May 13, 2008
Sun coverage: 1968 Baltimore riots
A demonstration at Coppin State during the 1968 riots. (Sun photo by William L. LaForce / April 5, 1968)
Multimedia: 1968 Baltimore Riots Recollections of the riotsSome who lived through the unrest after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. tell their stories. • Audio: In their own words  Photo galleries• 1968 Baltimore City riots • A look back, four decades later • Living through the unrest • Four teens transformed  VideoFootage from the 1968 riots; plus former Mayor Thomas J. D'Alesandro III looks back, and a Baltimore resident shares her recollections  InteractiveView maps of fires, looting and other disturbances during the riots University of Baltimore resources • Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth • Timeline • Driving tour • Transcripts of oral histories • Reports and documents |
April 4, 2008
4 Loyola teens found identities
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was dead, Baltimore was ablaze and four teens at Loyola Blakefield High School responded with their version of rebellion. They began asserting their racial identity, challenging authority and reading militant authors. They grew Afros.
April 2, 2008
Sun special report: 40 years later
Living through the unrest
For nearly four decades, people rarely spoke about the days when dark columns of smoke rose from Baltimore's poorest neighborhoods and mobs seethed in the streets.
March 30, 2008
Sun special report: 40 years later
When Baltimore burned
The former mayor climbed from the car and reached back 40 years. He remembered this corner, Broadway and Fayette Street, when it was on fire.
 A trail of deceptionCindy McKay, a career thief, was convicted in April 2008 of secretly stealing thousands of dollars from her boyfriend and stabbing him to death before his burning body was found. |
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