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From South Carolina to Michigan

From South Carolina to Michigan
June and Richard Thomas

June and Richard Thomas

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June & Richard Thomas
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June & Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas, born in 1939 in Detroit, MI, became a Baha'i after his Navy service, and is professor of history at Michigan State University. June Manning Thomas was born in Orangeburg, SC, in 1950, became a Baha'i through Richard, and is professor of urban planning at the University of Michigan.

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My parents sent me to an integrated school but I was too mischievous – so I returned to an all-black community.

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