William Lloyd 'Little Willie' Adams went from being a numbers runner on the streets of Baltimore to the city's first prominent African-American venture capitalist, bankrolling numerous black-owned businesses such as Super Pride supermarkets and Parks Sausage. Adams grew up in Zebulon, North Carolina and moved to Baltimore as a teenager. After completing a fast track […]

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