Notable Maryland African-Americans [Pictures]
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![Former City Councilwoman Bea Gaddy died of breast cancer in October 2001 at 68, but her legacy lives on with an annual Thanksgiving dinner that has fed thousands of Baltimore families searching for a hot holiday meal.<br>
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[Compiled from Baltimore Sun archives]](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/photo/2009-01/44533425.jpg "Former City Councilwoman Bea Gaddy died of breast cancer in October 2001 at 68, but her legacy lives on with an annual Thanksgiving dinner that has fed thousands of Baltimore families searching for a hot holiday meal.<br>
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Bea Gaddy
Former City Councilwoman Bea Gaddy died of breast cancer in October 2001 at 68, but her legacy lives on with an annual Thanksgiving dinner that has fed thousands of Baltimore families searching for a hot holiday meal.
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Add / View comments | Discussion FAQThe Sun should add Rev. Vernon Dobson to this list. He along with Father Dwyer helped establish the Md Food Bank. Other projects that he was the driving force behind include the Head Start Charter program for the city of Baltimore, BUILD, and Nehemiah Housing for the poor.
In addition to these projects he along with the Goon Squad helped elect Parren J Mitchell as the first African American Congressman from Maryland and Judge Joe Howard to the bench. His voice quelled tenions during the 1968 riots and he fought for civil rights across the nation with leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Walter P Carter, and Jesse Jackson. Later he collaborated with Jim Rouse on a community where blacks and whites could thrive as families, Columbia.
He continues to mentor men and women in Maryland in the ministry as well as in politics.
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