2024 PGCLMP Racial Justice Essay & Creative Arts Contest (ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS)

Our 2024 racial justice essay and creative arts contest for high school students opens for submissions on 12/1/2023. To submit your work fill out this form: https://forms.gle/4StMsquizdqCisRP8. For detailed information on our 2024 Racial Justice Essay & Creative Arts Contest, including how to upload submissions, visit: https://pgclmp.org/racial-justice-contest/. This contest is for Prince George’s County public, private, and homeschool students, grades … Read more

2023 Racial Justice Essay and Creative Arts Contest Winners

The Prince George’s County Lynching Memorial Project is honored and excited to congratulate the winners of our 2023 Racial Justice Essay and Creative Arts contest. Each of our nine award winners is a Prince George’s County high school public, private, or homeschooled student. The students were celebrated at an awards program attended by their families, … Read more

Racial Justice Creative Arts Contest

The PGCLMP are accepting submissions for our 2024 Racial Justice Essay and Creative Arts contest. Submissions will be open from December 1, 2023 to February 28, 2024. For detailed information on our 2024 Racial Justice Essay & Creative Arts Contest, including how to upload submissions, visit: https://pgclmp.org/racial-justice-contest/

Racial Justice Creative Arts & Essay Contest

The Prince George’s County Lynching Memorial Project is pleased to announce a Racial Justice Essay and Creative Arts Contest open to Prince George’s County students in grades 9-12. Scholarships totaling $4,000 or more will be awarded to winning participants. Deadline Submissions will be received from December 1 – February 29, 2024. Entries must be original … Read more

PGC LMP Essay and Creative Arts Contests Winners

The Prince George’s County Lynching Memorial Project is honored and excited to congratulate the winners of our racial justice essay contest and our racial justice creative arts contest. Each of our winners is a student at a high school in Prince George’s County. Members of our coalition celebrated the winners and their families at two … Read more

New Essay Contest

The Equal Justice Initiative in partnership with the Prince George’s County Lynching Memorial Project is pleased to announce an upcoming scholarship contest open to 9th – 12th grade students attending public high school in Prince George’s County, where prizes totaling at least $5,000 will be awarded to winning participants.  Students are asked to examine the history of a topic of racial injustice and to discuss its legacy today. … Read more

PGCLMP at Juneteenth Celebrations

The Prince George’s County Lynching Memorial Project is pleased to be participating in several of the local Juneteenth events this year! We are providing an information booth at the Prince George’s County Parks and Recreation Department Juneteenth Festival at Watkins Regional Park on Saturday, June 18, from noon to 5 p.m. Come meet coalition members, … Read more

Welcome to Prince George’s County Lynching Memorial Project.

Our Mission The Prince George’s County Lynching Memorial Project educates the public on the truths of our nation’s continuing legacy of the institution of slavery and its impact on enslaved persons and their descendants, memorializes victims of racial terror lynchings in our county, and advances the cause of racial justice and reconciliation through mutual support and collaboration. Our work focused on at … Read more