Mar 31, 2017
Mar 31, 2017
Mar 19, 2017
Ometha Maxine (Washington) Smith was born in Bristow, Oklahoma to Amos and Tammie (Yarborough) Washington on July 17, 1926. The family moved to Northern Michigan for her father’s work with the Civilian Conservation Corps before settling in Ypsilanti in the early...
Mar 18, 2017
Samuel Asa Richardson was born February 17, 1900 to Joseph Henry and Hattie (Bass) Richardson. The Richardson family, like so many Black families of that period, came from Canada. Here, they settled on a farm south of Ypsilanti in the Township before moving to the...
Feb 12, 2017
Vanzetti Morris Hamilton was born August 19, 1927 in Detroit to George and Sarah (Shuford) Hamilton. The Hamilton’s moved to Ypsilanti and Vanzetti went on to attend the Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University) and taught at Willow Run...
