Although he did not win, Gordemer says just being nominated was quite an experience. The Business of Browning America takes us on a tour of present-day Prince George's County, Maryland. And it's more wealthy than it was 20 years ago when Wynter was there as a cub reporter and the county was mostly white. Migration by upper middle-class blacks from the District of Columbia contributed to the rise in income. But the county has an underdog image.
Race is a factor, think some county leaders.
No major upscale malls are located there although income levels would support them. A new dilemma and cause for African-Americans. Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaria. After arriving from Havana in 1949, Santamaria quickly made his mark on the New York mambo scene. He soon moved on to jazz, writing such standards as Afro Blue .