Ypsilanti Mayor George Goodman and Michigan State Senator Edward Pierce, March 1981
Alma Wheeler Smith and Supporters Celebrate Election Results, November 1994
Supporters Congratulate Alma Wheeler Smith At Election Party, November 1994
Alma Wheeler Smith Celebrates Election to State Senate, November 1994
Senate Winner
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AACHM Oral History: Mary McDade, Alma Wheeler Smith, and Nancy Cornelia Wheeler
Mary McDade was born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1939, but grew up in Ann Arbor. Her parents Albert and Emma Wheeler were active in local politics and civil rights. As a college student, McDade helped found the University of Michigan chapter of the NAACP. She moved to Peoria, Illinois with her husband Joe Billy McDade in 1963.
State Senator Lana Pollack Runs for House of Representatives, November 1988
Legacies Project Oral History: Alma Wheeler Smith
Alma Wheeler Smith was born in 1941. She recalls attending Civil Rights meetings in Ann Arbor with her parents. Her father Albert H. Wheeler was the first African American mayor of Ann Arbor (1975-78). Smith worked for nearly a decade as a TV producer before becoming a politician. Smith (D) served in the U.S. House of Representatives as part of the Michigan delegation from 2005-2010 representing the 54th District. Prior to her tenure in the U.S.
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House passes handicapped student bill
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