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New shelter to be named for late teacher, activist Bertha Cain Baugh

She was a founding member of Vancouver NAACP

By Jeff Klein, Columbian sports staff
Published: March 14, 2021, 6:03am
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Of course, the property needed a name other than “the former Howard Johnson hotel.”

Andy Silver said the Vancouver Housing Authority reached out to the NAACP for a suggestion of people based on a commitment to social justice.

One name stood out: Bertha Cain Baugh, an elementary school teacher and a founding member of the NAACP Vancouver branch.

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