Featuring nearly 100 oral histories, the McKeldin-Jackson Project documents the Maryland Civil Rights Movement through the stories of the movement’s leaders as well as regular citizens who took part in the battle for civil rights. In a clip from his oral history, Parren Mitchell, the first African American elected to Congress from Maryland, recalls his early awareness of discrimination and racism, and discusses one of his very first picketing ventures at Ford’s Theatre in Baltimore. You can find a longer clip from Mitchell’s interview on the Maryland Historical Society’s Vimeo page, where Mitchell further discusses the wide impact of the Baltimore City-Wide Young People’s Forum, founded by civil rights leader Lillie Carrol Jackson and her daughters Juanita and Virginia. Oral history and images: Parren Mitchell oral history, 1976, OH 8170; accompanied by photos from the Paul Henderson Photograph Collection, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society. #FilmFriday #Marylan...