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AACHM Oral History: Jennifer and Hershal Brown
Hershal Brown was born in 1946. He lived off and on with his parents in Gary, Indiana, but he was raised primarily by his grandparents in Ann Arbor. He remembers having many role models at Bethel AME Church. After graduating from Ann Arbor High School, Brown served in the military in Spain. He worked at Ford Motor Company in pre-prototype coordination for 31 years. He also worked and volunteered for the Ann Arbor Public Schools and the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s department. He married his longtime sweetheart Jennifer Benton in 1968 and they have two daughters, Charisse and Heather.
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Jennifer Brown was born in 1948 in Ann Arbor to Charles and Laurel Benton. She recalls learning to fish with her father and attending Jones School. Her mother encouraged her to take advanced classes in high school. Brown worked in banking and bank management for the first half of her career while her children were young. Later in life she got her master’s degree in social work from the University of Michigan and became a social worker. She has been married to her husband Hershal Brown for 53 years. They have two daughters, Charisse and Heather, and three grandchildren.
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Special AADL Board Meeting - September 8, 2022
This meeting will be streamed on this page at 7:30 PM on Thursday September 8, 2022.
You can attend this meeting in person on the 4th floor of the Downtown Library, or you can watch it live on YouTube from this page.
If you wish to make a public comment at this meeting, you can send your comment, along with your name and address, via email to ask@aadl.org. It will be read during the public comment section of the meeting.
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Off the Shelf | Episode 6
Tune in each month as library staff recommends awesome books for awesome people in 3rd-5th grades!