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AACHM Oral History: Lois Allen-Richardson

Lois Allen-Richardson

Lois Allen-Richardson was born in 1942 in Ypsilanti, where she remembers attending Harriet Street School and spending time at Parkridge Center. As a young adult, she worked briefly at Goodman’s Fashion Center in the heart of Ypsilanti’s Black business district. Allen-Richardson is an ordained minister and served as a missionary in Haiti and Trinidad. Since 2000 she has been a member of the Ypsilanti City Council, where she has been a strong advocate for the city’s south side. In June 2020, she became Ypsilanti’s first Black woman mayor after the resignation of her predecessor.

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Spann, Paul Leon

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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
October
Year
1998
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Korean Church of Ann Arbor Founder Seong Han and Rev. Jung Bong Lee, February 1980 Photographer: Larry E. Wright

Korean Church of Ann Arbor Founder Seong Han and Rev. Jung Bong Lee, February 1980 image
Year:
1980
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 17, 1980
Caption:
In the picture at the Korean Church, founder Seong Han is on the left, pictured with Rev. Jung Bong Lee