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Legacies Project Oral History: Ernestine Bull

Ernestine Bull grew up in Detroit after moving there with her uncle in 1943, and she recalls attending concerts by the young Aretha Franklin at New Bethel Baptist Church in the 1950s. She joined the United States Army Women's Army Corps (WAC) and did her basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama. She was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, where she was a member of the basketball team, and in Yokohama, Japan. After her service in the army she was a teacher at Dexter Ferry Elementary School in Detroit for many years.

Ernestine Bull 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.

Heather Boyd, Audrey Xenakis at Comstock, West Park, June 13,1996 Photographer: Linda Wan

Heather Boyd, Audrey Xenakis at Comstock, West Park, June 13,1996 image
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1996
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Ann Arbor News, June 14, 1996
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It may have felt a little like Woodstock at Ann Arbor's West Park Thursday, but it was Comstock, Community High School's traditional end-of-year party. Everyone seemed to get into the swing of things, one way or the other. In photo at left, dancers include, from left, Heather Boyd and Audrey Xenakis.
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Reggae Dancing At The Star Bar, May 1981 Photographer: Mark Hodney

Reggae Dancing At The Star Bar, May 1981 image
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1981
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 13, 1981
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A couple sways to Jamaican reggae music at the Star Bar recently. Disc jockeys Michael Kremen and Brian Tomsic have amassed a large collection of familiar and obscure reggae music to play for dancers.
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Reggae Dancing At The Star Bar, May 1981 Photographer: Mark Hodney

Reggae Dancing At The Star Bar, May 1981 image
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1981
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Ann Arbor News, May 13, 1981
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'Soothing but active' is how most fans describe dancing to reggae. Here, two dancers at the Star Bar show their moves.
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Students Dance On The Last Day Of The Benton Schoolhouse - West Saline, June 1955

Students Dance On The Last Day Of The Benton Schoolhouse - West Saline, June 1955 image
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1955
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Ann Arbor News, June 14, 1955
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LAST DAY AT 117-YEAR-OLD BENTON SCHOOL: A program of music and dancing yesterday afternoon marked the last day of the last year for the Benton School, on US-112 west of Saline, which is to be abandoned. Though parents and grandparents may have experienced their nostalgic moments of sadness the youngsters had a high, old time, as the picture above shows.
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