Vera Shorter, Herb Foster die - The Martha's Vineyard Times
The Marthas Vineyard Times Martha’s Vineyard mourns loss of Vera Shorter, Herb Foster Both were civil rights icons on the Island. Vera Shorter was a pillar for social activism on Martha’s Vineyard and beyond. —Gabrielle Mannino The Island lost two of its leading and longtime civil rights advocates Saturday, Vera Shorter and Herb Foster. Shorter was born in 1923 in Huntington, Long Island. Shorter’s life was devoted to family, career, and civil rights advocacy in New York. Sh...
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