There Went the Neighborhood: the Closing of Jones School
Streaming Video - 2024
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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. Run time is approximately 40 minutes.
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SERIES
Ann Arbor 200
PUBLISHED
Year Published: 2024
Format: Streaming Video
SUBJECTS
Jones Elementary School
Summit Park
Wheeler Park
Diroff's Market
Peters Sausage Co.
Lansky Junk Yard
Ann Street Black Business District
Urban Renewal
Packard-Beakes Bypass
Ann Arbor Board of Education
Citizens Committee on Racial Imbalance
education - desegregation
Kerrytown
Water Hill
Gentrification
Bethel AME Church
Second Baptist Church of Ann Arbor
Dunbar Community Center
Old Neighborhood Reunion
Racial Discrimination
Public Housing
Ann Arbor
History
Local History
Race & Ethnicity
Social Issues
Roger Brown
Alma Wheeler Smith
Debby Mitchell Covington
Theresa Dixon Campbell
Cheryl Jewett O'Neal
Audrey Lucas
Jennifer Mitchell Hampton
Curtis Davis
Omer Jean Dixon Winborn
Shirley Beckley
Russell Lee Calvert
Joetta Mial
Dorothy Slay
Gilbert Pitts
Harry Mial
Albert H. Wheeler
Rev. C. W. Carpenter
Gene Maybee
Ann Arbor 200