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AACHM Oral History: William Hampton
William Hampton was born in 1948 in Tyler, Texas, and his grandmother was the midwife. He remembers attending church revival picnics, the Texas Rose Festival, and the Juneteenth parade in his hometown. While attending college in Arlington, Texas, he was active in the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He went on to launch a Section 8 subsidized housing program in Arlington and in Ann Arbor, where he worked in the community development office. Mr. Hampton has been president of the Ann Arbor chapter of the NAACP since 2005.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sets Date For Fashion Show
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Eugene Power's Concepts of education still relevant
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Eugene Beatty Showing Photos Of Himself Winning The 1932 Penn Relays, March 8, 1991 Photographer: Jeff Lawrence
Year:
1991
Eugene Beatty Showing Photos Of Himself In The Penn Relays & Meeting Duke Ellington, March 8, 1991 Photographer: Jeff Lawrence
Year:
1991
Ann Arbor News, March 8, 1991
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Beatty, who is being honored at the United Negro College Fund dinner, holds up a photograph, left, of him winning the 1932 Penn Relays while he was on the Michigan State Normal College track team; it's now Eastern Michigan University. The picture on the right shows Beatty when he was president of the Alumni Association, meeting with jazz artist Duke Ellington.
Businessman Leads Drive To Erase Polio
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Homeless Help
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Negro College Fund Hopes To Raise $50,000 In County
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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.
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AACHM Oral History: Johnny Barfield
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Johnny W. Barfield was born February 8, 1927, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. As a child he sold soap house to house and, after tenth grade, joined the U.S. Army where he served in France and Germany. After leaving the Army in 1947, Mr. Barfield became a wall washer for the University of Michigan, where hard work, entrepreneurship, and innovation helped him build the largest cleaning business in Ann Arbor. Mr. Barfield is widely recognized for his philanthropic work and support of the African American and business communities.