Larry Gibson, a prominent political activist and civil rights attorney, will receive an award this week from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, for furthering the cause of diversity.

Gibson will be honored with this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Diversity Recognition Award at a luncheon on Friday. Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown will give the keynote address.

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