The Watts Rebellion, often referred to as the Watts Riot, began this day in 1965. Until 1992, it was the largest such disturbance the city has ever seen and historians point to a longstanding tension between police and the Black community as the impetus. Marquette Frye, then 21, and his brother Ronald were driving in […]
In a recent article for American Banker titled Lessons from Baltimore: ‘Middle-Class Folks Don’t Riot,’ John Hope Bryant, President and CEO of Operation Hope, wrote: “Our goal as…
Two Baltimore correctional officers have been charged with looting after a YouTube clip showed them stealing from a local store during riots following the death…
Racial oppression (particularly suffered by blacks) will not come to an end until we erase the stigmas of pathological deviance that is constantly being attributed to black bodies.
I found this video while searching through the news for Baltimore stories. It’s not being reported, instead, the video is being shared on YouTube. It…
Joseph Kent is a well-known protestor who was kidnapped on Tuesday night. The shocking thing is that it was all caught on CNN’s cameras. And…
Things are starting to calm down in Baltimore as residents ban together to clean up and bring peace back into their community. There were a…
The city’s eruption follows decades of systemic failure. Photograph by Devin Allen TIME Magazine revealed their latest cover, a chilling image of the Baltimore Uprising…
Baltimore City Police Department released a memo stating the Bloods and Crips were banding together to injure the police. Today we learn, that wasn’t true.…
Freddie Gray‘s sister, much like other families who’ve lost loved ones to police brutality, wants peace and not violence. But the protests and riots in Baltimore…
“There’s some days that I’ll shield him in the house just so he won’t go outside and I know that I can’t do that for…
The family of Freddie Gray held a peaceful and moving memorial service for the 25-year-old Baltimore man at New Shiloh Baptist Church on Monday morning. Few…
