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AACHM Oral History: David Rutledge
David Rutledge was born in 1945 in LaFayette, Alabama and grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He traces his commitment to public service to his experience protesting a segregated lunch counter as a teenager. He attended Tennessee State University and the University of Michigan Law School. Mr. Rutledge has served as Superior Township Supervisor, Ypsilanti State Representative, and as a member of the Washtenaw County Parks Commission and Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees. He dedicates this interview to his parents and his late wife, Gerri.
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Tessie Freeman Shares Willow Run Black History Memorabilia, July 1991 Photographer: John Heider
Year:
1991
Tessie Freeman Shares Willow Run Black History, July 1991 Photographer: John Heider
Year:
1991
Ypsilanti Press, August 14, 1991
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Ypsilanti Press: Tessie Freeman, above, president of the Willow Run Black History Society, goes through some of the masses of information she has researched on the history of the area. Other members include Alma Hensley and Clara Van Winkle, far right, and William Ray Jr.
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AACHM Oral History: Tessie Freeman
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Tessie Ola Freeman was born June 19, 1924 in Alabama and has lived in Washtenaw County since 1947. An avid lover of poetry and spectator sports, Ms. Freeman raised three children while doing domestic work and dressing hair to supplement her family’s income. Ms. Freeman is proud of her children and encouraged them to get an education, even going so far as to enroll at Wayne State University at the same time her youngest son. Ms. Freeman has always spoken for herself and she’s proud to share her story.