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Colored Welfare League Building Up For Sale, September 1964 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Colored Welfare League Building Up For Sale, September 1964 image
Year:
1964
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 9, 1964
Caption:
The city is considering buying this building at 209-211 N. Fourth Ave.

Ann Street Black Business District

For most of the twentieth century, the 100 block of East Ann Street was a hub for Black-owned businesses in downtown Ann Arbor. A rotating set of barber shops, shoe shine parlors, dry cleaners, restaurants, blues bars, and pool rooms formed the backbone of Black social life, especially for men. The district stretched around the corner onto North Fourth Avenue where the Colored Welfare League housed Black-owned businesses and community organizations such as the early Dunbar Center.

Welfare League Sale Offer Rejected

Welfare League Sale Offer Rejected image
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8
Month
June
Year
1965
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Decision Expected On Buying Building

Decision Expected On Buying Building image
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25
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May
Year
1965
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To Appraise Offered Building

To Appraise Offered Building image
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20
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October
Year
1964
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Building Offered For Sale

Building Offered For Sale image
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1
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September
Year
1964
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Building For The Future

Building For The Future image
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30
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November
Year
1992
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Dunbar Center

The Dunbar Center--also known at various times at the Dunbar Civic Center and the Dunbar Community Center--was a social and social services organization for Ann Arbor's Black community in the mid-twentieth century.  It was the direct precursor to the Ann Arbor Community Center.  Along with the Bethel AME Church and the Second Baptist Church, the Dunbar Center was a major hub of social life for the Black community during this period.

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