By Colin Campbell, The Baltimore Sun
Published April 12, 2021
O’Donnell Square Park in Canton (wikipedia)
The closure of O’Donnell Square Park in Canton without warning Monday evening set off an immediate flurry of emails, texts and phone calls among one group of neighbors in particular.
The 50 members of the Canton Anti-Racism Alliance dared to wonder: Had their plan worked? They’d spent the past eight months doing historical research and community outreach, writing letters to state lawmakers and successive mayors, and collecting more than 900 signatures on a petition.
“This may be it! I’m headed there now!” read the first email.
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