Back in the 1970s, Alma Jean Thomas Carney returned to Brownsville after living several years in New York City. She brought back with her a commitment to do whatever she could do to make life better for her community. Soon she put her energies to work collaborating with Richard Couto of the Vanderbilt Center for …

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