This Ceremony of Remembrance and Reconciliation is being held to memorialize King Johnson who was lynched in Brooklyn, Maryland on December 25, 1911. Brooklyn was part of Anne Arundel County, MD until the annexation of 1919, when it became part of Baltimore City. The Ceremony will recognize the traumatic lynching of King Johnson. It will include the collection of soil from near the lynching site and reflections from community members and leaders. It will end with a discussion facilitated by members of the Maryland Local Affiliate Groups of Coming to the Table (see https://comingtothetable.org/). 

You can read more about King Johnson’s lynching through these sources:

Maryland State Archives https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/013700/013760/html/13760bio.html. 

Forgo, Rik. “King Johnson: Maryland’s Governor Took Bold Action to End Lynchings in 1912.” Medium, June 21, 2019. https://medium.com/time-passages/king-johnson-marylands-governor-took-bold-action-to-end-lynchings-in-1912-caeb4285e7be. 

This event is being held in partnership with the Equal Justice Initiative (see https://eji.org/) and the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project (see https://www.mdlynchingmemorial.org/).

To register to attend this ceremony, click here: