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
Kenny Abrams: President, Towson University's Black Alumni Alliance
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Whenever Towson's black students need anything done, Kenny Abrams is the go-to man. This Generation X leader has been influential in the University reckoning with its racial slights of the past. From the naming of a dormitory in honor of Towson's two first black graduates or coordinating support for a bust of the first Dean of Minority Affairs, Kenny was involved. In this episode, Kenny discusses August being Black Philanthropy Month and how to use fundraising promotions offered on Friday, August 8, strategically for maximum impact.
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