Maryland Towns Take Down Their 'Segregation Wall'

Saturday, July 06, 2024

One day in 1957, a road crew pulled up to Windom Road and put a corrugated metal highway barrier sideways across the street. The barrier stopped cars from going down the road connecting two small Maryland towns just north of Washington, D.C. But it also made clear the danger for residents of the historically Black town of North Brentwood if they crossed the border into majority-white Brentwood, a "sundown town" where they would be at risk of violence after dark.

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The two Brentwoods, though, chose to tear down their barrier and replace it with art, which was officially unveiled last weekend.

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But it also made clear the danger for residents of the historically Black town of North Brentwood if they crossed the border into majority-white Brentwood, a "sundown town" where they would be at risk of violence after dark.

Infamous Brentwood.

#1 | Posted by censored at 2024-07-06 02:06 PM | Reply

@#1 ... Infamous Brentwood. ...

I'd proffer that what made Brentwood infamous was the building of the "Segregation Wall."

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-06 02:24 PM | Reply

Two hands firmly gripping an erected shaft.

Is the message, "Suck this!"

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-07-06 02:43 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

risk of violence after dark
LOL good thing the black areas are safe after dark, why complain about a wall keeping those dangerous whites out.

#4 | Posted by look_inward at 2024-07-06 04:27 PM | Reply

Infamous Brentwood.

#1 | POSTED BY CENSORED AT 2024-07-06 02:06 PM | REPLY | FLAG:ERMMMM NO

Just to be clear OJ's Brentwood estate is next to Beverly Hills in Cali...

LOL good thing the black areas are safe after dark, why complain about a wall keeping those dangerous whites out.

#4 | POSTED BY LOOK_INWARD AT 2024-07-06 04:27 PM | REPLY | FLAG:SAY WHAT?

You mean the White Hooded ones that used to come into black towns at MIDNIGHT drag people out of their homes and lynch them in front of a burning cross all in the hokey name of Jayzus? or flash forward...to some white guy shooting up a church?

#5 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-07-06 06:18 PM | Reply

Just to be clear OJ's Brentwood estate is next to Beverly Hills in Cali... [...] #5 | Posted by RightisTrite

#6 | Posted by censored at 2024-07-07 10:30 AM | Reply

got it

#7 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-07-07 12:21 PM | Reply