African American Caucus, Citing Racism, Pushes To Strip Francis Scott Key’s Name From Collapsed Baltimore Bridge

Maryland’s governor, Wes Moore, is meeting with members of Congress this week to discuss funding and support for rebuilding the bridge after a cargo ship crashed into it in the early hours of March 26.

Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner via AP
The site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge and the container ship that toppled it, Dali, are seen from a debris retrieval vessel, the Reynolds, April 4, 2024. Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner via AP

The Caucus of African American Leaders is petitioning for Baltimore’s Key Bridge to be renamed when it is rebuilt, citing racism connected to the collapsed bridge’s namesake, Francis Scott Key.

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