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  • Collection: Mary M. Edwards Collection
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Media Branch, NAACP

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: Not known
(L to R) Dr. Arthur W. King, Media dentist with Elizabeth Oveide (third from left). The four gave a $500 life membership installation to the NAACP.

Media Civic League

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1966
Text of Mary M. Edwards presentation, on behalf of the Media Civic League, to a Media Borough Council meeting in 1966, disputing a proposed park that would have taken property of the Black community, and suggesting a different location.

Media Fellowship House, newspaper article on 20th anniversary

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Date: 1964-11-26
Delaware County Daily Times article by Sara M. Grasberger, about Media Fellowship House, 320 S. Jackson Street, Media, PA and coordinator Mary M. Edwards.

Media Interfaith Council, meeting minutes

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Date: 1998-01-14
Mary Edwards spoke about developing clergy study circles to address racism in the community, and about the Unity Rally Day sponsored by the Citizens-Community Task Force.

Michael Motley

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1996-11-19
Philadelphia Inquirer article about Michael Motley's election as president of the Media Area Branch of the NAACP. The article discusses his focus on the education committee, work with the Rose Tree Media School District and their multi-cultural task…

Minute, Providence Monthly Meeting Religious Society of Friends

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1997
Minute (or statement) from Gray Goodman, Clerk of the Meeting, on joining voices in the Media area to recognize the community's commitment to neighborliness, civility, and courtesy.

Myrtle and Hilda Rhoades

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Date: Not known
Nieces of Elizabeth Oveide. On reverse: "Aunt Hun's kids, 309 South Plum Street, Media, PA"

NAACP Dinner Dance, Springfield Country Club, June 1969

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Date: 1969-06-12
See ED-030 for names of several people in this group.

NAACP Dinner Dance, Springfield Country Club, May 1969

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Date: 1969-06-12
Town Talk article and photograph of the NAACP Anniversary Dinner Dance. Caption: "(L to R) Bill Whitaker, Media Youth Council member, Gary Geers, Media Youth Council advisor, Juanita Edwards, Media Youth Council member, Dorothy Moat, Media NAACP…

NAACP Dinner Dance, Springfield Country Club, May 1969

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Date: 1969-06-12
See ED-030 for names of several people in this group.

NAACP Dinner Dance, Springfield Country Club, May 1969

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Date: 1969-06-12
Left to right: Gary Geers, [?], Juanita Edwards, [?], Bill Whitaker, [?]

NAACP Dinner Dance, Springfield Country Club, May 1969

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Date: 1969-06-12
Left to right: [?], Bill Whitaker, Media Youth Council member; Gary Geers, Media Youth Council advisor; Juanita Edwards, Media Youth Council member; Dorothy Moat, Media NAACP President; and speaker Henry R. Smith, President of the Pennsylvania State…

NAACP Dinner Dance, Springfield Country Club, May 1969

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Date: 1969-06-12
Left to right: Bill Whitaker, Media Youth Council member, Gary Geers, Media Youth Council advisor, Juanita Edwards, Media Youth Council member, Dorothy Moat, Media NAACP President, and speaker Henry R. Smith, President of the Pennsylvania State…

National Council of Negro Women, Delaware County Section

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1990-12-16
Announcement of an interfaith prayer vigil for the peaceful settlement of the Persian Gulf crisis to be held at the Delaware County Court House. Courthouse. Coordinators: Dr. Velma Mitchell and Mary Edwards.

National Council of Negro Women, Delaware County Section, banquet program

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Date: 1980-06-27
Mary M. Edwards was the honoree at this banquet, which was held at the Towne House restaurant in Media.

Newsletter, Media Branch, NAACP

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1961-09
Media, PA NAACP newsletter, September 1961. Articles by Mary Rosenthal, Editor; Philip H. Savage, Field Secretary on the convention; and Mary Edwards, Branch Secretary reporting on the National Convention In Philadelphia.

Newsletter, Media Fellowship House

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Date: 1982
Media Fellowship House newsletter, December 1982

Newsletter, Media Fellowship House

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Date: 1982
Media Fellowship House newsletter, January-February 1982

Newspaper article about hate crime

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1981-03-20
Article by Trisha Cofiell about the 1979-1981 Atlanta Child Murders. A memorium, organized by the Delaware County chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, was to be held Saturday at 2 p.m. on the steps of the County Court House. Mary Edwards…

Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County

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Date: 1996-09-26
Article about the Adolph Hitler Free Corps of Kirkwood, PA, a Nazi Group distributing fliers in areas of Delaware County and to the Daily Times. The Nazi Group was disputing an article written by John Roman and Heather Merrell.

Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1996-10-13
Headline: Cops tie attack to hate groups; Media man is savagely beaten with shotgun

Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1996-10-13
Article by Cindy deProphetis about the brutal bludgeoning of a Media man by men affiliated with "skinheads" and the Ku Klux Klan. The attack took place on Sixth Street, Media, PA