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Legacies Project Oral History: Titus McClary

Titus W. McClary was born in 1937 and spent his childhood in Georgetown, South Carolina. After moving to Detroit, he attended Highland Park High School and worked at his uncle’s North End restaurant. During his time in the army in the early 1960s, he picketed a segregated theater and restaurant in Killeen, Texas. In 1965 he became the third Black police officer in Highland Park. McClary ran the juvenile division and helped found a Black officers’ organization. He served as mayor of Highland Park and remained a city council member until he passed away in 2017.

Titus McClary was interviewed in partnership with the Museum of African American History of Detroit and Y Arts Detroit in 2010 as part of the Legacies Project.

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Ann Arbor News, March 3, 1964
Day
3
Month
March
Year
1964
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Members of the Willow Village Permanent Committee for Civic Action picket the Village office of the Willow Woods Development Co., July 1958 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Members of the Willow Village Permanent Committee for Civic Action picket the Village office of the Willow Woods Development Co., July 1958 image
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1958
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Ann Arbor News, July 29, 1958
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PICKET FOR HOUSING: Members of Willow Village Permanent Committee for Civic Action picketed the Village office of the Willow Woods Development Co. yesterday, pressing for construction of new homes in Superior township. The committee is asking that homes be built in the Superior sector of Willow Village by the development company without further delay, that sewer and water easements be granted so other builders can construct homes and that 20 acres of land be released for the construction of new rental housing. Most of the pickets are residents of Village rental units scheduled to be razed.
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Detroit Edison picketer Nelson Straight on roller skates, June 1966 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Detroit Edison picketer Nelson Straight on roller skates, June 1966 image
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1966
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Ann Arbor News, June 8, 1966
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On Wheels: Work may be stopped, but picket Nelson Straight of 7340 Plymouth Rd., Superior Township, keeps on rolling along outside the Ann Arbor offices of the Detroit Edison Co. He is one of the linemen now on strike.
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