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Mary M. Edwards, newspaper coverage

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 2003-01-25
Article in Delaware County Daily Times, by Bette Alburger, about a call for Rose Tree Media Superintendent's Warner's resignation because of racial indifference.

Mary M. Edwards, newspaper coverage

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Date: 2002-11-20
Article from Media Press by Eileen Laskas about a Rose Tree Media School District in-service training, at Penncrest High School, at which Mary Edwards and Liz Womack arrived to observe and were asked to leave.

Mary M. Edwards, letter

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Date: 2000-03-15
Inviting people to the 2000 Annual Awards Banquet of the Chester Branch of the NAACP where she will be one of the honorees.

Representative James R. Roebuck, memorandum

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Date: 1999
Page 1 of memo from the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus about the East Coast Regional Summit on Africa., held at the Baltimore, Maryland Convention Center

Representative James R. Roebuck, memorandum

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Date: 1999
Page 1 of memo from the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus about the East Coast Regional Summit on Africa., held at the Baltimore, Maryland Convention Center

Unity Day '99, press release

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Date: 1999-06-19
Written by Juanita Edwards. Events were held at Barrall Field in Media.

Unity Day '99 Theme Song

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1999-06-19
"Wake Up Everybody," by Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes with Teddy Pendergrass

Flower advertising talk with the superintendent of schools about racial incidents

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Date: 1999-05-19
Flyer inviting the community to talk with Dr. Laid Warner, Superindendent of Rose Tree Media School District about tragic events both locally and nationally. Sponsored by the Rose Tree Media School District and the Citizens-Community Task Force

Police/Community Relations Workshop, agenda

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1999-01-20
Program was facilitated by Ada Montare, Senior Conciliator, Community Relations Service, US Department of Justice.

Police/Community Relations Workshop, agenda

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1999-01-20
Program was facilitated by Ada Montare, Senior Conciliator, Community Relations Service, US Department of Justice.

Mary M. Edwards, invitation

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Date: 1999-12-18
Invitation to the public to view Millennium Philadelphia: The Last 100 Years, which included a segment on the Edwards Family

Flower for "Who We Are, How We Lived" television program

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Date: 1999-12-18
Flyer for this joint presentation by 6-ABC and the Philadelphia Inquirer, hosted by Jim Garner

Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County

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Date: 1998-11-10
Article by Meredith Fischer about a swastika spray painted on a Valley Forge National Historic Park war memorial to Black Revolutionary War Soldiers.

History of the Delaware County Section of the National Council of Negro Women

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Date: 1998-11-07
Presented at the Third African American Womens Conference at Cheyney University. Probably written by Mary M. Edwards

Flyer for Citizens-Community Task Force Unity Day, 1998

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Date: 1998-06-13
Event was held at Delaware County Court House.

Program for Citizens-Community Task Force, Unity Day, 1998

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Date: 1998-06-13
Event was held at Delaware County Court House.

Proclamation from Borough of Media to the Citizens-Community Task Force

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Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1998-05-21
Signed by Mayor Bob McMahon proclaiming the month of June 1998 "Media Borough Unity Month."

Letter from Matthew J. Ryan

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Location: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1998-06-11
Speaker of the PA House of Representatives, Matthew J. Ryan offering support for Media's Unity Day and encouraging all Media citizens to participate and to dedicate themselves to the ideals of democracy, equality, and freedom for all people.

Clarence D. Bell, citation

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Date: 1998-06
Citation from Senator Bell commending those who work for unity in Delaware County and Chester County.

Citizens-Community Task Force

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Date: 1998-03-31
Announcement of the First Community-Wide Study Circle Training to be held at the First United Methodist Church. Facilitator, Burton Freeman, New Castle, Delaware YMCA.

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.

Known Hatred Activity in Delaware County

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Date: 1984-1997
Documentation of hate crimes from 1984 to 1997

Citizens-Community Task Force

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Date: 1998-03-21
Announcement of a community meeting at Media Elementary Schoolcelebrating Women's History Month.

Pennsylvania Network of Unity Coalitions

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Date: 1997-06
Pennsylvania Network of Unity Coalitions (PNUC) welcoming the Citizens-Community Task Force as a member. Letter signed by Robert Hillman, PNUC Board Chair.

Citizens-Community Task Force

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Date: 1998 ca.
Page 2 of Citizens-Community Task Force brochure (annual report) outlining their mission and accomplishments. Mary Edwards, Founder and Chairman, Walter E. Robinson, Jr. Esq., Vice Chairman, Juanita Edwards, Public Relations Coordinator, Lewis…