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AACHM Oral History: Walter Blackwell

Walter Blackwell was born in 1930 in Petersburg, Virginia. He shares memories of growing up there as well as in Mount Vernon, New York before serving in the army during the Korean War. He worked for 30 years at the Ann Arbor VA hospital, where he enjoyed helping fellow veterans. After experiencing discrimination in housing and employment, Mr. Blackwell fought for civil rights in Ann Arbor as a member of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and mentored black children in his neighborhood.

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AACHM Oral History: Audrey Monagan

Audrey Monagan was born in Ann Arbor in 1941, and grew up in a close-knit, predominantly black neighborhood on North Fifth Ave. She remembers attending Bethel AME Church with her grandparents, spending time at the Dunbar Community Center, and helping raise her younger siblings. She attended Jones School and Pioneer High School before working for General Motors, where she was an inspector for eighteen years. Mrs. Monagan has been married to her second husband, Philip, for 48 years.

Clearing the Site For Bethel AME Church on Plum St, September 1967 Photographer: Eck Stanger

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Ann Arbor News, September 1, 1967
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Site-Clearing Teamwork Youths of Bethel AME Church joined in clearing the site for a new church building which will be constructed on Plum Street neat Pear Street. Taking part in the site-clearing were Kenny, Ronald, and Michael Shaw; Robert and Raymond Blake; John Woods; Ricky and Harry Mial; Wesley Jones, and Governor Robinson. More space is urgently needed by the church, which has more than 100 boys and girls attending its Sunday school and lacks classrooms. A public service of dedication at the new site will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
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AACHM Oral History: Joetta Mial

Joetta Mial was born in 1931 in Jackson, Michigan, and later moved to Ann Arbor. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan and spent her career as an educator in the Ann Arbor Public Schools. In 1987, Joetta became principal of Huron High School after serving as a teacher, administrator, counselor, and class principal at Huron and Pioneer High Schools.

School Board OKs Black Appointees

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Ann Arbor News, March 18, 1971
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Three Named To Expanded Relations Unit

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Ann Arbor News, December 3, 1963
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