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Melvin Miller Leads The EMU Gospel Choir In Song At A Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Ceremony - January 20, 1992 Photographer: Ken Kwok
Year:
1992
Ann Arbor News, January 21, 1992
Caption:
Melvin Miller leads the Eastern Michigan University Gospel Choir in a song commemorating the late Martin Luther King Jr. during a Monday afternoon ceremony at the King Plaza on the EMU campus. The event was sponsored by fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha.
Unity March at the University of Michigan, MLK Day, January 20, 1992 Photographer: Ken Kwok
Year:
1992
Unity March at the University of Michigan, MLK Day, January 20, 1992 Photographer: Ken Kwok
Year:
1992
Unity March at the University of Michigan, MLK Day, January 20, 1992 Photographer: Ken Kwok
Year:
1992
Unity March at the University of Michigan, MLK Day, January 20, 1992 Photographer: Ken Kwok
Year:
1992
Latinisha Boston, James Campbell, and Sonia Anglade at the MLK Day Unity March, University of Michigan campus, January 20, 1992 Photographer: Ken Kwok
Year:
1992
Ann Arbor News, January 21, 1992
Caption:
Latinisha Boston, James Campbell, and Sonia Anglade march on North Ingalls Mall on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor's annual Unit March commemorating the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Legacies Project Oral History: Titus McClary
Titus W. McClary was born in 1937 and spent his childhood in Georgetown, South Carolina. After moving to Detroit, he attended Highland Park High School and worked at his uncle’s North End restaurant. During his time in the army in the early 1960s, he picketed a segregated theater and restaurant in Killeen, Texas. In 1965 he became the third Black police officer in Highland Park. McClary ran the juvenile division and helped found a Black officers’ organization. He served as mayor of Highland Park and remained a city council member until he passed away in 2017.
Titus McClary was interviewed in partnership with the Museum of African American History of Detroit and Y Arts Detroit in 2010 as part of the Legacies Project.
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Legacies Project Oral History: Shirley Northcross
Shirley Northcross was born in 1936 and grew up near Dayton, Ohio. Her father ran the Miami View Golf Course, and she recalls visits from famous athletes like Joe Louis. She was the first Black student to graduate from Fairmont High School in Kettering, Ohio. After getting a degree in physical education from Michigan State University, Northcross started out a substitute teacher and a counselor for the Camp Fire Girls of America. She taught physical education at Northwestern High School in Detroit for over 30 years.
Shirley Northcross was interviewed in partnership with the Museum of African American History of Detroit and Y Arts Detroit in 2010 as part of the Legacies Project.