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Negro Business Women Organizing Here

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
July
Year
1976
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Mary Taylor, Bob Tompkins, and Beth Mosier with Paper Mache Animals for the First Methodist Church School Carnival, February 1954 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Mary Taylor, Bob Tompkins, and Beth Mosier with Paper Mache Animals for the First Methodist Church School Carnival, February 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 25, 1954
Caption:
Paper Zoo: Looking over the array of papier mache animals they've helped to make for the First Methodist Church school carnival tomorrow night are Mary Taylor (left), Bob Tompkins and Beth Mosier, all of the church's junior high group. The painted animals will be on sale at one of the booths. All proceeds will go towards an addition to the church school.

Ruthie Marshall & Mary Taylor Perform At Ceremony Honoring Eugene Beatty, March 13, 1988 Photographer: Steve Brundage

Ruthie Marshall & Mary Taylor Perform At Ceremony Honoring Eugene Beatty, March 13, 1988 image
Year:
1988
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 13, 1988
Caption:
Ex-teacher honored at tea: About 100 residents turned out for the Patsy Chandler Birthday Club Tea Sunday at the Perry Child Development Center where former Ypsilanti educator C. Eugene Beatty was honored. Proceeds from the tea will go towards the creation of a bust of Beatty that the club plans to place at the center. Clockwise from upper left, soprano Ruthie Marshall and pianist Mary Taylor perform; guest speaker Lowell Perry watches as Beatty gets a hug from 17-year-old Meredith Perry; the crowd joins in song and prayer; Ypsilanti Mayor Pete Murdock presents Chandler with a plaque honoring her many years of community service.

Community Service Award Winners, February 15, 1977 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

Community Service Award Winners, February 15, 1977 image
Year:
1977
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 15, 1977
Caption:
Recipients of awards from the Washtenaw County Section of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Sunday, included (from the left): Mrs. Mary Taylor, Garther Roberson, Mrs. Josie Taylor, the Rev. John A. Woods and Mrs. Viola Carter.

Student Council Officers Installation Ceremony at Harriet School, Ypsilanti, May 1956

Student Council Officers Installation Ceremony at Harriet School, Ypsilanti, May 1956 image
Year:
1956
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 24, 1956
Caption:
Student Council Installs: Michael Bass was installed as president of the Harriet School Student Council in a candlelight ceremony at a school assembly Friday. Outgoing president who passes the flame to Michael is Rosita Hargrave. Other students installed were (left to right) Elizabeth Bradbury and Gloria Bow, outgoing secretary and vice-president respectively and incoming officers, Gregory Robinson, vice-president; Almeda Clay secretary, and Mary Taylor, treasurer.
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AACHM Oral History: Shirley Beckley

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Shirley Beckley was born on July 30, 1942. She was raised by her mother on Wall St. and attended Jones School, Mack School, and Bach Schools in Ann Arbor. Shirley started as a housing manager for the Ann Arbor Housing Commission, later becoming housing director in Lansing and Muskegon. She reminisces about working at Jacobson’s, dances at the Dunbar Center, businesses on Fourth Avenue and Ann Streets, and tense racial incidents in the schools. Shirley continues to be deeply involved in social justice issues at the local level.

Memorial To Rev. Benjamin Day

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
October
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain

Teach-in On Race Set At Tappan

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Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
April
Year
1970
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Copyright Protected