There Went The Neighborhood - Studio Interview: Alma Wheeler Smith
Alma Wheeler Smith grew up in post-WWII Ann Arbor with two activist parents, Albert and Emma Wheeler. She recalls participating in picketing and demonstrations against segregation and redlining in Ann Arbor. She shares her perspective on her parents’ involvement in the decision to close Jones School.
City Had Its Own Election Crisis
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Black Women in the Workplace
In this video complied from dozens of interviews from the Living Oral History Project, Black women speak about their experiences working in Washtenaw County, including the various obstacles they had to face in hiring and on the job.
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An Invitation To Know Your Neighbors
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There Went The Neighborhood: The Closing of Jones School
As part of Ann Arbor 200, the Ann Arbor District Library and 7 Cylinders Studio (7CS) have produced a documentary film about the closing of Ann Arbor's Jones School. In 1965, the Board of Education closed the majority-Black school. Ann Arbor joined a nationwide trend of school desegregation during the Civil Rights Era. But for these young students, the loss of a neighborhood school foreshadowed changes to their close-knit community. Gentrification came to Ann Arbor on the heels of desegregation.
Alma Wheeler Smith and Supporters Celebrate Election Results, November 1994
Supporters Congratulate Alma Wheeler Smith At Election Party, November 1994
Alma Wheeler Smith Celebrates Election to State Senate, November 1994
Wheeler Family
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