AFRICAN AMERICAN VILLAGE
Welcome to the African American Village Page representing the African American population in the Greater Battle Creek |
Community. On this page we list the predominantly existing Black Organizations and Groups within the community. The African American community is strong and has vibrant organizational groups and churches that has contributed greatly and postitively in the Greater Battle Creek Community and beyond. Take time to visit each of the links and organizations on this page.This page is sponsored in part by the following organizations
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ttle Creek CommunicatorSummer Edition is out and available at select locations. The Battle Creek Communicator is also on view via 
ichigan, lies a rich African American Heritage. Beginning with the early presence of SOJOURNER TRUTH, Isabella Baumfree, who came to visit Battle Creek in 1856 to address Friends of Human Progress convention, through the efforts of Michigan Quaker, Henry Willis. She then later became a resident of the small community as she traveled throughout the country speaking truth to power in messages of anti-slavery and the womens suffrage movement. She said the Lord gave her the name, Sojourner Truth, as he had called upon her "to travel up and down the land," Declaring Truth To People. Truth was born a slave in 1797, In Swartekill, New York, but gained her freedom when the "New York State Emancipation Act " was passed in 1827. She was six feet tall and known for wearing a satin banner that said, "Proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." Lastly, in November 26th, 1883 Sojourner Truth dies at her home on College Street. Her last words were "Be a follower of the Lord Jesus." Her remains are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Michigan. For more information on SOJOURNER TRUTH go to www.sojournertruth.org. A 12 foot tall bronze statue of Sojourner Truth stands in Monument Park, downtown Battle Creek Michigan Sojourner Truth
The early African American residents came from all over the country to live in 
was a period of great population movement throughout the
For more information on the early migration of African American go to www.heritagebattlecreek.org/fieldschool.htm. This website has a rich history of early Battle Creek in the African American Community.
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Leader and Past Calhoun County Commissioner Marvin Austin, leads the team of the BCCCA . battlecreek diversity.com will give updates monthly on the BCCCA. Reporting on the African American Agenda in the community in Battle Creek. Click here for more on the 
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| Battle Creek Celebrates its 6th Annual JUNETEENTH Festival June 21st, 2008 every 3rd Saturday in June is proclaimed as National Juneteenth Freedom Day click on website for more information |
BATTLE CREEK CHAPTER OF THE NAACP 172 W. VanBuren Street Battle Creek MI 49017 269.963-8805 For more information on the NAACP go to | The 75th Freedom Fund Banquet Saturday October 11, 2008 Roberta Cribbs - President
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The NAACP The Urban League of 172
| Carl Word resigns as Urban League CEO The Downtown Battle Creek Partnership has an impressive list of places to go and things to do. To review this week's activities in Downtown Battle Creek, click here |
Battle Creek Urban League Young Professionals (269) 962-5553
| The National Urban League Young Professionals (NULYP) is an auxiliary organization dedicated to bringing the next generation of leaders into the Urban League movement. LATEST PRESS RELEASE |
| Deboraha L. Sallée (Debi), President A. Philip Randolph Inst. - Battle Creek Chapter P. O. Box 653, Battle Creek MI 49016-0653 (269) 968-1072 *3 - (269) 317-7139 Cell (269) 968-1386 Fax - apribc@aol.com |
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AFRICAN AMERICAN WEBLINKS TO VISIT
African American Migration Black Progress Network In Motion: The African American Village from IMDiversity.com
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