Parents Take Over School Head's Office in Willow Village

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Title
Parents Take Over School Head's Office in Willow Village
Description
This newspaper clipping describes a demonstration by parents of students in the Willow Village school district, which covered an area developed in between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti alongside the World War II era Willow Run factory (Sherman & Shackman, 1995)(Four Willow Run Schools Care For Great Influx, n.d.). Black parents of students in the system had organized themselves with the help of Rev. David A. Blake Jr. of Bethel A.M.E. Church to protest the potential move of Black students from the integrated Ross school to the segregated Simmonds school.
People Represented in the Record
Rev. David A. Blake Jr.
Creator(s) of the Record
Unknown
Date
September 18, 1947
Location
As the names of sites and streets have changed over time, it is hard to easily identify in what building this demonstration occurred. From a 1956 map of the area (1956 Village Map - Willow Run Village, n.d.), it seems that the center of the general geographic of area where the former Willow Village was can now be found at Middleton St, Superior Charter Twp, MI 48198. Nearby sites included both the Simmonds School and the Ross School, which are no longer searchable online.
Medium
Paper
Type
Newspaper clipping
Subject
Mapping Resistance and Community Action
Rights
This digitized copy is generously provided for research purposes by the Ann Arbor District Library, the institution charged with overseeing the care of the digital item. Copyright for this document is retained by the Ann Arbor News.
Rights Holder
Ann Arbor News
Source
Ann Arbor District Library
Bibliographic Citation
Parents Take Over School Head’s Office In Willow Village | Ann Arbor District Library. (n.d.). Retrieved December 1, 2021, from https://aadl.org/aa_news_19470918_p28-parents_take_over_school_heads_office_in_willow_village.

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