At a moment when the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. is being severely tested with recent events in New York, Ferguson, and Cleveland, the Lower Shore’s Sheree Sample-Hughes’ extraordinary ascendancy to become the first African-American woman elected to serve in the Maryland House of Delegates from the Eastern Shore in November serves as is a positive counterpoint to these latest setbacks.
In her Spy interview at the Cambridge Hyatt during a break at the Maryland Associations of Counties gathering last week, delegate-elect Sample-Hughes talks frankly about the relevance of Dr. King, as well as the need to move beyond gestures of remembrance to measurements of success.
Ms. Sample-Hughes will be the guest speaker at Martin Luther King Jr. Observance and Breakfast at the Rock Hall Vol. Fire Dept on Monday, January 19t starting at 7 am. The event is sponsored by Chester Valley Ministers Association. For tickets call 410-348-5306 or [email protected].
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