The Baltimore Uprising and the Stunted Transformation of Urban Black Politics
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2022-08-23
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Board, Marcus and Tyson King-Meadows. The Baltimore Uprising and the Stunted Transformation of Urban Black Politics. In Making Citizenship Work edited by Rodolfo Rosales. New York: Routledge, 2022. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003169833-11/baltimore-uprising-stunted-transformation-urban-black-politics-marcus-board-tyson-king-meadows
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge/CRC Press in Making Citizenship Work
Culture and Community on 23 August 2022, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9781003169833
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Although some scholars and observers rightly hail the 2015 Baltimore Uprising as an
act of resistance against systemic oppression, the Uprising was also a moment of
interrupted promise. Revolts and rebellions are often the result of ongoing legacies of
domination being met with resistance which has reached a tipping point and sparked
direct action from the masses.1 For the most part, the Baltimore Uprising was no different. The tipping point for large-scale protest in Baltimore came as a result of the
fatal injury to West Baltimore resident Freddie Gray Jr. while in police custody. And
although the “riot” portion of the Uprising occurred on April 25 and April 28, 2015,
the legacies of domination in Baltimore have been evident for much longer.