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Dale Kildee, former member of the Michigan House of Representatives and U.S. House of Representatives; Dan Kildee, member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Sidney Redding Mason, Minnesota state legislator and businessman [5] Floyd J. McCree, first African American mayor of Flint, namesake of Floyd J. McCree building in downtown Flint
This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Michigan. It includes both current and historical newspapers. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first known such newspaper in Michigan was The Venture of 1879, followed in 1883 by the Detroit Plaindealer .
The newspaper was known as the Flint Daily Journal until 1935, when its name was shortened to the Flint Journal. [11] Along with the rest of the Booth properties, the Journal was sold to newspaper publisher S.I. (Sy) Newhouse's Advance Publications in November 1976 for an estimated $305 million. [12] On January 27, 2013, its old headquarters at ...
The mayor position of Flint, Michigan is a strong mayor-type. In Flint's previous 1929 charter, the mayor was one of the City Commissioners, as the council in a council-manager type government. Elections in Michigan
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Flint, Michigan. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Rutherford was elected mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan in 1975 as the first "strong" mayor elected under Flint's 1974 charter, [2] [5] defeating former city commission Mayor Floyd J. McCree. [2] [6] That same year, Rutherford married his second wife, Betty Merrill. In 1977, Rutherford donated $22,000 to the city for an ambulance which ...
Adele Marie Wells was born on January 1, 1951. She was part of a family of nine. Her father, Karl W. Wells, worked at a factory in Flint, Michigan. [3] [4] At the time of her disappearance, Wells was seven years old and attending the second grade at Jefferson Elementary School. [2] [4] Wells was African-American. [1]
WJRT-TV (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Flint, Michigan, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for northeastern Michigan. Owned by Allen Media Group, the station maintains studios on Lapeer Road in Flint, with offices and a second newsroom for the Tri-Cities in Saginaw.