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There Went The Neighborhood - Studio Interview: Russell Calvert
Russell Calvert attended Jones School from kindergarten through sixth grade in the post-WWII era. He recalls the strong influence of Black business owners like his father, Burgess Calvert, and Charlie Baker. He tells the story of “The Old Neighborhood” before it became known as Kerrytown.
This interview was filmed during the making of the documentary film There Went The Neighborhood: The Closing of Jones School, produced by the Ann Arbor District Library and 7 Cylinders Studio. More interviews are available in the There Went The Neighborhood Interview Archive.
Old Neighborhood Reunion Participants Share Memories, August 1996 Photographer: William Jordan
Year:
1996
Ann Arbor News, August 18, 1996
Caption:
Let to right, Shirley Beckley of Ann Arbor, Whit Chapman of New Orleans and Claude Baker of Ann Arbor look through newspaper clippings from a time when they all were neighbors and went to school together at Jones School.
Claude Baker At Old Neighborhood Reunion, August 1996 Photographer: William Jordan
Year:
1996
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AACHM Oral History: Dolores and James Turner
Dolores Preston Turner was born in Ann Arbor in the early 1940s, and her family lived in a small historically Black neighborhood on Woodlawn Avenue. She graduated from Ann Arbor High School, where she met her future husband, James Turner. She remembers moving into their first apartment in Pittsfield Village as a result of fair housing protests in Ann Arbor in the 1960s. Turner has two master’s degrees and she taught English at Huron High School for 30 years. Dolores and James celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in September 2021.
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Organizers of Ann Arbor's Old Neighborhood Reunion, August 1996
Year:
c.1996
Ex-Foundry Official Dies At 91
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Local Athletes Will Enter State Mat And Tank Meets
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AACHM Oral History: Shirley Beckley
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Shirley Beckley was born on July 30, 1942. She was raised by her mother on Wall St. and attended Jones School, Mack School, and Bach Schools in Ann Arbor. Shirley started as a housing manager for the Ann Arbor Housing Commission, later becoming housing director in Lansing and Muskegon. She reminisces about working at Jacobson’s, dances at the Dunbar Center, businesses on Fourth Avenue and Ann Streets, and tense racial incidents in the schools. Shirley continues to be deeply involved in social justice issues at the local level.