The beautiful city of Baltimore, Maryland, nicknamed “Charm City” is full of historical cites and landmarks. It was founded July 30, 1729, and it was named after Lord Baltimore, the first proprietary governor of the Province of Maryland1. It was founded to serve the economic needs of 18th century farmers2. The waterways in Baltimore have been a passage for ships carrying commercial cargo and new citizens since the 1600s. Baltimore became the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the United
Baltimore Believe Campaign The Baltimore Believe Campaign was started in April of 2002. It is a city wide campaign aimed to reduce the amount of drug use in the city. The idea of the “Believe” campaign has never been tried before. The campaign calls for Baltimore to believe, believe that drugs can be eliminated off of the streets, and drug dealers to be punished. Since the start of the campaign the idea has expanded around the country. Mayor Martin O’Malley has spread his idea around. The
Baltimore Maryland is a city known for its charm also known as charm city. The nickname Charm city originated in 1975 by HL Mencken who died in 1956. It is home to the Orioles, Ravens, and to the National Aquarium which show cases thousands of marine creatures. Baltimore is also very rich in American history. This beautiful harbor city is home to fort McHenry and during the war of 1812 against England, American forces based in fort McHenry successfully defended Baltimore harbor against the British
The Baltimore City police have faced a myriad of problems in the last year. The riots following the Freddie Gray arrest were reported around the country and created a situation where the Governor was forced to call in the National Guard to protect the city. Community leaders report that African American’s are stopped, searched and arrested at a far greater number than Caucasian’s. The Baltimore city police are at an impasse with the community at this time, it is up to the city leaders and the police
the riots in Baltimore. These riots, caused by a startling recent increase in police shootings, have involved prominent figures, such as Reverend Al Sharpton, religious groups-including local churches, and even average citizens to join forces to protest the disparages facing their community (Shipp, 2015). Many may believe that
chartered on February 28th 1827, by a group of Baltimore businessmen. The main objective of the railway was to ensure traffic would not be lost to the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, which was proposed and ground broken the same time as the railroad. The new railroad was a big invention, which allowed people and freight to travel by train. This was a huge improvement for the United States, since everything was becoming more advanced in other countries. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company is the great railroad
There has been several indicents that have taken place in Baltimore, Maryland that required major attention by the police, but one main event that drew the attention of the Baltimore Police Department was dealing with Sam and Earl Veney. Sam and Earl Veney robbed a liquor store in December 1964. The two black men also shot two police officers, killing one. They were caught and convicted. But the police manhunt in Baltimore for the Veney brothers became almost as infamous as their crimes. Without
This is a chapter in Baltimore’s history that will never be forgotten. Events that caused outrage and debate throughout the United States, and sparked the first major rioting in Baltimore that the City hasn’t seen in decades. The streets of Baltimore were flooded in protest from April 18, 2015 to May 3, 2015. Many people were angered over the death of Michael Brown and many other incidents involving racial profiling in law enforcement cases, with many of the officers not receiving proper punishment
...lization is not a black problem or a white one, neither is it a Baltimore problem, it is currently an American problem that can be traced in part to the segregation. Works Cited Reutter, Mark. Sparrows Point: Making Steel : the Rise and Ruin of American Industrial Might. New York: Summit Books, 1988. Print. Nandi, Arijit. Deindustrialization, Socioeconomic Deprivation, and Injection Drug Use Cessation in Baltimore. 2008. Print. Cowie, Jefferson, and Joseph Heathcott. Beyond the Ruins:
Dostoevsky's underground man who differed mainly in that they frequently had less education and more pigment in their skin. That is to say, although there are valid comparisons that can be drawn between the Underground Man and the inhabitants of west Baltimore who are so vividly depicted in The Corner, there are also important differences that make any claim of strict equality between a Russian intellectual from the nineteenth century and a 20th-century tout or slinger an absurd caricature. Moreover, the