Contemporary History Project (The New Left in Ann Arbor, Mich.) transcripts of oral interviews 1978-1979

Student at the University of Michigan, later lecturer in social work, and active member of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW). From the description of Madison Foster papers, 1969-1970. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419470 Madison James Foster was a African-American author, teacher, and activist whose career spanned a wide range of political and intellectual pursuits. Born in Louisiana in 1940, Foster attended Morehouse College, ce...

Wechsler, Nancy

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Ross, Robert, 1726-1799

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Leggett, John C.

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University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Boulding, Elise.

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Kohn, Howard

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Human Rights Party (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

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During the winter of 1970, a series of open conventions were held in Ann Arbor resulting in the formation of Radical Independent Party (RIP) by local activists. In April 1971, RIP ran a write-in campaign with Doug Cornell and Jerry DeGrieck, as candidates for Mayor and Second Ward Councilman. In June, RIP member, Bob Hefner, ran in the non-partisan School Board election, gathering 11% of the city-wide vote. Needing stronger recognition, RIP decided to affiliate with the Human Rights...

Rainbow Peoples Party (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

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DeGrieck, Jerry.

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Fuller, Barbara E., 1925-

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, resident, member of humanitarian delegation sent to Vietnam in April 1976, to learn of its priorities for aid. From the description of Barbara Fuller paper, 1976. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419597 ...

Flacks, Richard

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Teach-in on Vietnam (1965 : University of Michigan)

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Mann, Richard D. (Richard Dewey), 1933-

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Richard D. Mann, University of Michigan psychology professor, played an important role in organizing the Ann Arbor and National teach-ins on the Vietnam War during the spring of 1965. He continued his activist attempts to make education timely and relevant by designing courses to examine the dynamics of student protest at Columbia and during the Black Action Movement at the University of Michigan. He also participated in efforts to open university courses to members of the local community throug...

Flacks, Miriam.

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Direct Action Committee.

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Haber, William, 1899-1988

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University of Michigan teacher and administrator, economist, labor mediator, and member of boards of various universities, Jewish educational, social, and welfare agencies, and public official. From the description of William Haber papers, 1918-1988. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422000 Educator, economist. From the description of Reminiscences of William Haber : oral history, 1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record ...

Taube, Skip.

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Fleming, R. W. (Robben Wright), 1916-2010

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Director of Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations and law professor, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). From the description of Papers, 1957-1963. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28412898 Ninth president of the University of Michigan, 1967-1978, later president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, chairman of the National Institute for Dispute Resolution, and member of the boards of the MacArthur and Johnson Found...

Youth International Party

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Cordes, Tania.

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Gitlin, Todd

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Oglesby, Carl, 1935-2011

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Student. From the description of Reminiscences of Carl Oglesby : oral history, 1984. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587553 Carl Oglesby, 2006 Photo by Jennifer Fels An activist, writer, lecturer and teacher, Carl Oglesby has participated in, written about, and analyzed some of the most important events in the recent history of the United States. His experiences before, during and after the Vietnam War as a poli...

Haber, Barbara

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Bluestone, Barry

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Chester, Eric Thomas.

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Feldman, Richard

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Bergmann, Frithjof

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Oglesby, Beth.

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Krasny, Walter.

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Contemporary History Project (The New Left in Ann Arbor, Mich.)

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"The New Left in Ann Arbor" is the title given to an oral history project conducted by the Contemporary History Project, an independent, non-profit research and education organization. The project was administered by Ellen Fishman and Bret Eynon. The fifty interviews represent only a portion of the roughly 175 individuals interviewed in an effort to document the social and political turmoil of the 1960s. Although many of the interviews concern protests against the war in Vietnam, the anti-war mo...

Plamondon, Genie.

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Hayden, Tom, 1939-2016

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Biography Tom Hayden, Democrat, was a State Assembly Member, 1983-1992 and a State Senator, 1993-1998. He represented the 44th Assembly District in Los Angeles County until 1992 when his Assembly seat was eliminated with redistricting. Hayden was then elected to the 23rd Senatorial District in Los Angeles. He left office in 2000 because of term limits. Hayden was a leader of student civil rights and anti-war movements in the 1960s...

Eynon, Bret

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Bret Eynon was a researcher and historian of the "New Left" in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the 1960s. He later became director of the LaGuardia Center for Teaching and Learning. From the guide to the Bret Eynon papers, 1966-1977, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) Papers, collected by Bret Eynon, student at the University of Michigan, relating to his interest in the radical causes and issues of the 1960s and 1970s. From the description of Bret Eynon ...

Miller, Frederick L.

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James, Edward

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Behnke, Larry, 1948-

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Kohn, Diane.

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Young, Marilyn Blatt

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Dilorenzi, Peter.

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Bryant, Bunyan I.

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Blackwell, Walter.

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Jeffrey, Sharon.

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Rowry, Ezra.

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Rubin, Gayle

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Piercy, Marge

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Grigsby, Gail.

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Potter, Paul, 1939-

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Raulet, Nais.

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Sinclair, John, 1941-

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John and Leni Sinclair were leaders of the counterculture movement in Michigan, organizers of radical social, political, and cultural endeavors primarily in the areas of music, poetry, graphic design, and community welfare projects. During the 1960s and 1970s John Sinclair founded or was active a variety of political and cultural groups including the Artists' Workshop in Detroit, the Rainbow Multi-Media Corporation, the White Panther Party and its offshoot, the Rainbow Peoples Party; and had t...

Contemporary History Project (The New Left in Ann Arbor, Mich.) transcripts of oral interviews 1978-1979

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