civil rights

Author and assoc. professor of history at University of Baltimore Joshua Clark Davis joins us to discuss his new history of the 1960s civil rights movement, seen through the lens of its resistance to police violence.

The event commemorates the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march in Alabama, when civil rights activists protesting barriers to Black voting rights were attacked by state troopers as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Dr. Blain's book illuminates the lives of Black women activists in America — some well-known, many unsung — who've fought for human rights, at home and abroad.

In her third book of narrative history, Baltimore-based journalist and author Elaine Weiss documents the courageous efforts from 1955-1970 to secure full equality for African Americans.

Civil Rights activist Helena Hicks has passed away at the age of 88. We reflect on her legacy in an interview she conducted with Tom Hall in 2016.

We go On the Record with Mahalia! A gospel play at Arena Players portrays in song the life of the Queen of Gospel. Plus, at the Banneker Douglass Museum, 60 years after the Civil Rights Act--revisiting and reimagining the Civil Rights era.

Bestselling author Jonathan Eig joins us to discuss his new book about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the first comprehensive biography of the slain social justice activist in nearly 40 years.

On August 28, nation honors the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. Midday hears from journalists and faith leaders to reflect on the march's impact then and now.

We’ll go On the Record to mark two civil-rights milestones sixty years ago.The integration of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park inspires a festival this Sunday. And activists in Annapolis plan to re-enact the 1963 March on Washington on Saturday.

Bestselling author Jonathan Eig on the first major biography on Dr. King in the last 40 years.