Baltimore tries to heal wounds from riots – 40 years later
2008 April 24
April 24, 2008 Christian Science Monitor
For 40 years, the violent civil unrest that erupted in Baltimore following Martin Luther King Jr.’s assasination in 1968 has been a taboo subject among citizens of the city. Today, however, a group of Baltimoreans have come together in an effort to confront this troubling past and wrestle with the issues that produced the unrest and which continue to haunt the city today. A number of initiatives have been launched as part of Baltimore’s experiment with truth and reconciliation, including a Baltimore ’68 Mosaic Monument, an oral history project, a play, a dance performance, and even a literary magazine. Read about these inititiatives.
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