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Scholarship Winners of the Black Employees of the Ann Arbor Public Schools (BEAAPS), June 1974 Photographer: Robert Chase

Scholarship Winners of the Black Employees of the Ann Arbor Public Schools (BEAAPS), June 1974 image
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1974
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Ann Arbor News, June 8, 1974
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William Ratcliff, president of the Black Employees of the Ann Arbor Public Schools (BEAAPS), talks with BEAPPS scholarship winners: front row, Paulette Russell and Reginald Norfleet; second row, Phillip Rhodes, left, Reginald Jones, Peggy Wright and Deborah Beverly; back row, Beverly Davis, Roderick Jones and Marlys Thompson. Not pictured were Denise Pullen, LaCretia Smith and Mardi Campbell.
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AACHM Oral History: Thekla Mitchell

Thekla Mitchell

Thekla Mitchell: Thekla White was born in 1921 in Newport, Arkansas, the youngest of nine siblings. At age 22, she traveled to Ann Arbor to visit her sister. After getting a job at Cunningham’s Drug Store, she decided to stay. She worked at the University of Michigan Hospital as a nurses’ aid and laboratory assistant in the Pathology Department for 24 years. Known as “Dimples” to friends and family, Mrs. Mitchell was active in community organizations including the Ann Arbor Civic Club and the Order of the Eastern Stars.

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9 Students On First Africa Tour

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Ann Arbor News, March 27, 1972
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27
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March
Year
1972
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Pioneer High Students Celebrate Black History Week With Art Display, February 1973 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

Pioneer High Students Celebrate Black History Week With Art Display, February 1973 image
Year:
1973
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 10, 1973
Caption:
Kat Brown, left, Debra Ann Miller and Marlys Thompson prepare a display of artifacts from Africa and their own artwork to commemorate Black History Week, Feb. 11 through 17. The display will be in the circular showcase off the main entrance to Pioneer High School according to art teach, Cecil North. The display includes, from left, an ebony carving from Ghana, carved wooden face by Ann Arbor artist Coleman Jewett, shirt from Accra, and a punched rug made by Miss Thompson depicting Africa. In front Miss Miller works on a ceramic pot and shoe. The leather cushion in front is from Nigeria.
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