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POLICE ATTACKED BY YOUNG BLACK REVOLUTIONARIES IN BALTIMORE
By Baruti M. Kamau, Citizen Reporter for Barutiwa News Online
On Monday, April 27th, young Black Americans rose up and informally expressed their discontent with local conditions in Baltimore, Maryland. They attacked police officers in riot gear with rocks, bricks and sticks. The uprising in Baltimore looked similar to the Palestinian conflict in Gaza city where Palestinian youth throw rocks at armed Israeli soldiers. 20 police officers (black and white) were injured in the uprising. At least 6 were hospitalized. Black American youth have been in the vanguard of the black liberation struggle since slavery.
Gabriel Prosser (1776-1800), a black American youth who was a slave, was only 24-years-old when he plotted to kidnap Virginia's governor, James Monroe (1758-1831), and demand the state of Virginia to free all slaves. Prosser had 500 slaves on standby waiting for his order to attack Richmond. However, his rebellion never took place. Monroe learned of the conspiracy and sent the state militia to apprehend Prosser and his co-conspirators. Gabriel Prosser was arrested and executed in 1800. He was hanged to death. His effort was the most ambitious among abolitionist of his time. He is now one of Black America's national heroes.
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By Baruti M. Kamau, Citizen Reporter for Barutiwa News Online
On Monday, April 27th, young Black Americans rose up and informally expressed their discontent with local conditions in Baltimore, Maryland. They attacked police officers in riot gear with rocks, bricks and sticks. The uprising in Baltimore looked similar to the Palestinian conflict in Gaza city where Palestinian youth throw rocks at armed Israeli soldiers. 20 police officers (black and white) were injured in the uprising. At least 6 were hospitalized. Black American youth have been in the vanguard of the black liberation struggle since slavery.
Gabriel Prosser (1776-1800), a black American youth who was a slave, was only 24-years-old when he plotted to kidnap Virginia's governor, James Monroe (1758-1831), and demand the state of Virginia to free all slaves. Prosser had 500 slaves on standby waiting for his order to attack Richmond. However, his rebellion never took place. Monroe learned of the conspiracy and sent the state militia to apprehend Prosser and his co-conspirators. Gabriel Prosser was arrested and executed in 1800. He was hanged to death. His effort was the most ambitious among abolitionist of his time. He is now one of Black America's national heroes.
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Content Type: Participatory Journalism
