Martin O. Weddington Papers. undated and 1921-2001.

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Martin O. Weddington Papers. undated and 1921-2001.

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Biographical, subject files, and photographs of Martin O. Weddington, an active member of the African American community in the Twin Cities for over 70 years. This collection documents his activities at Mechanic Arts High School, the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Pilgrim Baptist Church, the Sterling Club, the American Legion, and the Prince Hall Masons.

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Credjafawn Social Club (Saint Paul, Minn.).

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The Credjafawn Social Club is one of the oldest Black social clubs still functioning in the Twin Cities Black community. It was formed one evening in 1928 by ten young adults who sensed the lack of social activities for persons in their age bracket. The name was devised from a letter out of each of the names of the ten charter members. Although conceived as a social/recreational club, the Credjafawns initiated some outstanding projects of importance for the Black communi...

Martin O. Weddington.

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Martin O. (Ollie) Weddington has been an active member of the Twin Cities African American community for over sixty years. He was born in Kansas City, Kansas on November 15, 1917 and as a second-grader, Weddington and his family, moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. As a teenager he joined the juvenile Elks and graduated from Mechanic Arts High School in 1937. Martin and Sallie Mae Weddington married in 1939 and they had one son, Martin William Weddington, in 1941. During World War II Wedd...

Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge (Minn.)

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Sterling Club (Saint Paul, Minn.).

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Pilgrim Baptist Church (Saint Paul, Minn.)

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Mechanic Arts High School (Saint Paul, Minn.). Class of 1935

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American Legion. Attucks-Brooks Post No. 606 (Saint Paul, Minn.).

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