Village Voice: Ann Arbor Activist Speaks For The Underdog
Rights Activist Wheeler Dies
- Read more about Rights Activist Wheeler Dies
- Log in or register to post comments
Scholar, Tutor, Pioneering Black Woman Dies
- Read more about Scholar, Tutor, Pioneering Black Woman Dies
- Log in or register to post comments
Pioneers: Wheelers Led The Way For Civil Rights
- Read more about Pioneers: Wheelers Led The Way For Civil Rights
- Log in or register to post comments
Video Explores Another Side Of Ann Arbor
- Read more about Video Explores Another Side Of Ann Arbor
- Log in or register to post comments
AACHM Oral History: Barbara Meadows
Please take a moment to take our Living Oral History Survey and let us know what you learned.
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.
Local Rites For Dr. King Set Sunday - Event At City Hall Slated For 3 P.M.
African American Church Members Sell and Buy Bonds, September 1943 Photographer: Eck Stanger
Year:
1943
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.
Sunday School at Bethel A.M.E., ca. 1930
Year:
c.1930
- Read more about Sunday School at Bethel A.M.E., ca. 1930
- Log in or register to post comments
Bethel A.M.E. Church
Year:
1940
- Read more about Bethel A.M.E. Church
- Log in or register to post comments