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September 29, 1982 - Image 19

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Michigan Citizen, 1982-09-29

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nation.
dri e to
Born into an a tute political famil
in the G rmanto n ection of Philadel­
phia LeGree Daniel' leader hip role
ot off to a er earl tart. The elde t
of fi e children he too it upon
her If to eep her brother and iter
in to , nd ot her rr t e perience in
or in ith other people.
Th r en r etic hard- or in
communit leader in i t on e cellence
ith an almo t religious fer or in
erythin h doe and ith e er
organization ith hich he ork.
orne here along the a, LeGree
.1/ BLAe#.. 0 ITO - "" • I
LeGre Daniels met. man di tin­
gui hed blac lead r durin that time.
and remembered the Ion debate and
con er ation about the a e orne
plight of blac people in merica,
e ciall the poor. LeGree remem r
i idl of the tron remar
otele people i a
po erle people.' Po er and prop­
eft 0 ner hip go hand in hand. But.
it asn't until. ear later hen
Daniel rnov ed to Harri bur
I ania, that he reall ot the r-
or -ith and to ••
o
ea
ith th determination t
LeGree
\ heatle
eral
L Gree Daniel
Daniel remember eeing a quotation
on a all that read 'Lord help me 10
rememb r that nothin is oin to hap­
pen toda, that ou and J can't
handle." he has adopted thi a one
of her motto in going about her life'
._ or -and 0 far it eem nothin ha
happened in her life that he and the
Lord couldn t handle. Spending Ion
hour or ing on the many commun-
ity project ith hich he i in olved
LeGree Daniel quic ly re pond that
long hour and commitment to her
ork are part of a greater oal-that
of helpin people. She consider thi a
lifelong process that rna ta e her in
many directions.
in an
Le ree Daniel ac ornpli hment
emin I impo sible feat at tim
ha e benefitted hundred of thou and
of people many of hom have ne er
met or een her. Another familiar
quote that LeGree a idl remember
a in the form of a que tion and
an er: U hen doe a broth r help a
brother?-todo_ • tomorro ", 01"'0.' ...
LeGree Daniel has ta en the time to
hare her hard-earned skill ith all of
the people in her community and all
ho come in contact ith her.
eryone no that LeGree Daniel
can al ay counted on to help ith
There ha n t b n a time in the life
of thi d namic go- etter that he
a n't in 01 ed ith helping people.
h al a ha b n able to uti liz her
talent for or anizin. a teena er in
Philadelphia, L ree Daniel garnered
in aluable e perien e olicitin fund
and pa ing out literature for her
father s political organization. t that
tim . ho e er LeGr intere t a
not political. he had at in on

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