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Lucille Porter, Director of the Community Leaning Post, May 1998

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The Community Leaning Post Celebrates Black History, May 1998

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Ann Arbor News, June 5, 1998
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Students Speak Out - Wanted: Black Teachers

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There Went The Neighborhood - Studio Interview: Debby Mitchell Covington

Debby Mitchell Covington grew up in Ann Arbor near Summit Park (now Wheeler Park), and she attended Jones School in kindergarten and first grade. In 1965 when Jones School closed, she was bused to Dicken Elementary and she recalls feeling isolated in the majority-white school. 

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There Went The Neighborhood - State Theatre Interview: Diana McKnight-Morton

Diana McKnight-Morton 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.

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Rev. Albert Cleage of Detroit speaking at First Methodist Church after Freedom Rally March, August 26, 1963

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John Lewis speaking at First Methodist Church after Freedom Rally March, August 26, 1963

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Freedom Rally March with John Lewis, August 26, 1963

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Freedom Rally March with John Lewis, August 26, 1963

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VISUAL ART

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FILM & VIDEO

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Teenage Kicks: The musical adaptation of "Spring Awakening" connects the past with the present at Ann Arbor Civic Theatre
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