Vincent O. Leggett, a historian and conservationist of Black culture along the Chesapeake Bay, died Saturday at 71. “I was shocked and deeply saddened to find out this morning that our beloved Admiral ...

BALTIMORE -- Vincent Leggett, the Executive Director and founder of "Blacks of the Chesapeake," a group dedicated to preserving the history of Black watermen and their contributions to the area and ...

Carnelious Jones was volunteering aboard the Amistad, a replica of the historic cargo schooner, when Vince Leggett walked into his life. Jones, whose company had donated fuel to the Amistad, had been ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Vincent Leggett, the founder and executive director of Blacks of the Chesapeake, has passed away. That's according to Annapolis mayor Gavin Buckley. He announced the historian's death ...

Mr. Leggett (left) with his mentor, Captain Earl White, both of whom have been honored as "Admirals of the Chesapeake Bay" by the state of Maryland. (Courtesy Vince Leggett via NOAA) Vincent Omar ...

BALTIMORE -- Vince Leggett dedicated his life to telling the full story of the Chesapeake Bay and the Black watermen. He was an educator, orator, author, cultural historian and conservationist. He was ...

Annapolis wants to name a park after Vincent Leggett, a historian and conservationist of Black culture along the Chesapeake Bay. Leggett, who died last year, founded Blacks of the Chesapeake in 1984, ...

The documentary “Water’s Edge: Black Watermen of the Chesapeake” highlights the contributions of African Americans to the seafood and maritime industries in Maryland, with the help of Vincent ...

Vincent O. Leggett, a historian and conservationist of black culture along the Chesapeake Bay, has died, according to Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman. “I was shocked and deeply saddened ...