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A.P. Marshall African American Oral History Archive

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    • John Barfield
    • Louise Bass
    • Moses Bass
    • Dr. Thomas Bass
    • Eugene Beatty
    • Jessie Pryor Campbell
    • Viola Carter
    • Leo Clark
    • William Paul Clay Sr.
    • Lois Cook
    • Marguerite Eaglin
    • Walter Easley
    • Maude Odum Forbes
    • George Goodman
    • Thelma Goodman
    • Frederick Grady
    • Ralph Grimes
    • James Donald (J. D.) Hall
    • Vanzetti Hamilton
    • Norman Kennedy
    • Edna Kersey
    • Floyd Kersey
    • Hazen A. King Jr.
    • Rev. Harvey E. Leggett
    • Erma Mashatt
    • Kenneth Mashatt and Helen Mashatt Palmer
    • Benjamin Neely
    • Martha Neely
    • Samuel Asa Richardson
    • Versa Roach
    • Garther Roberson Jr.
    • S.L. Roberson
    • Ometha M. Smith
    • Edessa Williams
    • Genevieve Williams
    • Nina Williams
    • Dr. Phillip Wells
  • A.P. Marshall
  • Oral History Tour
  • Genealogy

This project chronicles the lives and struggles of Black Ypsilantians in their own words. Recorded by historian A.P. Marshall in the 1980s, these interviews span several generations and help to tell the rich and varied story of African-American Ypsilanti. Each discussion illuminates eras of profound social change and offers an intimate look into the social, home and political life of an historic Michigan community.

A.P. Marshall

Historian and EMU Professor A.P. Marshall chronicled Ypsilanti’s black history. His work is the basis of this project.

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Oral Histories

Listen to and read interviews recorded by A.P. Marshall with long-time African-American Ypsilanti residents.

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Mural: Historic African American women of Ypsilanti

Oral History Tour

This video captures memories of Ypsilanti’s South Side that were shared during a tour with five lifelong Ypsilanti residents.

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Partners

The A.P. Marshall Oral History Archive is a partnership between the Ypsilanti District Library and the African American Cultural and Historical Museum of Washtenaw County.

This project is made possible in part by the Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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