Front Stoops in the Fifties

This personal history of prominent Baltimoreans sheds light on the social transformations already taking place in the supposedly innocent 1950s.   Front Stoops in the Fifties recounts the stories of some of Baltimore’s most famous personalities as they grew up during the “decade of conformity”—just before they entered the turbulent 1960s. Focusing on the period before JFK’s assassination, Olesker looks to individuals who would go on to influence the brewing cultural revolution. Such familia