AACHM Oral History: Lois Allen-Richardson
Wed, 09/22/2021 - 11:00am
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
Judge's Restaurant in Ypsilanti Closes, October 1996

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Exterior of Allen's Market in Ypsilanti, November 1968

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Washington Brothers Grocery Store in Ypsilanti Was Scene of Fatal Shooting, March 1955

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County Services Move Into Former Strip Mall

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Harriet Center Doing OK

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1994
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Harriet Center Construction Is Under Way

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1993
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Development Yet To Get Off Drawing Board

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1992
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Council Pushes Demolition To Clear Way For New Center

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1992
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Lease Dispute Puts Project On Hold

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1991
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