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Elijah Cummings’ 70th Birthday

By Sheilah Kast,
Maureen Harvie, Melissa Gerr
Published January 18, 2021 at 11:53 AM EST
Desiree Kelly

The late congressman Elijah Cummings would have turned 70 Monday. During the months before he died, while he dealt with painful health challenges and tough confrontations between Congress and President Trump, Cummings invested time in writing a memoir, weaving his personal story with accounts of some public battles. His widow and partner, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, says the voice we hear in his memoir illuminates a struggle that continues. 

The 'First Annual Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival' will be held today at 3p.m. Ticket info here.

Next month, February 10th at 7 p.m., Maya Rockeymoore Cummings and James Dale will discuss the life and legacy of her late husband with UMBC President Dr. Freeman Hrabowski. This virtual event is part of the Brown Lecture Series hosted by the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Register here.

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Sheilah Kast
Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
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Maureen Harvie
Maureen Harvie is Senior Supervising Producer for On the Record. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and joined WYPR in 2014 as an intern for the newsroom. Whether coordinating live election night coverage, capturing the sounds of a roller derby scrimmage, interviewing veterans, or booking local authors, she is always on the lookout for the next story.
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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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