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Development pressures threaten black communities

Published 03/07/05

Rose Wiseman saw the fight for equality unfold 40 years ago during Congress of Racial Equality meetings in her Spa Road living room.

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Hannah Chambers could break up a fight among neighborhood girls in Parole as if she were separating her own children.

And Georgette Lindsey of Carrollton Avenue knows to call the police if a certain light in an elderly neighbor's house is out.

Those are a few examples of the close-knit bonds and rich heritage that those living in Annapolis' African-American neighborhoods fear could be blown away by the explosion in property values in and around the city.

"If they keep it up, no...

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