Thursday, July 7, 2011

Legendary Baltimore Businessman Dies at 97


From the Root:

William Lloyd "Little Willie" Adams, who began his career as a number runner on the streets of Baltimore and eventually became the city's first prominent African-American venture capitalist, bankrolling numerous black-owned businesses, died last week from pneumonia. He was 97.

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