Celebrate Black History Month by learning more about local Black history!

Lyttonsville (aka Linden), a historically Black community established in 1853 by free laborer Samuel Lytton, is located just west of North Woodside. Train tracks run between the two communities, and the new Talbot Avenue Bridge connects them.

Now airing and streaming on public television is an hour-long documentary by former Lyttonsville/Linden resident Curtis Crutchfield about the history of the community he grew up in:

My Linden, My Lyttonsville: The Untold Story of Displacement
1960s era community renewal program displaced [one of] the oldest Black community in Montgomery County, MD. This documentary reveals the pain and pride of residents who were forced to leave their tight-knit neighborhood as the program swept across the nation and Black neighborhoods were deemed “problem areas.”

Watch now at www.pbs.org/show/my-linden-my-lyttonsville-the-untold-story-of-displacement/

The film features interviews with over two dozen current and former community residents and others, and draws parallels between the experience of living in Lyttonsville/Linden and in other small Black communities in Montgomery County, such as Scotland and Emory Grove.