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AACHM Oral History: Leah Bass-Baylis

Leah BassLeah Bass-Baylis was born in 1954 in Ypsilanti. Her parents Thomas and Louise Bass–a doctor and teacher–were influential members of Ypsilanti’s Black community. She studied dance at Ypsilanti’s Randazzo Dance Theater and graduated from Spelman College in Atlanta in 1976.

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Clinton School Seniors To Give Play Next Week

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Robert Kennedy - Pure Oil Dealer - Hamburg, May 1956

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Pure Oil Company [advertisement]

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Kennedy, Richard Louis

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Former Resident Of City Succumbs

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Former Classmates Continue Annual Reunion Tradition

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Ann Arbor News, September 2, 1948
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Staebler Firm Tells Planning For New Houses

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FILM & VIDEO

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