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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: D’Real Graham

By Mark | July 12, 2017

A few weeks ago, longtime Ypsilanti resident D’Real Graham left town for Washington, DC, where he’ll soon be restarting his college career. Before leaving, D’Real and I had the occasion to exchange a few emails about his memories of growing up here, how he’d seen the city change over his lifetime, and his plans for […]

Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1969, 826, activism, basketball, Belle Isle, Black Eden, Chris Stranad, churches, Civil Rights Act, creative writing, D.C., deacon, Detroit, Donald Trump, D’Real Graham, Elijah McCoy, exit interviews, gateway cities, gentrification, Great Migration, Idlewild, Kate de Fuccio, Keep Ypsi Black, Metropolitan Memorial Baptist Church, New Orleans, Nick Azzaro, NWA, racism, roasts, S.L. Roberson, social justice, Straight Outta Compton, student activism, Ta-Nehisi Coates, vacations, Washington, Washtenaw County Prosecutor, white supremacy, women's studies, write-in, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 9 Comments

Ypsi Immigration Interview: Lynne Settles

By Mark | January 22, 2016

While I’d talked with Ypsi High art teacher Lynne Settles a few times over this past year, about the HP Jacobs mural that she and her students had created on the side of Currie’s barbershop, and other community art related things, I didn’t realize until a few weeks ago that she was actually a relatively […]

Posted in History, Special Projects, The Saturday Six Pack, Ypsilanti | Also tagged African American history, art, black lives matter, Currie's barbershop, diversity, Doug Jones, Great Migration, HP Jacobs, Imani, Kate de Fuccio, Kwanzaa, Laura Bien, Lynne Settles, Matt Siegfried, Maulana Karenga, murals, Nia, public art, race, racism, teaching, teaching in public school, Westland, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti Community Schools, Ypsilanti high school, Ypsilanti Township | 12 Comments

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