Enoch Pratt Free Library Podcast

Baltimore Sun columnist and WYPR political analyst Fraser Smith traces the roots of Jim Crow laws in Maryland, from Dred Scott to Plessy v. Ferguson. He describes the efforts of those who struggled over the years to establish freedom and basic rights for African Americans -- from Thurgood Marshall and Lillie May Jackson to Gloria Richardson and Walter Sondheim. Recorded On: Thursday, June 12, 2008