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Opinion
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10/27/09
AN INSPIRATION - Local civil rights leaders and an Annapolis alderwoman, Sheila Finlayson, were among those who went before the county school board last week to ask that a school be named after Philip L. Brown, who died earlier this month at age 100. Find Us On Facebook
This is an excellent idea, and one we hope the board considers. It would be impossible to overstate Brown's influence on students during his decades as a teacher and administrator in county schools. He spearheaded the 1938 lawsuit that affirmed that the county's African-American teachers had a right to the same salaries as their white counterparts - one of...
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