All The Tables from Citizens’ School Report
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Title
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All The Tables from Citizens’ School Report
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Description
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In this newspaper clipping from 1964, the Ann Arbor News visualizes statistics from a report of the Ann Arbor Board of Education’s Citizens’ Committee, which was established to investigate how race was shaping the student populations of and educational experiences at various city schools (Jones School, n.d.). This article, one of six to be printed in the Ann Arbor News, reveals the ongoing segregation and racial violence enacted against Black students through the city’s primary education system. (All The Tables From Citizens’ School Report, n.d.). Notable statistics include the overwhelming separation of Black students into the Jones and Mack schools (which reported that Black students comprised respectively 75.4% and 41.1% of their student populations), as well as the educational neglect of Black students across the school system in regards to grades. The publication of the report these statistics come from ultimately led to broad support by civil rights groups and Black families in the North Central area to close the Jones School, as well as to restructure the city’s education system (Jones School, n.d.).
It is important to note that absent from these statistics is contextualizing information about racism in the school system, such as the experience of Black students.
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Creator(s) of the Record
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Unknown
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Ann Arbor Board of Education’s Citizens’ Committee
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Date
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June 22, 1964
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Location
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Jones School, 401 N Division Street, Ann Arbor MI 48104
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Medium
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Paper
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Type
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Newspaper clipping
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Subject
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Mapping Resistance and Community Action
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Rights
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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.
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Rights Holder
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Ann Arbor News
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Source
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Ann Arbor District Library
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Bibliographic Citation
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All The Tables From Citizens’ School Report. (n.d.). Ann Arbor District Library. Retrieved December 1, 2021, from https://aadl.org/aa_news_19640622-all_the_tables_from_citizens_school_report
