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Presented By: Michigan Community Scholars Program

MCSP Social Justice Film Series: There Went the Neighborhood

Black and white photographs of schoolchildren and teachers from the mid-twentieth century Black and white photographs of schoolchildren and teachers from the mid-twentieth century
Black and white photographs of schoolchildren and teachers from the mid-twentieth century
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.

In the making of this film, 7CS filmmakers and AADL archivists interviewed over thirty former Jones students and Black community leaders. They shared memories of Jones School and "The Old Neighborhood"—the areas now known as Kerrytown and Water Hill. A filmed walking tour, studio interviews, and historical photos form the core of the film.

After the screening, there will be a panel discussion and Q&A with director Donald Harrison, participants Omer Jean Winborn and Roger Brown, and producer Heidi Morse.
Black and white photographs of schoolchildren and teachers from the mid-twentieth century Black and white photographs of schoolchildren and teachers from the mid-twentieth century
Black and white photographs of schoolchildren and teachers from the mid-twentieth century

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