Jesse Milan papers 1950-1999

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Jesse Milan papers 1950-1999

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/2252559745

Jesse Milan, a longtime resident of northeast Kansas, was the first African American teacher to serve in the integrated Lawrence Unified School District #497. An active community leader, he later became an Assistant Professor of Education at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas. Milan's papers consist of personal and family records, professional papers regarding the fields of education and public housing, and service records documenting his involvement in groups such as Optimist International, and the Episcopal Church.

3.5 linear ft (4 boxes), 1 oversize box, 3 oversize folders

eng,

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6353517

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Milan, Jesse, 1928-

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Jesse Milan was born March 3, 1928 to Clarence W. Milan and Willie Mae Milan, at Depue, Oklahoma. Milan earned a B.S. in Education at the University of Kansas (KU), and graduate degrees at both the KU and Kansas State Teachers College in 1954 and 1969; he began his professional career with the Lawrence Public School District #497 (Lawrence, Kansas) as a physical education teacher and counselor. During the 1970s, Milan served both as an Assistant Professor of Education at Baker Unive...

Baker University

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Church of the Ascension (Kansas City, Kan.)

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The Church of the Ascension of Kansas City, Kansas was organized May 10, 1904 with Henry Bartholomew Brown as lay reader. Early in 1906, the body was reorganized and the name Ascension adopted, possibly because this reorganization occurred around Ascension Day. At this time, services were held in member's homes and the Knight of Tabor Hall; Ascension obtained its first church home in 1907. In 1914, Ascension was assigned a new building that was part of St. Peter's Mission, but the Church had to ...

Optimist International. Kansas City (Kan.)

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