AACHM Oral History Excerpt: Don Simons
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 3:36pm
Donald L. Simons was born in 1943 and he grew up on Fuller Street in Ann Arbor. He attended Jones School, Ann Arbor High, and Eastern Michigan University. He was a starting football halfback and basketball co-captain in high school, and was recognized as athlete of the month. Mr. Simons recalls segregation and several incidents of discrimination in Ann Arbor. He is proud of his family, his work coaching at the Maxey Boys' Training School and Boysville, and co-hosting the annual neighborhood picnic for 25 years.
AACHM Oral History Excerpt: Mary Wheeler McDade
Tue, 01/31/2023 - 4:21pm
Mary McDade was born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1939, but grew up in Ann Arbor. Her parents Albert and Emma Wheeler were active in local politics and civil rights. As a college student, McDade helped found the University of Michigan chapter of the NAACP. She moved to Peoria, Illinois with her husband Joe Billy McDade in 1963. After raising four children, she built a career in law. McDade graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law and she has been a justice of the Illinois Appellate Court since 2000.
Ann Arbor Can Claim Its Own Buffalo Soldier

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Discrimination Charged By White 'Sympathizers'

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City Briefs Filed On Housing Law

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Housing Bias Suit To Resume Sept 14

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Suit Testing Bias Law's Validity Set For Pre-Trial Airing Aug. 3

Pre-Trial Hearing Set In Housing Law Case

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Says Bias Allegations Appear Unfounded

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Court Permits City To Appeal Decision

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