Be the Bridge was both the message brought and the name of the organization represented in today’s Conversation with John Bruce and Ken Bancroft. They told the story of growing up on opposite sides of the 28th Street bridge one white and one black. Ken, born and raised in Remington and a longtime part of The Community School, gave a history lesson on redlining and segregation laws in Baltimore that created this divided and unequal condition. Both John and Ken spoke about their experience growing up in this racial divide and the impact it had on their lives. John shared stories about his continuing experiences with racism and recounted a particularly moving and harrowing story about being stopped by the police on his way to work at Goddard Space Center. Student Tyleiah Trusty reacted to their presentation with these words, “Things that happened in their day are still happening today and there really needs to be a change.”
