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SOUTH KINGSTOWN - H. Jefferson Melish made a quiet but formidable presence in the state courthouses, with his signature eye patch he earned on the basketball court.But beneath that quiet exterior lived a tireless advocate for the…

Civil rights came to Asheville in the 1960s, as did Minnie Jones. Jones, a young woman from Spartanburg, SC, had previously worked with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to secure voting rights in the deep south.She had relatives in Asheville -…