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There Went The Neighborhood - Audio Interview: James Bryant

Sat, 08/10/2024 - 5:55pm

James Bryant attended Jones School from kindergarten to fifth grade. When Jones School closed in 1965, he was bused to Pattengill Elementary, and he remembers a tumultuous period of racial conflict. He helped form the Black Student Union at Tappan Junior High and Huron High School.

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

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There Went The Neighborhood - Studio Interview: Joetta Mial

Wed, 08/07/2024 - 2:04pm

Joetta Mial moved to Ann Arbor in the 1950s with her husband Harry Mial, who was the first Black teacher at Jones school from 1954 to 1957. Dr. Mial also pursued a career in teaching and became principal of Huron High School. She recalls conversations that were happening in the community about school desegregation.

This interview was filmed during the making of the documentary film There Went The Neighborhood: The Closing of Jones School, produced by the Ann Arbor District Library and 7 Cylinders Studio. More interviews are available in the There Went The Neighborhood Interview Archive.

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There Went The Neighborhood - Studio Interview: Theresa (Dixon) Campbell

Wed, 08/07/2024 - 1:53pm

Theresa (Dixon) Campbell attended Jones School from 1957 to 1965, and she recalls being involved in Black student activism at Huron High School. She shares memories of her parents, William and Minnie Dixon, who did custodial work and owned a home in “The Old Neighborhood.”

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AACHM Oral History: Patricia Manley

Wed, 08/24/2022 - 8:47am

Patricia Ashford Manley was born in 1945 in Ann Arbor, and she was raised by her mother. She remembers attending Jones Elementary School and trying out for cheerleading at Ann Arbor High School. Manley graduated from Western Michigan University in 1970 and later earned her master’s in counseling from Eastern Michigan University. She worked as a teacher, cheerleading coach, and guidance counselor at Huron High School for thirty-one years, and was principal of Thurston Elementary School for ten years. She and her husband Lamont Manley enjoy traveling and going to concerts together. They have been married for 43 years.

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Children Enjoy The Huron High School Black Student Union's Halloween Party, October 1989 Photographer: Jessica Greene

Children Enjoy The Huron High School Black Student Union's Halloween Party, October 1989 image

Year:
1989

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 26, 1989
Caption:
SIMON SAYS: What Simon said for these children at the Huron High School Black Student Union's halloween party Wednesday was 'Shake your arms.' The party was held Wednesday in the school cafeteria.

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Ray Blake, Florence Anthony and James Bryant, of the Black Student Union at Huron High School, November 1969

Year:
1969

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 16, 1969
Caption:
BSU Members Meet Three members of Huron High School's Black Student Union discuss some of their upcoming projects. They are (from left) junior Ray Blake, senior Florence Anthony and sophomore James Bryant. Ferrie Campbell, president of the Black Student Union, was not available when this photo was taken. The BSU was formed at Huron in September includes about 70 of Huron's 100-plus black students.