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AACHM Oral History: William Hampton

 

William Hampton

William Hampton was born in 1948 in Tyler, Texas, and his grandmother was the midwife. He remembers attending church revival picnics, the Texas Rose Festival, and the Juneteenth parade in his hometown. While attending college in Arlington, Texas, he was active in the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He went on to launch a Section 8 subsidized housing program in Arlington and in Ann Arbor, where he worked in the community development office. Mr. Hampton has been president of the Ann Arbor chapter of the NAACP since 2005.

Public Meetings

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Day
23
Month
March
Year
1970
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E. E. Knox, New York World's Fair Courier, Visiting City Hall, May 1938 Photographer: Eck Stanger

E. E. Knox, New York World's Fair Courier, Visiting City Hall, May 1938 image
Year:
1938
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 11, 1938
Caption:
MAYOR WELCOMES WORLD'S FAIR COURIER: When E. E. Knox, special "good will" envoy from the New York world's fair of 1939, arrived in Ann Arbor yesterday, he was greeted at the city hall by Mayor Walter C. Sadler, Police Chief Lewis W. Fohey and William M. Strickland, manager of the local branch of the Automobile club. Standing in front of the courier's car, they are, left to right, Chief Fohey, Mr. Knox, Mayor Sadler and Mr. Strickland.

Employee Francis J. Tedesco, City Planning Department employee, at a desk in the main corridor of City Hall, November 1957

Employee Francis J. Tedesco, City Planning Department employee, at a desk in the main corridor of City Hall, November 1957 image
Year:
1957
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 23, 1957
Caption:
HALLWAY OFFICE WORK: Francis J. Tedesco, City Planning Department employee who yesterday afternoon had occasion to work with records in the city assessor's office, found that crowded office conditions made a desk in the main corridor of City Hall the best available place to work. Other employees have used the desk.

'Disrespect' For Courts Decried

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Day
27
Month
September
Year
1967
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Flag-Raising Time

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Day
1
Month
July
Year
1965
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