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There Went The Neighborhood - Audio Interview: Mary Hinton-Branner

Sat, 08/10/2024 - 5:37pm

Mary Hinton-Branner attended Jones School in the 1950s, from kindergarten through sixth grade. She remembers going to the Dunbar Community Center and playing in the neighborhood with her eleven siblings. She recalls how the rise in public housing led to the gentrification of “The Old Neighborhood.”

More interviews are available in the There Went The Neighborhood Interview Archive.

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There Went The Neighborhood - State Theatre Interview: Mary Hinton-Jones

Wed, 08/07/2024 - 11:14am

Mary Hinton Jones was interviewed after a preliminary screening of the documentary film There Went The Neighborhood: The Closing of Jones School at the State Theatre on April 16, 2023. She shares memories of Jones School and the surrounding neighborhood, including why many Black homeowners moved away.

More interviews are available in the There Went The Neighborhood Interview Archive.

Students Help Write Recollection Collection

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Ann Arbor News, February 12, 1995

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February

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1995

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Members of the Ann Arbor Community Center Teen Council make plans for "Speak Out" session, March 1968 Photographer: Doug Fulton

Members of the Ann Arbor Community Center Teen Council make plans for "Speak Out" session, March 1968 image

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1968

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Ann Arbor News, March 27, 1968
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Making Plans: Making final plans for next Thursday's "Speak Out" session are eight members of the Ann Arbor Community Center Teen Council. The Teen Council is sponsoring the meeting. The goal of the Speak Out is to create a dialogue among local teenagers and adults on issues important to community relations. The teens are (rear, from left) Michael Ulmer, Larry Hunter and Robert Franklin, and (front, from left) Carlton Bell, president, Carolyn Smith, Debi Wallace, Cathy Jones, and Mary Jones, secretary-treasurer.