4 your reading February 8, 2024 11:51 am

‘Almost like a plantation': Book tells story of Jim Crow-era asylum in Maryland

In “Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum,” NBC News’ Antonia Hylton tells the story of “an unbelievable and complicated institution” that once housed Black patients in Anne Arundel County. She spoke with News4’s Jummy Olabanji as part of her 4 Your Reading series.

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