Tag Archives: Eastern Michigan University

Lee Azus on how urban renewal remade Ypsilanti’s Southside

By Mark | February 25, 2016

Almost five years ago now, I interviewed a new transplant to Ypsi by the name of Lee Azus as part of our ongoing Ypsilanti Immigration series. Azus, a former San Francisco bookstore owner, as you might recall, was anxious to hit the ground running and really get to know this community which he had chosen […]

Posted in Architecture, History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged ABC-Polk Brothers Recreation Center, Arbor Manor, Arborland, black business districts, blight, Bobby Franks, Brewster-Wheeler Recreation Center, Brown Chapel, Chicago, Currie's barbershop, Dan Boatwright, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Elliott Currie, eviction, fair housing, Federal Housing Administration, Gault Shopping Center, Great Migration, Harriet Street, Harry S. Truman, housing, Housing Act of 1949, Housing Act of 1954, housing discrimination, Lee Azus, Leopold and Loeb, Mattie Dorsey, mortgages, murder, Paradise Valley, Parkridge Community Center, Parkridge Urban Renewal Area, poverty, racism, recreation centers, redevelopment, segregation, slums, subsidized housing, Tulsa, Tulsa race riot, urban renewal, World War II, Ypsilanti Business and Professional League | 6 Comments

EMU’s football program figures prominently in controversial story of Oklahoma City serial rapist cop Daniel Holtzclaw

By Mark | February 19, 2016

I suppose there’s a good chance that all of you already know this, but, up until last night, when I read the controversial SB Nation article about Daniel Holtzclaw, the Oklahoma City police officer who was sentenced last month to 263 years in prison for raping eight women while on duty, I wasn’t aware of […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged abuse of power, Ann Arbor News, black lives matter, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, criminal justice, CTE, Daniel Holtzclaw, Detroit Lions, EMU, football, Jannie Ligons, Jeff Arnold, Jeff Genyk, police abuse, police brutality, police violence, racism, SB Nation, sexual assault, Spencer Hall, sports, tone-deaf | 17 Comments

Three awesome women share their stories about the day Bernie came to town

By Mark | February 17, 2016

If you’re interested in finding out what presidential candidate Bernie Sanders talked about on Monday, when he was here at Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center, there’s quite a bit of documentation out there. Of what I’ve seen, my favorite is an article in the Washington Post titled “‘Single-issue’ candidate Bernie Sanders touches on 20 issues […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bee Roll, Beezy's, Bernie Sanders, Clementine, Convocation Center, EMU, Howard Dean, Linette Lao, long lines, Presidential politics, rallies, standing in line | 11 Comments

The people of Flint tell their story to Congress, EMU faculty vote “no confidence” against their Regents, and The Black Opera contemplates a multimedia hip-hop tour to sow the seeds of social regeneration… on this weekend’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | February 11, 2016

When people call the Saturday Six Pack “the most ambitious little program on midwestern micro-watt AM” it’s shows like the one we have coming up this weekend that they’re thinking of. We’re not only going to be joined in the studio by hip-hop artist Jamall Bufford, who will be talking about the new multimedia project […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Black Nirvana, Donald Trump, Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents, EMU, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Flint, Flint water crisis, higher education, hip hop, Howard Bunsis, Jamall Bufford, Judith Kullberg, lead, Lead and Copper Rule, lead poisoning, Lee Anne Walters, Legionnaires' disease, multimedia, Neutral Zone, no confidence, Parents for Nontoxic Alternatives, performance art, race, rap, Safe Drinking Water Act, the corporatization of higher education, Virginia Tech, Yanna Lambrinidou | 6 Comments

Jeff Irwin on renewed movement in the Michigan House to kill Snyder’s Emergency Manager law, Ethan Lowenstein on the value of place-based education, and the witchy music of Spelling… on episode 38 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | February 8, 2016

I know that all anyone wants to talk about these days is our story about the elaborate “fuck Flint I want to go shopping”-themed cake Governor Snyder had made for his wife’s birthday, which has now spread to the likes of Gawker and Wonkette, but, for my own sanity, I’ve got to move on. So, […]