Bette Thompson, activist who helped transform black Md. enclave, dies at 80

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Bette Thompson, an activist who helped transform the historically black Montgomery County enclave of Scotland, Md., from squalor and near-condemnation into a comfortable community for low- and moderate-income families, died Feb. 3 at her home there. She was 80.

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