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Delmarva Today 03-18-2019

In light of recent events, we get a primer on the history of blackface in the first half of this program. In the second half, we look at the history of slavery on the Easten Shore.

Guests: Dr. Joshua K Wright, Associate  Professor  at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and host of UMES 30 on WESM 91.3

Jaqueline Simmons Hedburg, author of "Plantations, Slavery and Freedom on Maryland's Eastern Shore".

Chris Ranck is Delmarva Public Media's Executive Producer, Program Director and Automation Engineer.
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