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
The Luck Family Saga Continues: Life with Ted and Alyce Luck
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Dr. William Wade, the subject of Season 2, Episode 2, invited me to attend the Luck Family Reunion that was held in Baltimore this year. Of course, being the #1 fan of Cherry Hill's Dr. Jerry Luck, I jumped at the opportunity. That is where I met Ted and Alyce Luck, both retired educators--but not really. If you listen to this episode, you will learn a lot. This family intrigues me because they are descended from enslaved persons Jerry and Luvenia Luck. Jerry was determined that all of his children would be educated and become doctors and lawyers. The family settled in Danville, VA. Many of them came to Washington, DC, to live with a relative who opened her home so they could attend Dunbar High School because African Americans in Danville could not go beyond the 8th grade. From Dunbar, they went to Howard University. This family had a process for moving on up.
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