Children Gather Around Fallen Tree Limb on West Summit Street, August 1950
Year:
1950
Scene of Car Accident at Summit and Miner, October 1966 Photographer: Duane Scheel
Year:
1966
Onlookers Gather at Scene of Car Accident on West Summit Street, October 1966 Photographer: Duane Scheel
Year:
1966
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AACHM Oral History: Dolores and James Turner
Dolores Preston Turner was born in Ann Arbor in the early 1940s, and her family lived in a small historically Black neighborhood on Woodlawn Avenue. She graduated from Ann Arbor High School, where she met her future husband, James Turner. She remembers moving into their first apartment in Pittsfield Village as a result of fair housing protests in Ann Arbor in the 1960s. Turner has two master’s degrees and she taught English at Huron High School for 30 years. Dolores and James celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in September 2021.
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AACHM Oral History: Sharon Gillespie
Sharon Gillespie was born in 1945 and raised by her grandmother in Oklahoma before moving to Ann Arbor with her mother at age nine. She remembers redlining in Ann Arbor and the breakup of the historically Black neighborhood she grew up in. She helped raise two younger sisters while her mother attended ophthalmology school at the University of Michigan. Gillespie excelled in her career as a typesetter at local businesses. After retiring, she has been active in volunteering at homeless shelters and hospice programs. She was married to Raymond Gillespie for 21 years.
AACHM Living Oral History Project Walking Tour
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Spann Quits Model Cities Policy Board
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Human Relations Commission Members Sworn In, July 1957
Year:
1957
Ann Arbor News, July 17, 1957
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New Commission Meets: Members of the new City Human Relations Commission are shown into office last night by City Clerk Fred J. Looker. In front (left to right) are Mrs. Arthur J. Carr, Mrs. Gerald Davenport, Councilman Richard Dennard and the Rev. Henry Lewis. In back (left to right) are George E. Wedemeyer, Richard J. Mann, State Rep. George W. Sallade and Dr. Albert H. Wheeler. Members James A. Lewis and Dr. Herman Jacobs could not be present last night.
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Panelists Speak at Housing Forum, February 1993 Photographer: Benjamin Rusnak
Year:
1993
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William Hampton Speaks at Housing Forum, February 1993 Photographer: Benjamin Rusnak
Year:
1993
Ann Arbor News, February 22, 1993
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William Hampton, acting director of the Ann Arbor Housing Commission, speaks about the problems of housing the elderly, physically disabled and mentally ill together in the same housing complexes. Hampton said many physically disabled and mentally ill people are younger, often have more guests and stay up later, which bothers the elderly residents.
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