Author Frank R. Shivers, Jr. writes that Fells Point "is the only area where the beginnings of Baltimore can be felt." Centuries ago ships arrived at the docks with thousands of settlers and immigrants, especially during the years the abominable slave trade thrived. Ever ...
Recently I got to sit down with British playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah, who in 2005 became the first black Briton to have his play, Elmina's Kitchen, produced in the West End. Kwame is far from unfamiliar with Baltimore. In 2001, he first came to Washington, ...