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DETROIT EDIT-A-THON - LIST OF PROJECTS AND ARTICLES TO WORK ON

For the October 20, 2021 Architects Build Wiki inaugural Edit-a-Thon we will focus on the pages of the following Michigan Architects. The architects are organized into groups.

Below is space to list articles or other Wikimedia projects, categories, and lists relating to Black History that would benefit from edits and expansion during the event. Please feel free to add to this list in advance of the event.

TRACK ONE - Research (Establish Notability, Find articles, Facts, copyright free images)

///Researcher /  Help us establish Notability , Find articles, Facts, copyright free images////

1. Louis Fisher
2. Lynda Haith
3. Marcell Todd
4. Percy Cash

TRACK TWO: Mainspace Articles (Beginner - add links, categories, Intermediate - infobox)

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1. Beverly Hannah Jones
2. Hamilton Anderson Associates
3. Kimberly Dowdell
4. Mike Ford (architect)
5. Roger Margerum

TRACK 2A: ARCHITECTS (Alphabetical)

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Roger Margerum

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• https://docomomo-us.org/designer/roger-margerum
• https://www.mascontext.com/tag/roger-margerum/
• https://detroitdesignmag.com/featured-homes/roger-margerum-the-magic-of-the-45-degree-polygon/
• https://detroit.curbed.com/2019/7/15/20695147/black-architects-detroit-sims-varner-charles-wright
• https://www.noirdesignparti.com/pages/the-trailblazers

TRACK 2B: BUILDINGS

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

• Architect of Record: Howard Sims and Harold Varner

Renaissance City Apartments

• Architect of Record: Howard Sims

TRACK 2C: IMPROVEMENTS

List of firsts in architecture

Improve this article: List of firsts in architecture

TRACK THREE: Draft Articles (Beginner/Intermediate - add links, biographies and cite sources)

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Within these links you will find pages with a multitude of weblinks OR very few. Those with very few we ask participants to search the web and find the appropriate sources to add content to their pages.

• Draft: Craig Wilkins
• Draft:Harold Varner (architect)
• Draft:Howard Sims (architect)
• Draft:Nathan Johnson (architect)
• Draft:Aubrey C. Agee I (architect)

TRACK 3A: ARCHITECTS

Draft: Craig Wilkins

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Draft:Harold Varner (architect)

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Draft:Howard Sims (architect)

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Draft:Nathan Johnson (architect)

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Draft:Aubrey C. Agee I (architect)

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TRACK FOUR (Advance - Create New Articles)

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Within this group we have added the links that are available on the internet. We have also added a section for others to list the items that need further research and documentation so that content can be appropriately sourced for these architects. This is the groundwork that Noir Design Parti does in Detroit and Michigan. This work includes in person interviews, sorting through newspaper and library archives and other efforts to document these legacy architects. If you want to learn more about how they do this work check them out at the Research Table during the Edit-a-Thon.

1. ARCHITECTS
   1. Carole Harris
   2. Karen DuPerry
   3. Mark English (architect)
   4. Rainy Hamilton

1. ORGANIZATIONS

• National Organization of Minority Architects

TRACK 4: ARCHITECTS (New Proposed Articles)

Carole Harris

• wikidata item

1. https://www.modeldmedia.com/features/harris69.aspx
2. https://thecarrcenter.org/meet-carol-harris/
3. https://essayd.org/?p=666
4. https://cfpca.wayne.edu/news/alumna-carole-harris-is-named-a-kresge-arts-in-detroit-fellow-17177
5. https://www.kresgeartsindetroit.org/portfolio-posts/carole-harris

Karen DuPerry

(also known as Karen Slaughter-DuPerry)

• wikidata item

1. https://detroitriverfront.org/our-story/team/karen-slaughter-duperry
2. https://detroitriverfront.org/our-story/team
3. https://detroitgreenways.org/about-us/
4. https://www.jeffersoneast.org/mentor-team-1
5. http://www.waterfrontcenter.org/Awards/Awards2014/2014Awards.html
6. https://purereinvention.libsyn.com/podcast

Mark English (architect)

• wikidata item

1. http://meaarchitects.com/history
2. https://www.remodeling.hw.net/firms/mark-english-architects
3. https://www.keoassoc.com/market-sector/zoological/GREAT-APE-EXHIBIT-RENOVATION---DETROIT-ZOO_PJ18.html

Rainy Hamilton Jr.

• wikidata item

1. Hamilton Anderson Associates (see article)
2. https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14783-motor-city-design-engine-rainy-hamilton
3. https://michiganchronicle.com/2018/05/02/rainy-days-in-detroit-how-architect-rainy-hamilton-helped-build-detroit/
4. https://www.wxyz.com/news/this-detroit-architect-is-making-his-mark-on-the-landscape-of-the-motor-city
5. https://www.dbusiness.com/people/rainy-hamilton/
6. https://seenthemagazine.com/rainy-hamilton-paradise-valley/
7. https://www.blackenterprise.com/this-award-winning-entrepreneurs-advice-for-building-a-sustainable-business/?test=prebid
8. https://www.crainsdetroit.com/awards/rainy-hamilton-jr

TRACK 4: IMPROVEMENTS (New Proposed Articles)

1. National Organization of Minority Architects (Draft:National Organization of Minority Architects)

GROUP FIVE': Add Images (Find Copyright Free Images upload to Commons)

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• See copyright free images here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DsRwMOLdUQFATGO5eOBXdTrJsx3L8CF2

GROUP SIX: Find more Publishers / Publications / Articles / Podcasts, etc.

