promenade on the Broadway Pier in Fells Point.[1] Bricks could be purchased for $50 each, or 15 hours volunteer work,[2] or they could be requested by area nonprofit community organizations, free of charge.[3] Linda Cox (Lumbee), daughter of Elizabeth Locklear (Lumbee), a co-founder of the American Indian Study Center, requested a brick on behalf of the Center and two of its co-founders, and a brick on behalf of South Broadway Baptist Church, and its founding pastor.[4] The bricks can be found on the pier today. Look for “HERBERT & ELIZABETH LOCKLEAR B.A.I.C” and “REV. JAMES MILLARD DIAL SOUTH BROADWAY BAPTIST CHURCH.”

1. See Edward Gunts, “Bricks Are Sold for Promenade in Fells Point,” The Baltimore Sun, November 17, 1991, https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-11-17-1991321167-story.html

2. See Rafael Alvarez, “Walkway paved with city’s memories,” The Baltimore Sun, April 6, 1992, https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-04-06-1992097070-story.html

3. Personal communication with Linda Cox, September 20, 2018.

4. Personal communication with Linda Cox, September 20, 2018.