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Albert Wheeler

1915–1994

United States

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Albert H. Wheeler (Dec. 11, 1915 – April 4, 1994) was an American life-sciences professor and politician in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He became the city's first African-American mayor, serving in the office from 1975 to 1978.

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