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Welcome to Commie High - Why Commie High?
Deleted scene from Welcome to Commie High about Community High School's "Commie High" nickname featuring Rachel DeWoskin, Davy Rothbart, Malcolm Tulip, and Neda Ulaby.
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Welcome to Commie High - Culture
Deleted scene from Welcome to Commie High about Community High School culture featuring Francisco Fiori, Rachel DeWoskin, and Marci Woolson.
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Welcome to Commie High - Boundaries
Deleted scene from Welcome to Commie High about Community High School boundaries featuring Malcolm Tulip, John Sherman, Eva Rosenwald, and Bianca Price-Wallace.
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Welcome to Commie High - Community Resources
Deleted scene from Welcome to Commie High about Community High School community resources featuring Laith Al-Saadi, Davy Rothbart, Marci Woolson, and Elmo Morales.
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Welcome to Commie High - First Names
Deleted scene from Welcome to Commie High about Community High School use of first names featuring Bianca Price-Wallace, John Sherman, Malcolm Tulip, and Neda Ulaby.
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Welcome to Commie High - Forum
Deleted scene from Welcome to Commie High about the Community High School Forums featuring Neda Ulaby, Rachel DeWoskin, Francisco Fiori, and Eva Rosenwald.
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The Gayest Generation Ep. 5 - Carol E. Anderson
Welcome to The Gayest Generation, where we hear LGBTQ Elders speak for themselves. Every episode, we sit down with a different member of the LGBTQ community who laid the foundation for the freedoms we have today. Stories—their stories—make noise where there is silence and that silence has lived for far too long. It is time we let their voices fill the room.
In this episode, we get to know Ann Arbor's own Carol E. Anderson. You will hear about her experiences growing up in a fundamentalist Baptist home, what it was like to live in Ann Arbor during the freewheeling 70's , and how to make your relationship last. Due to adult situations and language, viewer discretion is advised. This is the Gayest Generation.
We want to give a special thank you to Carol for speaking with us. Be sure to check out her memoir, "You Can't Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties."
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AACHM Oral History: William Hampton
William Hampton was born in 1948 in Tyler, Texas, and his grandmother was the midwife. He remembers attending church revival picnics, the Texas Rose Festival, and the Juneteenth parade in his hometown. While attending college in Arlington, Texas, he was active in the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He went on to launch a Section 8 subsidized housing program in Arlington and in Ann Arbor, where he worked in the community development office. Mr. Hampton has been president of the Ann Arbor chapter of the NAACP since 2005.
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AACHM Oral History: David Rutledge
David Rutledge was born in 1945 in LaFayette, Alabama and grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He traces his commitment to public service to his experience protesting a segregated lunch counter as a teenager. He attended Tennessee State University and the University of Michigan Law School. Mr. Rutledge has served as Superior Township Supervisor, Ypsilanti State Representative, and as a member of the Washtenaw County Parks Commission and Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees. He dedicates this interview to his parents and his late wife, Gerri.
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AACHM Oral History: Don Simons
Donald L. Simons was born in 1943 and he grew up on Fuller Street in Ann Arbor. He attended Jones School, Ann Arbor High, and Eastern Michigan University. He was a starting football halfback and basketball co-captain in high school, and was recognized as athlete of the month. Mr. Simons recalls segregation and several incidents of discrimination in Ann Arbor. He is proud of his family, his work coaching at the Maxey Boys' Training School and Boysville, and co-hosting the annual neighborhood picnic for 25 years.