Baltimore and the Civil Rights Movement

Philip Jackson Merrill, an author, historian, consultant, founder and CEO of Nanny Jack & Company LLC, served as the Black Americana specialist on two Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) shows: Antiques Roadshow and Chesapeake Collectibles for several years. In 2013, Merrill's oral history was archived in the Library of Congress by the HistoryMakers, and in 2021, he received the Baltimore City Historical Society's History Honors Award. Merrill is currently an expert contributor with the Discovery Channel's television show Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America. In 2023, he was appointed as a commissioner to the Maryland Commission for African American History and Culture.