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This week we are joined by Dr. Clara Small to help us begin to dig in to the vast treasure-trove of history available to us.  

Dr. Small is a historian who has dedicated her life to telling the story of black Americans from Delmarva. Professor Emeritus at Salisbury University, Hall spent 36 years teaching history in courses including World Civilizations, Civil Rights in American Society, African American History and related topics. It might be argued that she is the region's foremost scholar on the history of Black America on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Dr. Small has authored or co-authored 7 books, with her 8th due out before the leaves bud out on the trees this spring. Titles include:

• Reality Check: Brief Biographies of African-Americans on Delmarva
  
  
• Compass Points: Profiles & Biographies of African Americans from the Delmarva Peninsula, Volumes 1,2, & 3 [Publication Forthcoming]
  

Co-Authored:

• Men of Color: To Arms! Manumitted Slaves and Free Blacks from the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland Who Served in the Civil War
  
  
• They Wore Blue and Their Hearts Were Loyal: The United States Colored Troops of Dorchester County Maryland
  
  

Her work has garnered her acclaim and recognition resulting in numerous awards including:

• University System of Maryland Regent’s Award for Public Service
  
  
• Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore’s Frank H. Morris Humanitarian Award
  
  
• The Harriet Tubman Lifetime Achievement Award
  
  

Dr. Small has also served as a member of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture.

For more information about Dr. Hall and Our discussion today, visit www.delmarvasown.com.

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