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Legacies Project Oral History: Benita Kaimowitz

Benita Kaimowitz was born in 1935 and grew up in Pascagoula, Mississippi, where her father ran a general store. When she was 11, her family moved to Nashville, Tennessee. After graduating from college at the University of Hawaii, she got her master’s at Sarah Lawrence College. Kaimowitz helped register voters in Louisiana as a volunteer for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). She was a teacher and a longtime employee of Borders Bookstore in Ann Arbor. She and her first husband Gabe lived in a collective house for over two decades.

Benita Kaimowitz was interviewed by students from Skyline High School in Ann Arbor as part of the Legacies Project.

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Legacies Project Oral History: Andrew Zweifler

Andrew Zweifler was born in 1930 in Newark, New Jersey. He graduated from Haverford College and Jefferson Medical College. In the 1950s he and his wife Ruth spent two years in Ashiya, Japan while he was a physician in the Air Force. Zweifler is Emeritus Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan, former Director of the Hypertension Clinic at the University Hospital, and co-founder of Physicians for Prevention of Gun Violence.  

Andrew Zweifler was interviewed by students from Skyline High School in Ann Arbor in 2017 as part of the Legacies Project.

Activist Chooses Jail

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April
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1989
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Casa Nicaraguense De Espanol

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August
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1988
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Congress Provides Funds For La Prensa

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November
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1987
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The Michigan National Guard In Honduras

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April
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1986
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Farm Laborers Win Contract

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April
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1986
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A Reporter Asks: Why Are You Here?

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April
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1986
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118 Arrested Protesting Aid To Contras

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April
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1986
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Free South Africa Coordinating Committee (FSACC)

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April
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1986
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