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The Rise of Charm City Season Premiere: Protect Your Vital Morgan

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Published March 3, 2017 at 12:26 PM EST

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Morgan State University's Earl S. Richardson Library.

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From the Morgan archives at the Earl S. Richardson Library..

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The library's Special Collections wing is named after Beulah M. Davis, who served as university librarian for nearly 40 years.

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From a copy of the 1955 yearbook, called the Promethean, a few senior portraits.

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$A very small fraction of the Arthur J. Smith Collection. Arthur J. Smith was a white collector of black history artifacts and documents and integral to the early establishment of Morgan State.$

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A very small fraction of the Arthur J. Smith Collection. Arthur J. Smith was a white collector of black history artifacts and documents and integral to the early establishment of Morgan State.

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A view of Morgan State University Campus from WEAA, on the third floor of the School of Global Journalism and Communications.

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The Rise of Charm City is delighted to present our second season premiere, "Episode 13: Protect Your Vital Morgan," the first of a two-part series on the 150-year history of Morgan State University.

Celebrating its sesquicentennial celebration in 2017, Morgan State is the oldest and largest African American college in Maryland.

This week we explore the founding of the institution, its long legacy of social activism, and the fond memories of alumni and administrators.

In two weeks, we'll return with Morgan's more contemporary history, including its unique connection to NASA!