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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.

Community High Students Participate in Mime Workshop, November 1989 Photographer: Colleen Fitzgerald

Community High Students Participate in Mime Workshop, November 1989 image
Year:
1989
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 21, 1989
Caption:
EMOTIONAL MOMENT: Polish mime Stephan Niedzialkowski conducts a workshop Monday at Community High School. Niedzialkowski, who was the lead actor in the Polish National Mime Theater, entertains and gives classes to students. He hopes to relocate his mime troupe to the United States.