Willis Ward
Item set
Items
- Letter from Snow Grigsby, Chairman, Detroit Civil Rights Committee, to Fielding H. Yost, September 20, 1934
- Letter from W. A. Alexander to Fielding H. Yost, March 17, 1934
- Letter from Fielding H. Yost to W. A. Alexander, February 14, 1934
- Letter from W. A. Alexander to Fielding H. Yost, January 3, 1934
- Clipping from the Michigan Daily "Georgia Tech Here Next Year"
- 1935 UM Track Team
- Charles Hoyt, UM Track coach, posed with trophies
- UM Men's 1935 Track team celebrating at U-M club of San Francisco prior to meet with California
- The Benjamin House at 1102 East Ann Street, on the SE corner of Ann and Glen streets
- Michigan quarterback Ferris Jennings, start of a punt return for Michigan's only touchdown in against Georgia Tech
- Michigan left-back Vincent Aug has possession with quarterback Ferris Jennings blocking
- Ticket stub for the football game against Georgia Tech
- Clipping from the Michigan Daily in advance of the rally to support Willis Ward
- Clipping "Freshman Season Draws to Close"
- Henry R. Ward in the 1913 city directory for Birmingham, Alabama
- Pallbearers carrying the casket at the funeral of Willis Ward
- Willis Ward holding a 1934 team photo, taken for the article "Ford's Gridiron Pal"
- "Elect Willis Ward" matchbook cover from his congressional campaign
- Flyer advertising the rally organized to support Ward, “Either Ward Plays or Game Must be Cancelled”
- Willis Ward playing football for Northwestern High School in Detroit
- Willis Ward's application to the University of Michigan
- 1933 University of Michigan Track Team
- Willis Ward working as Supervisor for Racial Integration at Ford Motor Company
- Jesse Owens and Willis Ward working at the Ford Motor Company
- Harry Bennett, Ford Motor Company executive