Last Updated on March 2, 2026
The Multiracial Awareness Discussion Group welcomes all to a program:
Voices of Baltimore: Life Under Segregation
Showing of this documentary, with historical context and personal accounts presented by resident Dr. Eugenia Collier, author, educator and critic.
Friday, March 13, 2026
10 AM – Noon
Caton Woods Auditorium
Voices of Baltimore: Life Under Segregation [Thinkport] is a documentary featuring oral histories of African Americans navigation Jim Crow era Maryland. Dr. Eugenia Collier, a Baltimore-born author, educator, and critic (best know for Marigolds), is a notable figure whose life and work reflect the themes of African American history and resilience in Baltimore.
Voices of Baltimore (documentary)
Focus: The film preserves memories of seven African Americans who lived through legalized segregation, covering education, leisure and daily life.
Content: It includes personal accounts of experiences in Baltimore and surrounding areas, exploring how residents dealt with segregation on the Mason-Dixon line.
Purpose: The project serves as an educational resource to promote dialogue about the Jim Crow era, featuring topics such as insulation/isolation and expectations.
Eugenia Collier
Background: Born in 1928, Dr. Collier is a retired college professor who taught at institutions like Coppin State College in Baltimore.
Connection to History: She experienced the era documented in Voices of Baltimore firsthand, often discussing the importance of documenting African American experiences and literature.
Literary Work: Known for her 1969 short story Marigolds, which explores childhood, poverty and coming-of-age in a Maryland community during the Great Depression.
While the Voices of Baltimore documentary focuses on collective memory of the Jim Crow era, Dr. Collier represents the intellectual, literary and personal history of that generation of black Baltimoreans.