Frank R. Brown papers 1980-2009

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Frank R. Brown papers 1980-2009

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A collection of historical booklets on the history African Americans in Battle Creek and Calhoun County, Michigan, compiled by historian Frank R. Brown. Subjects include African-American churches, education, sororities, fraternities, and social clubs, minority-owned businesses, women�??s sports, and the arts. Also includes histories of Battle Creek chapters of the NAACP and the Urban League Guild.

3 linear feet

eng,

Bentley Historical Library

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Bentley Historical Library

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African Methodist Episcopal Church. Seventh Episcopal District

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Organized in 1816 from a congregation formed by a group of blacks who withdrew in 1787 from St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia because of discrimination; Richard Allen was consecrated the first bishop in 1816. From the description of African Methodist Episcopal Church collection, 1914-1971 (bulk 1950-1971). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962830 ...

Battle Creek Area Urban League.

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Brown, Frank R.

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Frank R. Brown is an historian of African-American life in Battle Creek and Calhoun County, Michigan. Brown holds a BA in history and government from Kentucky State University, and an MA from Indiana University. Brown has taught at Talladega College in the Division of Social Sciences, and in the Battle Creek Public School System. He is a past president of the Battle Creek Area Urban League Guild, and is active with the Battle Creek branch of the NAACP and the Battle Creek Historical...