1955. Photograph of Brenda Smith on the former 10th Street in the North End. Photograph provided by Willie Mae Burgess. Courtesy of annalise fonza. Photgraph provided by Willie Mae Murgess.
Primary Resources Archive
A. Fonza image Collection
In this slide show:
1. Berryman Map – Drawing by Jacqueline Berryman in 1972. She is a former Springfield resident and grad of UMASS - In 77/78 she published a history of Blacks in Springfield in a UMASS historical journal. She is also a planner in the D.C. area.
2. Brenda Smith - 1955. Photograph of Brenda Smith on the former 10th Street in the North End. Photograph provided by Willie Mae Burgess.
3. Carol Aranjo and Norma Baker (with others)
4. Curtis and Vivian Fudge
5. Morris Jones
6. Rev. Talbert Swan, II, Pastor at Solid Rock of God in Christ Church, Indian Orchard, MA.
7. Roy Mullen in front of his business, Mullen Printing.
8. Patricia Moss – Local Activist. Currently, she is working on the Groundwork USA program, a network of independent, not-for-profit, environmental businesses that work with communities to improve their environment, economy and quality of life through local action by getting local people, business, government and other organizations involved in practical projects.
9. Robert McDonald signing the Springfield Redevelopment Authority (SRA) Photogrpaher unknown.
10. Candice Lopes
11. Ruth Loving-Stewart - Holding her certificate after graduating from a nurse’s aid program funded by the Red Cross in the late 1950s. Ruth went on to be a nurse’s aid at the former Springfield Hospital.
12. George Marshall
13. Bud Williams
14. Roger Williams
15. Howard Edmonds
16. David Duncan
17. Willie Mae Burgess sharing a meal with her grandchildren Ashia Ahnie Alexander-Mason and Crystal Oliver-Johnson
