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
Dr. Shamara Collins, Defender of the Planet!
When Shamara Collins was a little girl growing up in Columbia, Maryland, she appreciated nature and the green spaces designed throughout the planned community. So much so that when she grew up, she became what I call a professional steward of planet Earth and the galaxy. As you listen to her speak, you can't help but hear the passion that she has for her work as an electrical engineer and climate scientist. Dr. Collins is the sister of Dr. Marcy Rachamim Jackson, the subject of Season 1, Episode 14, who exhibits a similar passion for her work in special education.
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