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"Is This the Most Important Man You Don't Know?" Article by C. Fraser Smith In the spring of 1984, Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Edgar Silver got a call from Clarence M. Mitchell Jr., iconic chief lobbyist for the NAACP. Could we talk some time today? Mitchell asked. They met almost furtively on the street near the courthouse and Mitchell’s office in the Tremont Hotel. Mitchell wanted to discuss a matter of importance to Baltimore’s black community—a political matter, not something a judge should be involved with. Bishop Robinson, a black Baltimore cop, was in the running for police commissioner, the top job on the city force, and trying to get the attention of Mayor William Donald Schaefer. Could the judge help? Read more... |
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