Join the Caucus of African American Leaders as we petition for the renaming of the demolished Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.  Once redeveloped, the bridge should bear the name of the late Congressman Parren J. Mitchell, the first African American Congressman in Maryland and the first African - American elected to Congress below the Mason Dixon Line since  Reconstruction following the Civil War. SIGN AND SHARE!

    “The Caucus of African American Leaders — whose members include the NAACP and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, among others — is urging Gov. Wes Moore…and the General Assembly to reconsider the bridge’s name, given that Key was a controversial …figure in the anti-slavery movement.” - NBC News.

   

 

“The bridge, on the eastern end of Baltimore, collapsed on March 26 after a cargo containment ship crashed into it. Federal and state leaders are in talks about plans to rebuild the bridge, which had over 11 million vehicles cross over it annually, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.” This renaming will make a national statement and pay tribute to past leaders deserving of recognition in our community.

 

Please sign this petition to lend your voice to movement to encourage Maryland officials to rename the bridge for a forward thinking bridge builder, rather than the racist slave owner, Francis Scott Key.

WE NEED YOU!

 

For more information please visit http://aacaal.org/