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AACHM Oral History: George Goodman

George GoodmanGeorge D. Goodman was born in 1940 and grew up in Ypsilanti. His father George worked at the Ford River Rouge plant and his mother Thelma owned and operated Goodman’s Fashion Center on Harriet Street. After graduating from Roosevelt School and Eastern Michigan University, he served as a U.S. Army officer in Germany for 5 years. Goodman is best known for being the mayor of Ypsilanti from 1972 to 1982. He was also director of the University of Michigan Opportunity Program and the Michigan Municipal League. He and his wife Judith have been married for sixty years, and they have two sons.

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Jubilee Day at Metropolitan Memorial Baptist Church, January 1996 Photographer: Linda Wan

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1996
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Ann Arbor News, January 2, 1996
Caption:
Lois Richardson rises in celebration during the eighth annual Jubilee Day ceremony Monday at Metropolitan Memorial Baptist Church in Ypsilanti. The day commemorates the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.
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Lois Richardson Wins Democratic Primary for Ypsilanti City Council, August 2000 Photographer: Elli Gurfinkel

Lois Richardson Wins Democratic Primary for Ypsilanti City Council, August 2000 image
Year:
2000
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 9, 2000
Caption:
Lois Richardson, center, reacts to the news that she won in one of the precincts in her ward. With her are her campaign manager, Herb Francois, and supporter Debbie Tucker.
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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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Palm Leaf Club quietly helps

Palm Leaf Club quietly helps image
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Ann Arbor News, April 22, 1997
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22
Month
April
Year
1997
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Women Of The Palm Leaf Club, April 1997
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