H. Rap Brown speaking at Cambridge, MD civil rights protest

ID: 211 ~ Source: flickr link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/washington_area_spark/18095452060 ~ Creator: Washington Area Spark ~ Date: July 24, 1967

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H. Rap Brown speaking at Cambridge, MD civil rights protest — Washington Area Spark: https://www.flickr.com/photos/washington_area_spark/

This image shows H. Rap Brown speaking to a group of civil rights protestors in July, 1967 in Cambridge, Maryland: a hotbed of civil rights activity in the 1960s. Later that evening, Brown would be injured and therefore was not able to participate in the action the next day that led to destruction, for which he was later charged and then exonerated. The scheduled 1970 trial in Bel Air, Maryland was based on this charge. However, before the car bombing took place, the judge made a prejudiced comment and the trial moved to Howard County. The state eventually dropped the charges.

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H. Rap Brown's Trial and a Car Explodes in Bel Air

By James Karmel

Throughout most of the 1960s, Cambridge, Maryland was a hotbed of civil rights activity and turbulence. Beginning in 1962, students from Morgan State University and other places had gone down to the small city on the state’s eastern shore to sit in…