Washtenaw County Men Wait To Board Buses For Draft Physical Exams In Detroit, August 1950 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Year:
1950
Ann Arbor News, August 2, 1950
Caption:
WASHTENAW MEN ANSWER DRAFT CALL: The first group of Washtenaw county men ordered to report for physical examinations for the draft since the Korean crisis began left Ann Arbor by bus early this morning. If they pass their tests in Detroit today, many can expect to be drafted in September. Out of a group of 89 ordered to report today, 77 showed up. On hand to give the men their orders were Chief Draft Board Clerk Mrs. Hilda A. Staffan and two assistants, Miss Helen A. Wiese and her niece, Helen F. Wiese. The prospective servicemen were led by John Hixon of 110 E. Hoover Ave. and Kenneth Behnke of 408 Pauline Blvd.

AADL Talks To: Andy Sacks, Photographer and Documentarian

Andrew Sacks is an award-winning photographer and documentarian in the Ann Arbor area. He came to the University of Michigan in the late 1960s to study art and immediately joined the Michigan Daily newspaper, covering a variety of assignments, from sit-ins and student demonstrations to regional and national political campaigns. During this period, he also played jazz piano with various Ann Arbor musicians. Andy recalls the people and some of the many memorable events that shaped his life and work over the years. Andy’s vast photo negative collection is available at the Bentley Historical Library.


AADL Talks To: Rick Ayers, Former U-M Student Activist and Member of the SDS and Weather Underground

In this episode, AADL Talks To Rick Ayers. Rick is faculty emeritus at the University of San Francisco where he was an associate professor of education focusing on English language arts and teacher education. In the late 1960s, Rick followed his older brothers to the University of Michigan and was soon radicalized by the civil rights and anti-war movements, participating in protests and demonstrations with the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Weather Underground. Rick traces his fascinating journey as a draft dodger working with deserters in Canada through his decision to enlist in the U.S. Army where he would eventually go AWOL and live as a fugitive for seven years. Rick also shares his memories of the vibrant campus film culture and the people -- including girlfriend Gilda Radner -- who shaped his student experience at the university, and he reflects on the legacy of the 1960s protests in light of today’s political environment.


AADL Talks To: Skip Taube, Former Member of the SDS, White Panther Party, and Community Organizer
In this episode, AADL Talks To Milton 'Skip' Taube. Skip came to Ann Arbor in 1965 and quickly became involved in radical politics as a student at the University of Michigan. He was involved with the SDS and the White Panther Party, doing both community organizing and participating in “adventurism”. Skip recalls the people and events from his time in Ann Arbor and discusses the political and cultural forces that influenced the course of his life.


AADL Talks To: Bill Ayers, Former U-M Student Activist and Member of the SDS and Weather Underground

Bill Ayers is a retired Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. During his time in Ann Arbor during the 1960s, he served as director of Ann Arbor's experimental Children's Community School; Education Secretary for the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS); and co-founder of the militant Weather Underground organization, which originated in Ann Arbor in 1969 as a far left-wing revolutionary party.
Ayers traces the path of his political awakening from wide-eyed college freshman to seasoned student organizer and educator. He reflects on the tumultuous moral dilemma he and many activists faced as the Vietnam War raged on in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He discusses the factionalism within the SDS leadership that resulted in the formation of the Weather Underground; how the strands of student activism during this turbulent time were rooted in the moral agenda outlined by Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.; and his lifelong pedagogic commitment to education.


The resisters carry scars, too

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Prominent Attorney, Edward Conlin, Dies

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...voices from the '60s: Bill Ayers - the making of a campus activist

Ann Arbor Protestors Picket City Draft Board, September 1969

Year:
1969
Draft registration, circa 1940 Photographer: Attributed to Eck Stanger

Year:
c.1940
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