Baltimore: The Rise Of Charm City

Episode 18, "Beach Your Bottom Dollar," tells the story of three of Maryland's historically Black beaches, Carr's and Sparrow's Beaches and Highland Beach. Hear all about the heyday of beachside concerts at Carr's Beach and the enduring civil rights legacies of Frederick Douglass, Mary Church Terrell, and their descendants and Highland Beach. Voices include Dr. Andrew Kahrl, author of The Land was Ours: How Black Beaches Became White Wealth in the Coastal South, Annapolis historian and tour guide Janice Hayes-Williams, and Highland Beach City Commissioner Raymond Langston.