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Bev's Caribbean Kitchen on Packard Street, January 1994 Photographer: Michael A. Curlett

Bev's Caribbean Kitchen on Packard Street, January 1994 image
Year:
1994
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 3, 1994
Caption:
Bev's Caribbean Kitchen tiny space belies the big flavor of its food.

George Thomas Sells Baked Goods at the Farmers' Market, December 1970

George Thomas Sells Baked Goods at the Farmers' Market, December 1970 image
Year:
1970
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 23, 1970
Caption:
He Likes What He Does: George Thomas is one of those lucky individuals who really likes what he's doings, or so the 84-year-old baker who comes regularly to the Farmers' Market says. Thomas, who sells such things as white and raisin bread, apple and peach turnovers and sweet potato pies, turned professional baker four years ago after working many years for the railroads, in a cola mine and driving a truck. He prefers baking, he said, because "when you like to do something it isn't. a burden to work. This is something I like to do." As his own boss, he also doesn't have to "watch the clock."

Low Bidder Gets Junkyard Job

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Day
3
Month
August
Year
1976
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Charity Hall

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Charles Hall Sr.

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AACHM Oral History: Lois Allen-Richardson

Lois Allen-Richardson

Lois Allen-Richardson was born in 1942 in Ypsilanti, where she remembers attending Harriet Street School and spending time at Parkridge Center. As a young adult, she worked briefly at Goodman’s Fashion Center in the heart of Ypsilanti’s Black business district. Allen-Richardson is an ordained minister and served as a missionary in Haiti and Trinidad. Since 2000 she has been a member of the Ypsilanti City Council, where she has been a strong advocate for the city’s south side. In June 2020, she became Ypsilanti’s first Black woman mayor after the resignation of her predecessor.

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