WASHINGTON – Marie Davenport grew up the daughter of sharecroppers in rural Mississippi in the 1950s and moved north the summer after high school graduation to realize the American dream in a less-segregated landscape than her native state.
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WASHINGTON – Marie Davenport grew up the daughter of sharecroppers in rural Mississippi in the 1950s and moved north the summer after high school graduation to realize the American dream in a less-segregated landscape than her native state.