Lola M. Jones videotapes 1983-1995

Jackson, Jesse, 1941-

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The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, is one of America’s foremost civil rights, religious and political figures. Over the past forty years, he has played a pivotal role in virtually every movement for empowerment, peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and social justice. On August 9, 2000, President Bill Clinton awarded Reverend Jackson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Reverend Jackson h...

Edwards, Esther

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Johnson, Henry Mabley

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Epithet: of Add MS 31139 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000356.0x0001af Epithet: of Whittington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000356.0x0001b4 Epithet: of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000356.0x0001b2 Epithet: Manager of the Red Li...

Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005

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Rosa Louis Lee Parks (1913-2005) became an icon of the civil rights movement after she was arrested and jailed for refusing to relinquish her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus in 1955. Her courage led to the Montgomery bus boycott and eventual court order outlawing segregation and discrimination on buses in that city. She was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal, the United States' highest civilian honor, in July of 1999. ...

Fletcher, Robert W.

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Wheeler, Albert Harold, 1915-1994

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Albert H. Wheeler (1915 – April 4, 1994) was an American life-sciences professor and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the first African American mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan, serving in the office from 1975 to 1978. Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, he attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, majoring in biology. He then studied for his master's in microbiology at Iowa State University in Iowa. He moved to Ann Arbor to continue his studies, working toward a Ph.D. at...

Archer, Dennis, 1916-

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Jones, Lola M.

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Lola Jones was born in Boston, Ma. of Jamaican parents. She graduated from Wayne State University, then moved to Flint, MI where she became active in the community. She came to Ann Arbor in 1964, earning a masters degree in social work from the University of Michigan. During this same period, she became active in the struggle for an open housing ordinance. She then joined the counseling staff of Washtenaw Community College, where she established the Adult Resource Center for non tra...

Detroit Urban League

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Detroit, Michigan, branch of the National Urban League. From the description of Detroit Urban League records, 1916-[ongoing]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421268 The Detroit Urban League (hereafter referred to as the D.U.L.), an affiliate of the National Urban League (N.U.L.), was founded in 1916 to address the needs of the growing population of African-Americans in Detroit. The N.U.L. had been founded in 1910 in New York as the National Leagu...