"Critically acclaimed as one of the best television shows ever produced, the HBO series The Wire (2002–2008) is a landmark event in television history, offering a raw and dramatically compelling vision of the teeming drug trade and the vitality of life in the abandoned spaces of…
Queer history in Baltimore began long before the twentieth century. People who diverged from societal norms of gender and sexuality were always present in Baltimore’s history, and they can be seen through media representations and popular press of the time period. Even when repr…
The scholarship on American tattoo history is characterized by its chronological gaps and lack of varied perspectives or methodological approaches. This research focuses on a Baltimore tattoo business’s history from 1938 to 1980 to shed light on under-researched decades in curre…
The Baltimore Afro American newspaper, founded in 1892 advocated an African identity and forged a connection to Africa and other parts of the Diaspora for the local and national Black community. This dissertation uses a Pan-African paradigm to examine the Afro American's coverag…
Sculptor Ephraim Keyser (1850-1937) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his artistic training in Baltimore, Munich, Berlin and Rome. The work of his early career included both marble and bronze statues, busts and allegorical figures. In later years, when he modeled Worl…
African Zion: the sacred art of Ethiopia ; [this catalogue was …
by Grierson, Roderick, Heldman, Marilyn, Munro-Hay, Stuart C., Exhibition African Zion, The Sacred Art of Ethiopia, Baltimore, Md. u.a, Walters Art Gallery, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The Menil Collection, Exhibition African Zion, Baltimore, Maryland, Exhibition African Zion, New York, Exhibition African Zion, Houston, Texas
"Before the Civil War, colonization schemes and Black laws threatened to deport former slaves born in United States. Birthright Citizens recovers the story of how African American activists remade national belonging through battles in legislatures, conventions, and courthouses. …
US cities are “going green,” evoking utopian images of tree lined streets, lush parks, and swimmable waterways. But as a practice, “going green” is messy. When sustainability advocates attempt to green cities they inevitably build upon histories and politics of land use in ways …
Uses the television series "The wire" as a road map for exploring connections between inner-city poverty and drug-related violence. Each chapter recounts scenes from episodes of the series, placing the characters' challenges into the broader context of public policy
Tapping into 'The Wire' uses the acclaimed television series as a road map for exploring connections between inner-city poverty and drug-related violence."--Page 2 of cover
Tapping into 'The Wire' uses the acclaimed television series as a road map for exploring connections between inner-city poverty and drug-related violence."--Page 2 of cover.
Enslaved mariners, white seamstresses, Irish dockhands, free black domestic servants, and native-born street sweepers. All navigated the low-end labor market in post-revolutionary Baltimore. Seth Rockman considers this diverse workforce, exploring how race, sex, nativity, and le…
