BALTIMORE—At the end of the most hopeless of weeks, after Freddie Gray’s tragic death in the custody of police led to violent—and peaceful—protests, and the arrests of six police officers, Pastor Harold Carter Jr. called for unity, peace and revival.
Carter preached for the congregation to use Gray’s memory to keep sight of the opportunity arising in and around the neighborhood: his church’s School of Music is receiving more interest than ever, a state university is expanding nearby and a successful workforce development group was recently championed by President Obama.
“Essentially what’s happening around this church is kind of a renewal,” says Carter, whose West Baltimore church, New Shiloh Baptist, hosted Gray’s funeral. “Granted there are still a lot of boarded up homes, drugs, gangs. But we are seeing some new life.”
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