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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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