Ypsilanti's Palm Leaf Club Celebrates 50th Birthday

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AACHM Oral History: Lois Allen-Richardson
Lois Allen-Richardson was born in 1942 in Ypsilanti, where she remembers attending Harriet Street School and spending time at Parkridge Center. As a young adult, she worked briefly at Goodman’s Fashion Center in the heart of Ypsilanti’s Black business district. Allen-Richardson is an ordained minister and served as a missionary in Haiti and Trinidad. Since 2000 she has been a member of the Ypsilanti City Council, where she has been a strong advocate for the city’s south side. In June 2020, she became Ypsilanti’s first Black woman mayor after the resignation of her predecessor.
Women Of The Palm Leaf Club, April 1997 Photographer: Stephanie Grace Lim

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1997
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Ann Arbor News, April 22, 1997
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Women of the Palm Leaf Club, from left, include Mary A. Taylor, corresponding secretary, Peggy A. Harrison, assistant recording secretary, Linda Francois, president, Paulette Dozier, treasurer, Valerie Eaglin, vice president, Mary Louise Foley, parliamentarian and Ruthe Marshall, historian.
Ann Arbor News, April 22, 1997
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Women of the Palm Leaf Club, from left, include Mary A. Taylor, corresponding secretary, Peggy A. Harrison, assistant recording secretary, Linda Francois, president, Paulette Dozier, treasurer, Valerie Eaglin, vice president, Mary Louise Foley, parliamentarian and Ruthe Marshall, historian.
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Palm Leaf Club To Celebrate Golden Anniversary

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Retired teacher Louise L. Bass dead at 73

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1992
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Palm Leaf Club quietly helps

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Ypsilanti club thrives for 95 years

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Stories Seldom Told: Newly Researched History Of State's Black Women Reveals Their Distinct Roles

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1991
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Community Panel To Discuss State Of Race Relations In Ann Arbor

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1998
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Organization Celebrates 20 Years By Honoring Unsung African-American Heroes

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1999
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