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Baltimore To Honor 1st Black Health Commissioner

Baltimore is honoring the city's first Black health commissioner.

Mayor Brandon Scott announced the renaming of the Baltimore City Health Department in honor of Dr. Maxie Collier.

He served as health commissioner from 1987 to 1990. He died in 1994 at the age of 49.