Back in 2015, defenders of Baltimore’s Black history kicked into gear after the city allowed Bethel A.M.E. Church to tear down Freedom House, a meeting place for early civil rights leaders and the former home of the first African-American elected to the City Council.
Visited by Eleanor Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr., the rowhouse at 1234 Druid Hill Avenue that once was the headquarters of the NAACP was precious, they said.
But so was the adjacent rowhouse that had been damaged by the demolition crews, but remained standing.
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