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"The Treaty of Cambridge" was negotiated among federal, state, and local leaders in July 1963, initiating integration in the city prior to passage of federal civil rights laws. After H. Rap Brown gave a speech on the evening of July 24, black residents began to confront police while trying to have a protest march. Brown was wounded and rushed ...
H. Rap Brown Cambridge, Maryland speech on July 24, 1967 Provided by Maryland State Archives. Retrieved February 1, 2019. Audio and video. NBC's The American Revolution of '63, broadcast September 2, 1963 at Library of Congress "Gloria Richardson and the Cambridge Civil Rights Movement". BBC - Witness. 18 June 2015
The two groups were kept apart and eventually dispersed by the Maryland State Police. Cambridge remained quiet until 10 p.m., when two white men and a 12-year-old boy were wounded by shotgun fire near their homes and police brought eight African-American men in for questioning. [6]
The Maryland State Police is a paramilitary organization with a rank structure modeled after the United States military. The ranks of corporal through captain are based on promotional testing; majors and above are appointed by the superintendent. [28] The Maryland State Police rank structure is as listed:
Three troopers say they endured racism and discrimination while working for the Maryland State Police, and other officers of color have too. They filed a class-action lawsuit against the police ...
LANDOVER, Md. (DC News Now) — The Maryland State Police (MSP) said it is investigating a car crash that left a woman dead Wednesday. MSP said its preliminary investigation revealed that around ...
Jackson-Stanley was born in and grew up in Cambridge, where blacks attended segregated schools. The town had a history of racial unrest, with race riots making headlines in the 1960s. [3] By the 1970s, the town integrated and she was among the first black students to attend the previously all-white Cambridge High School. [4]
Maryland State Police Aviation Command took flight Tuesday, Aug. 8, and rescued a young woman after her car plunged off a cliff in West Virginia.