As we’ve been posting a lot of exit interviews lately, I though that we’d mix things up a bit and post an interview with someone who, like me, consciously chose to return to Ypsilanti. Here’s my immigration interview with poet, writer and performer Jeff “Shappy” Seasholtz. MARK: I first saw you, if I’m not mistaken, […]
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By Mark | January 6, 2016
I think everyone knew, when it was announced a few days before Christmas that Laurel Champion, MLive’s general manager for Southeast Michigan, would be leaving the organization, that something was up. Champion, after all, had been with the digital media company since the very beginning… since the moment when she, as the Publisher of the […]
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By Mark | November 30, 2014
On the evening of December 1, our friend Matt Siegfried, who I interviewed here not too long ago about Ypsilanti’s Native American past, will be at the downtown branch of the Ypsilanti District Library, presenting his research on the role Ypsilantians played on the Underground Railroad. In hopes that it might inspire a few of […]
Posted in History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Abolitionism, African American Mysteries: Order of the Men of Oppression, AFSCME Local 1666, American history, Anti-Slavery Bugle, Artis, Asher Aray, Bernice Kersey, black settlements, blackface, Bound for Canaan, Brother Ray, Brown Chapel, Buxton, Canada, Chatham Convention, cigars, Civil War, desegregation, Detroit, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, escaped slaves, First Avenue, freedom, freedom fighters, George DeBaptiste, George McCoy, Harper’s Ferry, Hart Lodge #10, Herman Kersey, hidden cargo, Isa Stewart, Isaac Berry, James Birney, James H. Kersey, John Anderson, John Brown, John Rankin, Kersey, Lambert Lands, Levi Coffin, Liberator, Matt Siegfried, Missouri, misunderstanding American history, NAACP, Negro Folktales in Michigan, obituaries, Ohio River Valley, oral history, Prince Hall Masons, race, reconstruction, refugees, revolution, Richard Glazier, Rolanda Kersey, runaway slaves, Second Avenue, Second Baptist, secret compartments, secret societies, Signal of Liberty, slave rebellion, slave trade, slavery, social reform, South Adams Street, South Adams Street School, Stephen Sullivan, Theron Kersey, UGRR, underground railroad, Virginia, Washington Hawkins, Weurth Theater, whitewashing, Wilbur Henry Siebert, William King, William Lambert, William Moore, William Munro, Wyandotte, Ypsi history, Ypsilanti Commercial |
By Mark | September 26, 2012
I’m tempted to express outrage, but, the truth is, it’s a weak campaign, and, as Hoekstra is polling a full 16 points behind Stabenow, I don’t think it really matters. In fact, I’m kind of happy to see team Hoekstra pissing away what’s left in their coffers like this. In fact, here’s hoping the folks […]
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Former Baltimore newspaperman, David Simon, perhaps best known for his work on Homicide and The Wire, spoke before John Kerry’s Senate sub-committee on the future of journalism yesterday. As you might expect, he was brilliant. Sure, he discounted the contributions of blogs, many of whom really are producing valuable, original content, but, for the most […]