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
Rev. Michael C. Braxton, Sr.--Yes, That Braxton Family!
Although this podcast is not necessarily about Cherry Hill, Cherry Hill is a recurring theme because that was my home for my elementary school years, and I have made a lot of contacts since writing the Cherry Hill book. Rev. Braxton contributed a piece to the book about neighbors loading up their cars on Sunday morning--way before seat belts--with the neighborhood kids and dropping them off to Sunday School. You know the adage that it takes a village, well Cherry Hill was our village, and all the adults took care of the children. Hear more about the path Rev. Braxton took to get to where he is today. Reflection is good for the soul.
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