Joshua Clark Davis

Contrary to the story being told in textbooks, media, and museums, the police were not neutral bystanders.

Police from as far away as Alabama were watching.

But the backstory was all-American.

Activists established politically informed shops to offer alternatives to the consumer culture of chain stores, mass production, and multinational corporations.

At the height of the Black Power movement, the Bureau focused on the unlikeliest of public enemies: black independent booksellers.

Frederick Douglas had another, lesser known, impact on Baltimore.