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Ford’s Theater Protest, 1947
In 1947, the Baltimore chapter of the NAACP, supported by students, began a picketing campaign against Ford’s Theater and its segregated seating policies. Many national and international stars, including Paul Robeson, joined the protest. The…
Gwynn Oak Park, 1955
In 1955, after first trying to persuade the owners to integrate, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) began an eight-year picketing campaign against Gwynn Oak Park in Baltimore County. On July 4, 1963, hundreds of people, including religious…
Tags: CORE, Direct Action, Nonviolence, Protest
Glen Echo Park Integration
On June 30, 1960, students from Howard University’s Nonviolent Action Group (NAG) held a sit-in at the Glen Echo Park. Five of the picketers were arrested, and NAG, with the support of residents from the Bannockburn neighborhood around the park,…
Tags: Direct Action, NAG, Nonviolence, Protest
Northwood Theater Protest
In 1955, students from Morgan State College began a protest of the Northwood Shopping Center. While many of the stores dropped their segregated policies by 1963, the Northwood Theatre refused. Peaceful protests of the theater’s policy occurred…
Tags: CIG, Direct Action, NAACP, Nonviolence, Protest
Phillips Packing Company Strike
On June 23, 1937, workers at the Phillips Packing Company staged a walkout against planned layoffs. The Phillips Packing Company was the largest employer in Cambridge, Maryland, and had an integrated workforce. As word of the walkout spread…
Activism in the National Football League
On September 24, 2017, during a primetime London Game, players and coaches from the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars took a knee or stood arm-in-arm during the American national anthem as a protest against police brutality. After 49ers…
Tags: Direct Action, Media, Nonviolence, Protest
Baltimore Uprising
On April 12, 2015, the Baltimore police arrested Freddie Gray in West Baltimore for having an “illegal knife.” The police dragged Gray to a police van and placed him unsecured in the van in leg restraints. During transport, Gray suffered serious…
Tags: Direct Action, Protest