Five Minutes of Baltimore History

Little Wille Adams

By Lisa Morgan,

Published November 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM EST

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Little Willie Adams Hanlon Park Home
photo: Baltimore Heritage

A venture capitalist, a political powerbroker and an entertainment influencer married to the first black woman on the City Council. Today’s Five Minute Histories video focuses on the Little Willie Adams House in Hanlon Park, and the extraordinary man and woman that lived there.

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Lisa Morgan

Lisa Morgan covered the local arts community as co-creator and host of WYPR’s award-winning program The Signal from 2004 to 2015. She has created and produced many programs for WYPR, including news stories, features, commentaries, and audio documentaries. She taught audio production at Goucher College and has done voice-over work for a variety of clients. The Weekly Reader is her latest project.

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Johns Hopkins

Johns Hopkins has been the director of Baltimore Heritage since 2003, working to preserve historic places and revitalize historic neighborhood in Baltimore.

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