![]() ![]() Crenson, a distinguished political scientist and Baltimore native, examines the role of politics and race throughout Baltimore's history. ![]() More recently, the 2015 death of Freddie Gray in police custody has prompted Baltimoreans-and the entire nation-to focus critically on the rich and tangled narrative of black–white relations in Baltimore, where slavery once existed alongside the largest community of free blacks in the United States. But for much of the nineteenth century, violence and disorder plagued the city. How politics and race shaped Baltimore's distinctive disarray of cultures and subcultures.Ĭharm City or Mobtown? People from Baltimore glory in its eccentric charm, small-town character, and North-cum-South culture. ![]()
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