A calling to help troubled youths
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24
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December
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1999
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Couple spread message of hope in jails
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14
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January
Year
2001
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Links Made to Schizophrenia: Doctor Calls Alcoholism a Disease With Genetic Factors
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28
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January
Year
1970
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Masters: Local men still running after all these years
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16
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September
Year
1986
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AACHM Oral History: Johnny Barfield
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Johnny W. Barfield was born February 8, 1927, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. As a child he sold soap house to house and, after tenth grade, joined the U.S. Army where he served in France and Germany. After leaving the Army in 1947, Mr. Barfield became a wall washer for the University of Michigan, where hard work, entrepreneurship, and innovation helped him build the largest cleaning business in Ann Arbor. Mr. Barfield is widely recognized for his philanthropic work and support of the African American and business communities.