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Black Foodways

In this video compiled from dozens of interviews from the Living Oral History Project and the There Went The Neighborhood Interview Archive, participants share their memories of food and food traditions in their families, including fishing on the Huron River, hosting Fourth of July barbecues, and even starting a restaurant.

The Living Oral History Project is a partnership between the African American Cultural & Historical Museum of Washtenaw County and the Ann Arbor District Library, providing a permanent home for 50+ interviews with Black community members collected over the past decade. The collection continues to grow with interviews added each year.

The There Went The Neighborhood Interview Archive contains 35 interviews that went into the research and making of a documentary film about the closing of Jones School, produced by the Ann Arbor District Library and 7 Cylinders Studio.

Ann Arbor High School Varsity Football Team, September 1950 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Ann Arbor High School Varsity Football Team, September 1950 image
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1950
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 4, 1950
Caption:
MEET ANN ARBOR HIGH'S GRID CHAMPS: This is the gang which brought Ann Arbor High a second straight Five-A League grid title as well as another undefeated season. Left to right in the bottom row are Coach Hank Fonde, John Morrow, Bob Randall, Jim Splitt, John Cartwright, Don Boorom, Paul Tibbals, Mike Rodriguez, Don Hinz, and Line Coach Kurt Kampe. Second row, left to right: Ray Karsian, Jack Gray, Don O'Hara, Jim Love, Bud Parks, Chandler Handley, Doug Peden, Bob Weber, and End Coach Frank Kline. Third row, left to right: Jim Cartwright, Bruce Fraser, Ron Arnst, Fred Adams, Phil Saka, Kent Pichard, Ned Jones, and Ernie McCoy. Fourth row, left to right: Al Jesperson, Bill Hare, John Heald, Brian Fingerle, Dick Zill, Harold Shilling, Doug Nordman, and Prenty Ware. Top row, left to right: Tom Sibert, Coleman Jewett, Marv Fraker, Harold Sindlinger, Chuck Featherly, George Hartman, and John Batsakes. Capt. Dick Chatters was unable to be present when this picture was taken.
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Fred Adams, Jim Cartwright, Bill Hare - Ann Arbor High School Football Team, September 1950 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Fred Adams, Jim Cartwright, Bill Hare - Ann Arbor High School Football Team, September 1950 image
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1950
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 2, 1950
Caption:
WILL BE BUSY: Among Ann Arbor High seniors who will see plenty of action at Jackson tomorrow night is Fred Adams, a dependable end used mostly on offense. A good pass grabber, he's especially helpful on grabbing the short tosses that keep a drive alive.
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There Went The Neighborhood - Audio Interview: Fred Adams

Fred Adams attended Jones School from kindergarten through ninth grade, from 1937 to 1947. During junior high he played in the Intramural Football League against teams from Tappan and Slauson. He also recalls several Black-owned businesses on Ann Street, where his father worked.

More interviews are available in the There Went The Neighborhood Interview Archive.

Boy Scouts Prepare for a Party at the Dunbar Center, February 1948

Boy Scouts Prepare for a Party at the Dunbar Center, February 1948 image
Year:
1948
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 12, 1948
Caption:
Dunbar Scouts Plan 'Housewarming' Party: Plans for a "housewarming" party tonight at Dunbar Civic Center are being discussed here by members of Boy Scout Troop 75, for whom the party is being given. The scouts (left to right) are Fred Adams, Don Calvert, Marvin Baker, Paul Bacon, Curtis Starks, Coleman Jewett, Robert Henson, John Adams, Duane Calvert, Horace Williams, Hathaway Gulley and James Guster. Scoutmaster Vernon Adams is explaining things. At the party, which will begin at 7 o'clock, the troop will be presented with a flag by the Graf-O'Hara post of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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