Linda Grace Morris: Baltimore Boomer Tales from the Hood
Baltimore was the place to be in the 1950s and 1960s, bustling with all the industry and social change about to come. For African Americans, it was a jobs magnet with all the major manufacturers. Those living in Turner Station and Sparrows Point, the company town built to host the Bethlehem Steel Company, had the highest per capita income for African Americans in the nation. Cherry Hill, the only planned community built for African Americans by the Federal Government, lifted many Baltimore Boomers into the middle class. This podcast walks down memory lane through the neighborhoods and good times--despite segregation--that those growing up there can never forget.
Linda Grace Morris: Baltimore Boomer Tales from the Hood
A Love Story--Donald Thoms, Retired PBS VP
Donald and Mariana Thoms were high school sweethearts at Edmondson High School. They are the parents of actress Tracie Thoms and DJ/Comedian Austin Thoms. Donald and Mariana were married almost 50 years when Mariana was diagnosed with dementia and died 2 1/2 years ago. Donald shares their story and details his career in broadcasting, rising to the position of VP with PBS.
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