Tag: C.S. Mott
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Leadership changes announced at C.S. Mott, Ruth Mott Foundations
By Jan Worth-Nelson William S. White has retired from his post as chief executive officer of the C.S. Mott Foundation, and Raquel Thueme has been appointed to succeed Handy L. Lindsey as president of the Ruth Mott Foundation, according to recent announcements from two of the city’s most influential benefactors. Both foundations are outgrowths of…
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How the Flint Journal helped oust a Socialist mayor: recapturing a look at Flint’s “yellow journalism” past
by Harold C. Ford Ed. note: this historical analysis originally appeared in the September, 1983 issue of The Michigan Voice, (Vol. 7, No. 6). We are reprinting it with Harold Ford’s permission to complement and offer it as background to his current series “Where are the Journalists?” concluding with Part Three now available here. We reprint…
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At 100, Applewood Estate celebrates by welcoming community
By Jan Worth-Nelson In 1916, the Charles Stewart Mott family of Flint clearly were “one percenters” as we’d call them today, and the life they shaped for themselves when they built their estate that year at the foot of Kearsley Street reflects a passion for healthy home-grown food, architectural beauty and self-sufficiency. As the city…
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