By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Verda Welcome was one of the most important 20th century trailblazing public servants in Maryland; a civil rights fighter who pushed several pieces of legislation aimed at dismantling Jim Crow in the state. However, five years into her political ascension, her life was nearly cut short, allegedly by […]
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