'Racism Unveiled: The Madness of Crownsville Mental Hospital'

Antonia Hylton's new book "Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum" documents the racism and mistreatment of Black patients at Crownsville State Hospital, a segregated mental asylum in Maryland that operated for 93 years. The hospital's founding reflected the belief that Black people were different and needed to be treated differently, with patients forced to build the hospital from the ground up. The book also highlights the transformative efforts of Black women employees who worked to improve the lives of the patients.