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City Park Projects Stalled

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Ann Arbor News, November 28, 1976

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November

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1976

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Park Funds Borrowed For Other City Uses

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Ann Arbor News, February 28, 1974

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February

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1974

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Researcher-Bar Owners Buying Old Hotel Building

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Ann Arbor News, October 5, 1973

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October

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1973

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AACHM Oral History: Audrey Lucas

Thu, 12/01/2016 - 3:22pm

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Audrey Lucas was born in 1934 and raised in Ann Arbor where she fondly recalls her school days Jones School. She talks about activities at the Dunbar Center where she had the pleasure of singing at various city events, and some of Ann Arbor's black neighborhoods and businesses. Ms. Lucas worked for the University of Michigan Health System for 47 years, the last 35 before her retirement as a human resources consultant.

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AACHM Oral History: Shirley Beckley

Sun, 09/11/2016 - 12:57pm

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Shirley Beckley was born on July 30, 1942. She was raised by her mother on Wall St. and attended Jones School, Mack School, and Bach Schools in Ann Arbor. Shirley started as a housing manager for the Ann Arbor Housing Commission, later becoming housing director in Lansing and Muskegon. She reminisces about working at Jacobson’s, dances at the Dunbar Center, businesses on Fourth Avenue and Ann Streets, and tense racial incidents in the schools. Shirley continues to be deeply involved in social justice issues at the local level.