2017 Calendar - The Village That Raised Their Children: The History of Ann Arbor's Black Community
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2017
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Decorated Veteran Dies At 57
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25
Month
October
Year
1971
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John and Lydia Morton from Ann Arbor Photographer: Larry E. Wright
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1987
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Ann Arbor News, February 27, 1987
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Lydia Morton, shown here with her husband John, can trace her family's history in Ann Arbor to the early 1800s.
Ann Arbor News, February 27, 1987
Caption:
Lydia Morton, shown here with her husband John, can trace her family's history in Ann Arbor to the early 1800s.
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Family Ties: Ann Arbor's Black Roots Run Deep In U.S. History
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27
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February
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1987
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On CTN Program, Local Black History Remembered
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17
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February
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1999
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Community Center Draws Wide Range Of Activities
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7
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March
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1997
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AACHM Oral History: Lydia Belle Morton
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Lydia B. (Cromwell) Morton was born in Ann Arbor in 1916. Her Great-Grandmother came to Ann Arbor with Judge Kenny’s family in 1867. Her grandmother Laura Bell Chester was born in Ann Arbor in 1874 and her mother was born in Ann Arbor in 1894. Mrs. Morton has one brother George Richard Cromwell. From her four children, she has 12 great grand children, 6 great, great, grand children; all but four were born in Ann Arbor. Seven generations have lived here in Ann Arbor.