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Markley Family Leaving Catholic Social Services, December 1969 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

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Year:
1969
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Ann Arbor News, December 23, 1969
Caption:
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Markley of Big Rapids and their new adopted daughter Vickie leave the Catholic Social Services office as a family about to celebrate their first - and best - Christmas together.
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Introducing Jimmy

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Parent Issue
Ann Arbor News, January 24, 1971
Day
24
Month
January
Year
1971
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Peoples' choice: to rear orphan

Peoples' choice: to rear orphan image
Parent Issue
Ann Arbor News, October 14, 1996
Day
14
Month
October
Year
1996
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There Went The Neighborhood - Audio Interview: Martha Monk Hill

Martha Monk Hill attended Jones School from kindergarten through sixth grade, and she grew up on North Fifth Avenue with her foster parents Arnell and Bill Ridley. She recalls how her neighbors supported one another, especially parental figures like Carroll and Annette McFadden and Waltstine Perry.

More interviews are available in the There Went The Neighborhood Interview Archive.

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AACHM Oral History: Laurita Thomas

Laurita Thomas

Laurita Thomas was born in 1950, and her family lived in southwest Detroit and Ontario, California. She attended the University of Michigan and pursued two master’s degrees from Wayne State University and Eastern Michigan University. Throughout her career, Thomas has pushed for better career opportunities for women and women of color. She worked at U-M for 47 years, eventually serving as Vice President for Human Resources. A survivor of domestic violence, she regularly shares her story and was president of the board of Safe House Center in Ann Arbor.

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