Daniel Kenneth Henry

Death by Force

Daniel Kenneth Henry, a 22-year-old Black Deaf man, was tragically shot and killed by a police officer in Salisbury, Maryland, on May 18, 1968. The incident occurred during a period of heightened racial tensions and civil unrest following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Henry, who had attended the Maryland School for the Deaf, was described as a kind and good person by those who knew him.

On the day of his death, Henry was in the vicinity of protests and looting that erupted i ...Read More

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