AACHM Oral History: Dolores and James Turner
Dolores Preston Turner was born in Ann Arbor in the early 1940s, and her family lived in a small historically Black neighborhood on Woodlawn Avenue. She graduated from Ann Arbor High School, where she met her future husband, James Turner. She remembers moving into their first apartment in Pittsfield Village as a result of fair housing protests in Ann Arbor in the 1960s. Turner has two master’s degrees and she taught English at Huron High School for 30 years. Dolores and James celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in September 2021.
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How Serious Are We About Closing The Gap
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7
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November
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1999
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School Racial Probe Still Incomplete
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19
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March
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1986
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Justice Department Probe Of Schools Near Completion
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4
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1985
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School Bias Probe Escalates
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29
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August
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1985
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Building Ann Arbor's NAACP
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1
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March
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1987
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