Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: April 10, 2024, 03:34:45 pm »Update:
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/key-bridge-name-change-naacp-UH3RVRTRS5AIVAA4DS34EYPONM/
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/key-bridge-name-change-naacp-UH3RVRTRS5AIVAA4DS34EYPONM/
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The caucus is now calling on Gov. Wes Moore and the Maryland General Assembly to rename the bridge after the late U.S. Rep. Parren J. Mitchell, the first African American from Maryland elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
The caucus is also asking that the Senator Frederick Malkus Memorial Bridge, a beam bridge over the Choptank River in Dorchester County, be renamed for the late Gloria Richardson, a Civil Rights pioneer and leader in Maryland. The late Gov. Harry R. Hughes opposed naming the bridge for Malkus, who was resistant to desegregation in the 1960s and 1970s, according to the group.