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Maryland Town Recalls Racial Unrest in 1967 The small town of Cambridge, Md., went up in flames 40 years ago this summer. A speech by black activist H. Rap Brown helped incite unrest there. But the town's problems were rooted in a painful history of racial discrimination.

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Maryland Town Recalls Racial Unrest in 1967

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Maryland Town Recalls Racial Unrest in 1967

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The small town of Cambridge, Md., went up in flames 40 years ago this summer. A speech by black activist H. Rap Brown helped incite unrest there. But the town's problems were rooted in a painful history of racial discrimination.