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Center Plans Jazz Concert

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10
Month
November
Year
1961
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Children of International Neighbors Celebrate a Mexican-Style Christmas, December 1968 Photographer: Eck Stanger

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1968
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Ann Arbor News, December 13, 1968
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Mexican-Style Christmas: Children of International Neighbors members had a Mexican holiday Thursday at the Ann Arbor Community Center. Breaking the pinata filled with goodies was the object of these children, as Mrs. Carey A. Boukai (left) and Mark Doman did the holding honors. The performance of a Mexican singing group, under the direction of Mrs. Roderico Luttmann, the singing of carols, and a luncheon also were on the festival program.
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Talkin' Music - Episode 1: Taking Root, Voices Heard, Part 1

In this episode, we hear about the origins of the Our Own Thing Chorale and Instructional Program with founder and special guest Dr. Willis C. Patterson. Dr. Patterson recalls the importance of music in his own development, especially as a member of the Dunbar Community Chorus.
 

Black Parents' Unit To Meet Sunday

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Parent Issue
Day
26
Month
January
Year
1971
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Black Parents To Meet Sunday

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1
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December
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1970
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There Went The Neighborhood - Studio Interview: Jennifer (Mitchell) Hampton

Jennifer (Mitchell) Hampton attended Jones School in kindergarten, fifth, and sixth grades, and she remembers being one of very few white students in the school. She shares memories of her classmates and teachers and her perspective on racial attitudes in Ann Arbor in the 1950s and 60s.

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.

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There Went The Neighborhood - Studio Interview: Debby Mitchell Covington

Debby Mitchell Covington grew up in Ann Arbor near Summit Park (now Wheeler Park), and she attended Jones School in kindergarten and first grade. In 1965 when Jones School closed, she was bused to Dicken Elementary and she recalls feeling isolated in the majority-white school. 

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.

Renaming Of Park A Bittersweet Honor

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18
Month
July
Year
1983
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AACHM Oral History: Alice Brennan-Key

Alice Brennan-KeyAlice Brennan-Key was born in Ann Arbor in 1953. Her parents met in Florida after her father immigrated from the Bahamas, and they moved to Ann Arbor in the 1940s. Brennan-Key grew up on Gott Street, next door to her current residence. She has seen the neighborhood change over the years due to gentrification. She went to Michigan State University as an undergraduate and received her master’s in social work from the University of Michigan. She spent most of her career working with developmentally disabled and mentally ill residents of Washtenaw County. She raised her daughter Khyla in Ann Arbor.

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