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80-Year-Old Segregation Wall Finally Comes Down in Baltimore

by Morgan State U
April 12, 2023

For more than 80 years, Morgan State University students walking down Hillen Road near the school’s entrance saw a massive red brick wall. Some thought it was a simple alley; others thought perhaps it protected a few garages. But the structure was actually a “spite wall” intended to keep Black students from venturing into a once predominantly white Baltimore neighborhood. 

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