April 22, 2009 – Hour 1

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For the first hour of today’s show, Marc spoke with the organizers of the Shades of Freedom Film Festival that will take place this weekend (April 25-26) in Baltimore. The festival will focus on the slavery, reconstruction, and Jim Crow periods of American history, in addition to various panel discussions regarding the films. Our panel of guests included:

In-studio:

• April Yvonne Garrett – Founder and President of Civic Frame
• Rosalyn Teoberg Penn – University President Emirita and history consultant, Morgan State University
• F. Michael Higginbotton – Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore Law School

Via phone:

• Dante James – Emmy Award winning producer and director, Slavery and the Making of America
• David Taft Terry – Executive Director of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture

And then we briefly spoke with a filmmaker whose work you can see at the upcoming Maryland Film Festival. 

• Issac Chung – director of the award winning film, Munyurangabo

Written by Marc Steiner

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