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Blake Named Liaison Officer for NAACP

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Ann Arbor News, March 26, 1949
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26
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March
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1949
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Rev. David Blake Succumbs At 82

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Ann Arbor News, January 5, 1970
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5
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January
Year
1970
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Legacies Project Oral History: Opal Simmons

Opal Simmons was born in 1931 in Detroit. After graduating from Eastern High School, she attended Fisk University and Wayne State University. She lived in New York for a few years as a young woman and recalls attending dances at the Savoy. She volunteered as a letter reader for the American Red Cross during World War II. During her working years in Detroit, she was secretary to the deputy mayor in the Coleman A. Young administration. Richard Simmons Jr. became her second husband. Later in life, she attended seminary and became a minister.

Opal Simmons was interviewed in partnership with the Museum of African American History of Detroit and Y Arts Detroit in 2010 as part of the Legacies Project.

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Legacies Project Oral History: Ernest Holland

Ernest Holland was born in 1934 and grew up in a mixed neighborhood in South Dayton, Ohio. After his mother’s death when he was 3, he was raised by his grandparents. His grandfather was a Baptist preacher, and his grandmother ran the household. Holland graduated from Miami University with a degree in biology. After serving in the U.S. Navy for a few years, he taught science at Western High School in Detroit for the rest of his career. Holland passed away on December 18, 2019.

Ernest Holland was interviewed in partnership with the Museum of African American History of Detroit and Y Arts Detroit in 2010 as part of the Legacies Project.

Rev William Hainsworth of Dexter, Michigan, April 1940 Photographer: Attributed to Eck Stanger

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1940
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Ann Arbor News, April 12, 1940
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'PARSON'S GRIST MILL': Rev. William Hainsworth, pastor of the Dexter Federated church and the Webster Congregational church, is shown in one of the settings for the monodramas with which he dramatizes modern parables and problems every Thursday night on a program which he calls the "Parson's Grist Mill." Rev. Mr. Hainsworth was a professional entertainer before he joined the ministry.
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