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• See & add articles here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1T3AhoeSbegyzxYOuDriZ6EpAWKoxvL9n

Black Architects in Detroit and Michigan (Longer List)

• GROUP ONE - Detroit Trailblazer Architects

The below 9 names are the Trailblazing architects in Detroit, Michigan. The asterisks indicate those with enough available content to create draft pages. The ones without need the Research team to create more documentation so that the legacy architects can be elevated onto the Wikipedia platform. (Karen and Saundra, is this list inclusive of all the firsts? What is the time period?)

• • Roger Margerum**
  • draft:Howard Sims (architect)
  • draft:Harold Varner (architect)
  • draft:Aubrey C. Agee I (architect)
  • draft:Nathan Johnson (architect)*
  • Francis E. Griffin
  • Harold Ward (architect)
  • Quintin Garland (architect)
  • Donald F. White (architect)

• GROUP TWO - Second Generation
  • Melvin Cross
  • Mark English*
  • Louis Fisher*
  • Emmett Hagood*
  • Lynda Haith*
  • Judson Jones
  • Barbara McGee
  • Nick McGee
  • Ray Shull
  • William Spinks

• GROUP THREE - Third Generation
  • Elton Anderson
  • Lincoln Calhoun
  • Percy Cash*
  • Roland Day II*
  • Karen DuPerry*
  • Rainy Hamilton*
  • Nathan Harvey
  • Leonard Harwell
  • Draft:Beverly Hannah Jones*
  • Dorian Moore*
  • James Scott
  • Craig Wilkins* Draft:Craig Wilkins

Black Architecture firms in Detroit and Michigan

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Hamilton Anderson

• Anthony Wayne Apartments

SDG Associates

Howard Sims founded this firm in 1964 originally as Howard Sims and Associates. Does SDG stand for Sims Design Group?

• Adamany Library
• UAW Ford National Programs Center (AOR for renovation)
• Cobo Center (AOR for 2010-2015 upgrades)
• Cobo Center People Mover Station
• Ford UAW Technical Training Center (AOR for renovation)

Nathan Johnson Associates

• University Tower

Hannah & Associates Inc

Beverly Hannah Jones founded this firm in 1993.

Black Architects in other states

See also African-American architects

Post pilot the Architects Build Wiki project will host Edit-a-Thon's at NOMA chapters across the country. If you know of an architect in your city that should be documented on Wikipedia add their name below. Don't see your city, check the code formatting and add that too. Eventually this list will get reformatted into a table with filters.

[National Organization of Minority Architects] Draft:National Organization of Minority Architects

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California

• Paul R. Williams (also NV and AZ) (discussed here, mentioned here)
• Alma Carlisle
• Harold Williams (NOMA co-founder)
• James C. Dodd (NOMA co-founder)

Connecticut

• Robert Wilson (NOMA co-founder)

Florida

• Dan Kirby (architect)

Georgia

• Ivenue Love-Stanley
• William J. Stanley III
• Louis H. Persley, first licensed African American Architect in Georgia

Illinois

• Walter T. Bailey (also Tennessee)
• Beverly Loraine Greene
• Georgia Louise Harris Brown (from Kansas)
• Wendell Campbell (NOMA co-founder)
• Nelson A. Harris (NOMA co-founder)
• Kenneth G. Groggs (NOMA co-founder)

Indiana

• David F. Snyder (in 1971 book "Getting It Together")

Kansas

• E.H. McDowell (NOMA co-founder)

Mississippi

• Ben Montgomery (mentioned as architect here)
• Thomas W. Cook (mentioned here)

New Jersey

• William M. Brown Jr. (NOMA co-founder)

New York

• Jeh V. Johnson, Sr (NOMA co-founder)
• Vertner Woodson Tandy
• Norma Merrick Sklarek (also California)
• Jack Travis
• J. Max Bond Jr.

North Carolina

• Phil Freelon

Ohio

• Robert P. Madison (Cleveland)
  • [Robert P. Madison International, Inc]
• Curtis J. Moody (Columbus)
  • Nolan Moody Nolan
• David Kirk (architect) (Cincinnati)
  • DNK Architects
  • Enquirer Agents of Change awards

Pennsylvania

• Julian Abele

Texas

• John S. Chase (NOMA co-founder)

Virginia

• John A. Lankford
• Henry Livas
• John Henri Spencer

Washington, D. C.

• Hilyard Robinson
• Isaiah T. Hatton
• Calvin Brent
• Frank West, Jr. Draft:Frank West, Jr.
• Robert J. Nash (NOMA co-founder) (Draft:Robert J. Nash)
• Leroy M. Campbell (NOMA co-founder)

Wisconsin

• Walter L. Wilson (FAIA, NOMA)draft:Walter L. Wilson
• Marion-Clendenen-Acosta (AIA)
• Michael Ford (AIA)

Examples of Wiki Projects

Here are some examples of how other Wikipedia campaigns have listed articles to work on:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Newspapers/States/Oregon#Not Started or Started with Notes Only
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Dance and the complementary Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by occupation/Dancers

Further Reading

• Anderson, Genell (1991). The Call of the Ancestors. Amar Pubns. ISBN 0963010905.
• Travis, Jack (1992). African American Architects. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1878271385.
• Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (2004). African American Architects A Biographical Dictionary,1865-1945. Routledge. ISBN 0415929598.
• Wellington, Paul A. (2019). Black Built: History and Architecture in the Black Community. ISBN 1732965102.
• Mitchell, Melvin L. (2020). African American Architects: Embracing Culture and Building Urban Communities. Routledge. ISBN 1734496029.