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Rights Activist Wheeler Dies

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Day
5
Month
April
Year
1994
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Video Explores Another Side Of Ann Arbor

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Day
4
Month
September
Year
1991
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AACHM Oral History: Barbara Meadows

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Barbara Meadows was born October 1, 1933, in Albion, Michigan, and spent her childhood in Inkster, Michigan, before moving to Ann Arbor in her youth. She attended Talladega College in Alabama, followed by Smith College, where she earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work. Ms. Meadows worked in the University of Michigan Neuropsychiatric Institute and worked for several years in the Ann Arbor Public Schools. She has been a leader or founder of several community-based organizations and served on numerous boards including the University Musical Society Board, Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, Washtenaw Community College, and the Peace Neighborhood Center. She was appointed to Ann Arbor’s Human Relations Committee in the 1960s.

African American Church Members Sell and Buy Bonds, September 1943 Photographer: Eck Stanger

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Year:
1943
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 9, 1943
Caption:
Members of the Bethel AME church invested $1,000 in War Bonds yesterday to "Back the Attack" today and to provide future security for the church. From left to right in the picture are Rev. J. W. Wright, pastor of the church, Walter Harrison, a trustee, Mrs. Emma Harrison, Mrs. Harry Hill, Mrs. Edward Watson and Mrs. Clayton Fox, all Gallants. Mrs. Harrison is selling Bonds as a representative of the Nurses Guild of the Bethel AME church. Representatives of the colored associations in town will also sell War Bonds from Bond booths tomorrow.

Bethel A.M.E. Church

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Year:
1940