Public Viewing | Broadcast of the Funeral of John Sinclair
At the request of John Sinclair's family and friends, the live stream of his funeral will be available for public viewing.
These details were provided by the family:
At the request of John Sinclair's family and friends, the live stream of his funeral will be available for public viewing.
These details were provided by the family:
Join us for the opening reception of Family Foundations: Four Stories of Black Washtenaw County Community Building, 1850 to 1950, on display from Saturday June 8, to Sunday July 28 in the Downtown Library 3rd floor exhibit space.
Washtenaw County is the 8th most income-segregated metro area in the United States, and this wasn't by chance. It was the result of deliberate policies and design that have perpetuated racial disparities. One of these policies was the use of racially restrictive covenants on properties throughout the county. These covenants prevented Black, Jewish, and other minoritized groups from owning or living on these properties.
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.
Help improve AADL's digital collection of historic newspapers! Drop in to the Computer Center for an afternoon of recording newspaper dates with background music and casual conversation.
Join us for a presentation by Professor Peter Boykin on the African American History of Detroit, beginning with illegal slavery in the city, as well as the city becoming a haven for the Underground Railroad. Other topics explored will be the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to Detroit, the election of Coleman Young as mayor, and the economic and political power of the African American population in the city during the latter half of the 20th century.
Ann Arbor artist and resident Hannah Burr shares about how she came to archive the artwork of Janet Gallup, an artist who lived and worked in Ann Arbor a generation before her, and how this process relates to and affects decisions she makes about her own art process and practice.
Janet Gallup was an accomplished printmaker and Ann Arbor resident who died in her late 60s in 1991; Hannah Burr is a mixed media artist who came to Ann Arbor 26 years after Janet’s passing.
Make "quilt" squares out of paper to celebrate Ann Arbor's Bicentennial. All squares will be combined at the end of the event series and placed on display in the Library as a collective representation of Ann Arbor's citizens and visitors.
Make "quilt" squares out of paper to celebrate Ann Arbor's Bicentennial. All squares will be combined at the end of the event series and placed on display in the Library as a collective representation of Ann Arbor's citizens and visitors.
Make "quilt" squares out of paper to celebrate Ann Arbor's Bicentennial. All squares will be combined at the end of the event series and placed on display in the Library as a collective representation of Ann Arbor's citizens and visitors.