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“I’m From Baltimore:” What the Declaration By the Terps’ Derik Queen Really Means
People are buzzing about what the freshman power forward replied when asked about the shot that catapulted UMD into the Sweet Sixteen. But that wasn’t the whole quote.
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When Baltimore Burned
Fifty years ago this month, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. set off an upheaval in the city unlike anything since the Civil War.
News & Community
Born This Way
Faced with discrimination and sometimes outright hostility, the Maryland transgender community perserveres, pioneering civil rights breakthroughs.
History & Politics
Forward Press
As a Vietnam vet, former Black Panther, and father of a literary superstar, Paul Coates has lived a life reminiscent of the great literature he publishes.
The Chatter
A Citywide Day of Service to Replace MLK Day Parade
Residents are encouraged to volunteer to celebrate the holiday.
History & Politics
Justice For All
On the anniversary of Thurgood Marshall’s Supreme Court confirmation, Baltimore’s great dismantler of Jim Crow remains a colossus of U.S. history.
