The 1918 Pandemic in Ann Arbor, Michigan

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• Welcome Dance pic
  Image cropped from "Complex Rhythms" poster
• Playwright channels anger into 'Flint'
  Profile of the author and production of "Flint," with heavy focus on the process used in writing the play and its artistic style and antecedents.
• U-M's 'Flint' monologue play gives a voice to the pain, truths of a city betrayed
  Writeup of José Casas' "Flint" from the Detroit Free Press, focusing on Casas' process in writing the play and the feelings of the cast about performing the play in Flint.
• Ambitious play, ‘Flint,’ does not live up to expectations
  Review of "Flint" from the Michigan Daily. The reviewer praises the play's acting and ambition but is more ambivalent about its structure.
• Second National Student Conference Against Racism
  A flyer for the Second National Student Conference Against Racism. The conference discusses issues such as affirmative action, school desegregation, and organized racist violence. The flyer stresses the importance of the conference in the context of the fight for busing and the right to an equal education, stating "everyone who is fighting to win desegregation of Detroit Schools should be sure to attend."
• Rally Against Racism
  This is a flyer for the Student Coalition Against Racism's November 20th rally in support of busing, desegregation, and the prevention of racist violence in Detroit that had been seen in Boston and Louisville following school desegregation.
• "Flint" cast photo 3
  Photo of the cast of José Casas' "Flint" onstage. The photo depicts four couples dancing; three of them appear to be mixed-sex while the fourth (on the viewer's right) is two women. A man in the foreground gestures to the audience; he has brown skin and wears a crown, sash, and blazer. The scenery is made up of water pipes with an outline of the lower peninsula of Michigan on the stage.
• "Flint" cast photo 2
  Photo from the play "Flint" by José Casas. A diverse group of young actors in casual clothing appear onstage. Most of them are seated on blue barrels of the kind used to dispose of toxic waste. An African-American woman stands to the left, leaning on a broom; a white man and an African-American man sit center stage wearing smocks of the kind used in barber shops. The scenery involves an arrangement of water pipes; there is an outline of the lower peninsula of Michigan center stage.
• "Flint" cast photo 1
  A photo of the cast of José Casas' "Flint" onstage. A diverse group of young actors in casual clothes stands before a backdrop of water pipes.
• League of Women Voters Pro Busing Meeting Invitation
  This is an invitation from the League of Women Voters to a pro busing meeting to plan statewide activities to advocate for school desegregation, and in support of busing and the implementation of busing plans. This is in response to the disturbing prominence of anti-busing public opinion on the issue, and efforts to maintain segregated schools and prevent equal access to education.
• Eunice Burns' Statement Regarding Proposed 1964 Amendments to the Ann Arbor Housing Ordinance
  A draft of Eunice Burns' statement about changes needing to be made to the Fair Housing Ordinance that went into effect in 1963. She calls for more significant action to be taken to ensure housing is fair and equal for all.
• Commission on Human Rights Pamphlet
• Draft of Eunice Burns' Statement Regarding the Proposed 1963 Ann Arbor Fair Housing Ordinance
  A draft of Eunice Burns' statement to the Ann Arbor City Council concerning her staunch support for fair housing in Ann Arbor and the changes she would make to the proposed ordinance to improve its efficacy.
• Pearlene Sullivan Picketing for Fair Housing in Ann Arbor
  Pearlene Sullivan, an Ann Arbor resident and clerk-typist at the Municipal Court, participating in her fourth fair housing march. When asked why she marched, she told reporters, "This is the best way I can think of to get councilmen to change their minds. They're very stubborn -- especially the mayor. Picketing is the only way to make the council realize that Ann Arbor needs equal rights" (Stentzel, 1963).
• "Condition of Housing Units Occupied by Whites and Non-Whites"
• Suburban Human Relations Councils Fair Housing Aide Promotion
  The Suburban Human Relations Councils promoted the Greater Detroit Committee for Fair Housing Practices' Housing Aide program. Appealing to the suburban housewife in this pamphlet, they included various articles concerning the growing desire to create open suburban housing communities that accepted everyone.
• Women Against Racism No More Violence - DEFEND BUSING!
  A letter from Women Against Racism, an integrated group of women and mothers who organized in support of busing and protecting children from racist attacks. The letter is in response to the harassment of black students attending Christopher Columbus Middle School following the busing plan, calling for counter protests at anti-busing demonstrations and meetings about the busing issue to successfully desegregate Detroit's schools and keep the students safe.
• Housing Aide for the Fair Housing Listing Service Sign-up Form
• Operation Open Door
• Rose Parker Kleinman
• Housing Aide Program of the Fair Housing Listing Service Pamphlet
  The Greater Detroit Committee for Fair Housing Practices, of which many women like Rose Parker Kleinman was a part, published pamphlets like this one to promote the need for advocates for fair housing. These housing aides would find fair housing opportunities in their area for people of color.
• Sex Discrimination Complaint Filed by Women
  This is a complaint filed by women working for the City of Detroit.
• Birthing Reproductive Justice 150 Years of Images and Ideas: CARASA News.
  Picture of Michigan woman protesting in support of Abortion Rights. Covered by The Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse. Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse (CARASA) News, v. 3, no. 9 (1979).
• "Flint" program
  Program for UM School of Music, Theatre & Dance production of "Flint," by José Casas. The production was staged at the Arthur Miller Theatre and ran from April 4-14, 2019. The cover shows a rusted water tank against an acid-green sky. Program contains biographies of cast, creatives as well as program notes, theatre staff and policies, alumni news, and donor list.
• Western Union Telegram to Eunice Burns from Robert R. Wilson
  A telegram sent to Ann Arbor City Council member Eunice Burns regarding the importance of the Council's efforts to make fair housing a reality in Ann Arbor in light of the Birmingham 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, which took the lives of four African-American children.