Ralph Rogers Wheaton, 102, of Duluth died Saturday, August 6, 2022, at St. Luke’s Hospital of natural causes. He was born to Ralph Roe Wheaton and Edna Marie McLaughlin on March 2, 1920, in Caledonia, Minnesota and grew up in Minnesota. He was a 1937 graduate of Mechanic Arts High School in St. Paul, received a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis in 1942, and a Master’s Degree from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1963. After college graduation, Ralph joined the U.S. Navy, graduated from Midshipman School in 1943, and was promoted to full Lieutenant in 1945. He served on active duty during WWII from 1943-1946, participating in the battles of Guadalcanal and Okinawa, and the occupation of Japan. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve (USNR) for many years, returning to active duty from 1951-1953 for the Korean War. In 1973, Ralph joined the Minnesota Air National Guard (ANG) in Duluth, retiring in 1980.
Ralph Rogers Wheaton, 102, of Duluth died Saturday, August 6, 2022, at St. Luke’s Hospital of natural causes. He was born to Ralph Roe Wheaton and Edna Marie McLaughlin on March 2, 1920, in Caledonia, Minnesota and grew up in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He was a 1937 graduate of Mechanic Arts High School in St. Paul, received a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis in 1942, and a Master’s Degree from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1963. After college graduation, Ralph joined the U.S. Navy, graduated from Midshipman School in 1943, and was promoted to full Lieutenant in 1945. He served on active duty during WWII from 1943-1946, participating in the battles of Guadalcanal and Okinawa, and the occupation of Japan. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve (USNR) for many years, returning to active duty from 1951-1953 for the Korean War. In 1973, Ralph joined the Minnesota Air National Guard (ANG) in Duluth, retiring in 1980.
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Morehouse College has secured the papers of Joseph and Evelyn Lowery, two of the most instrumental figures in the civil rights and created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr. and others, to its library,
The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
On Wednesday, the Atlanta HBCU will have the Lowery family’s personal papers, photographs, documents, writings, speeches, notes, travel diaries and other mementos as donations.
“No discussion about civil rights in America will ever be complete without referencing the contributions of Joseph and Evelyn Lowery,” Morehouse College President David A. Thomas said.
The school which already has the King Papers will treat the Lowery collection the same: it is archived and curated at the Atlanta University Center’s Robert W. Woodruff Library and it is be used by scholars, researchers and students on a digitized platform online.
Votercades will be followed by outdoor and virtual activism villages to bring attention to the urgent need to protect voting rights
ATLANTA, Ga. /Massachusetts Newswire – National News/ In an effort to bring attention to the onslaught of voter suppression laws and ignite public support for bills to restore protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda (Peoples’ Agenda) will join local and national partners to host Votercades, teach-ins and other events throughout the state on John Lewis Voting Rights Day of Action, 2 PM Saturday May 8, 2021.
For a city-by-city schedule of Votercades and events visit https://tinyurl.com/peoplesagenda.