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Diana McKnight-Morton Runs for Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees, October 1994 Photographer: Lon Horwedel

Diana McKnight-Morton Runs for Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees, October 1994 image

Year:
1994

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 27, 1994

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Incumbent Alma Wheeler Smith Runs for South Lyon School Board, May 1992 Photographer: Carrie Rosema

Incumbent Alma Wheeler Smith Runs for South Lyon School Board, May 1992 image

Year:
1992

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 3, 1992

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AACHM Oral History: Mary McDade, Alma Wheeler Smith, and Nancy Cornelia Wheeler

Wed, 09/22/2021 - 10:55am

Mary McDade was born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1939, but grew up in Ann Arbor. Her parents Albert and Emma Wheeler were active in local politics and civil rights. As a college student, McDade helped found the University of Michigan chapter of the NAACP. She moved to Peoria, Illinois with her husband Joe Billy McDade in 1963. After raising four children, she built a career in law. McDade graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law and she has been a justice of the Illinois Appellate Court since 2000.

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AACHM Oral History: Diana McKnight-Morton

Wed, 09/22/2021 - 10:50am

Diana McKnight-Morton was born in 1944 and grew up on West Kingsley Street in a racially mixed neighborhood. Her parents Robert and Adeline Thompson ran a successful carry-out restaurant, DeLong’s Bar-B-Q, on Detroit Street for 38 years. McKnight-Morton got her master’s in guidance and counseling from Eastern Michigan University and became a supervisor for Washtenaw County Employment and Training and Community Services. She has served as a member of the Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees since 1994.