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When Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby charged six police officers for their involvement the death of Freddie Gray, she spoke directly to young people, saying she would seek justice on our behalf.
“This is a moment, this is your moment,” she said. “Let’s ensure that we have peaceful and productive rallies, develop structural and systemic changes for generations to come. You’re at the forefront of this cause, and as young people our time is now.”
All over the country, young people like me are having strong reactions to the youth movement in Baltimore. With each young man killed by police, my peers and I feel anger and frustration, but that’s not all.
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The Moment In Baltimore: A Poet's Notes
By Derick Ebert (as told to Youth Radio)
Derick Ebert is the 19-year-old Youth Poet Laureate of Baltimore. Youth Radio producers talked with Ebert to gain insight into the protests in Baltimore sparked by the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody.
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In the Spirit of Tubman and Douglass, Maryland Awakens
What Baltimore’s Uprising Means for the Future of Black Youth.
By Camesha L. Jones
I grew up in a small city in Southern Maryland, about an hour away from Baltimore. My grandmother is from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass were born. I always took great pride in knowing that my family and all Black Marylanders are in some way connected to Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass.
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Young Baltimore Speaks: "I don't enjoy being a part of this...I feel obligated to do this"
By Wide Angle Youth Media for Youth Radio
Producers at Wide Angle Youth Media in Baltimore, MD talked with youth at a student-led protest on April 29th, 2015 over the death of Freddie Gray.
“I don’t enjoy being a part of this, because I wish it wasn't happening," said Shahim McMoran, 20, a student at Towson University. "But, it’s like I have to be a part of this, and I feel obligated to do this."