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Clearing the Site For Bethel AME Church on Plum St, September 1967 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Clearing the Site For Bethel AME Church on Plum St, September 1967 image
Year:
1967
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 1, 1967
Caption:
Site-Clearing Teamwork Youths of Bethel AME Church joined in clearing the site for a new church building which will be constructed on Plum Street neat Pear Street. Taking part in the site-clearing were Kenny, Ronald, and Michael Shaw; Robert and Raymond Blake; John Woods; Ricky and Harry Mial; Wesley Jones, and Governor Robinson. More space is urgently needed by the church, which has more than 100 boys and girls attending its Sunday school and lacks classrooms. A public service of dedication at the new site will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

Plum Street Renamed In Ceremony To Honor Rev. John A. Woods, February 1990 Photographer: Sherrie Buzby

Plum Street Renamed In Ceremony To Honor Rev. John A. Woods, February 1990 image
Year:
1990
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 12, 1990
Caption:
HISTORY LESSON - Children from the Sunday school of Bethel A.M.E. Church watch history being made in Ann Arbor as Plum Street is renamed Sunday to honor the late Rev. John A. Woods. The Ann Arbor City Council voted last month to rename the street after a petition drive by members of the church. Woods is the first African-American in Ann Arbor to have a street named for him. Former Mayor Al Wheeler, City Councilwoman Ann Marie Coleman along with members and friends of the church spoke during the ceremony Sunday. The Rev. C. Wesley Gordon is now pastor of Bethel.