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There Went The Neighborhood - Audio Interview: Diana McKnight-Morton
Diana McKnight-Morton attended Jones School as an elementary student in the 1950s. She remembers growing up in a multi-racial, industrial neighborhood that resisted urban renewal. Her father, Robert Thompson, ran DeLong’s Bar-B-Q Pit on Detroit Street for 38 years.
More interviews are available in the There Went The Neighborhood Interview Archive.
2013 Calendar - The Village That Raised Their Children: The History of Ann Arbor's Black Community
Working in Bahamas, not football, now Bass's tactics
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Former DeLong's Bar-B-Q Chef Shannon McFall Becomes Owner, March 1993 Photographer: Kyndell Thompson
Year:
1993
Ann Arbor News, March 10, 1993
Caption:
Shannon McFall shows off DeLong's Georgia Boy sandwich.
Low Bidder Gets Junkyard Job
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AACHM Oral History: Diana McKnight-Morton
Diana McKnight-Morton was born in 1944 and grew up on West Kingsley Street in a racially mixed neighborhood. Her parents Robert and Adeline Thompson ran a successful carry-out restaurant, DeLong’s Bar-B-Q, on Detroit Street for 38 years. McKnight-Morton got her master’s in guidance and counseling from Eastern Michigan University and became a supervisor for Washtenaw County Employment and Training and Community Services. She has served as a member of the Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees since 1994.
Shooting Suspect Surrenders At Campaign Headquarters
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David Rutledge Speaks at Minority Business Owners Committee Dinner, November 1984 Photographer: Mark Hammond
Year:
1984
David Rutledge's Contributions Combine Public Service, Charity
Politicians Encourage Minorities
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