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AACHM Oral History: Thekla Mitchell

Thekla Mitchell

Thekla Mitchell: Thekla White was born in 1921 in Newport, Arkansas, the youngest of nine siblings. At age 22, she traveled to Ann Arbor to visit her sister. After getting a job at Cunningham’s Drug Store, she decided to stay. She worked at the University of Michigan Hospital as a nurses’ aid and laboratory assistant in the Pathology Department for 24 years. Known as “Dimples” to friends and family, Mrs. Mitchell was active in community organizations including the Ann Arbor Civic Club and the Order of the Eastern Stars.

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Negro Business Women Organizing Here

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Ann Arbor News, July 11, 1976
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11
Month
July
Year
1976
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City's Blacks: Still A Long Way To Go

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Ann Arbor News, January 27, 1980
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27
Month
January
Year
1980
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Walter Hill, Executive Director, Ann Arbor Community Center, Outside Building, January 1980
Walter Hill, Executive Director, Ann Arbor Community Center, Inside Building, January 1980
Walter Hill, Executive Director, Ann Arbor Community Center, Inside Building, January 1980
Walter Hill, Executive Director, Ann Arbor Community Center, Sitting, January 1980
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City Boy Cited For Scholarship

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Ann Arbor News, March 10, 1969
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10
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March
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1969
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City Youth Scholarship Semifinalist

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Ann Arbor News, October 2, 1968
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2
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October
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1968
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