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Julian W .Witherspoon, track, 1944-1945,Detroit, MI [Side 2]

Interviewed by John Behee in Detroit. Witherspoon discusses his motivations to go to the University of Michigan, his family's encouragement, and his experiences at the University including…

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Julian W .Witherspoon, track, 1944-1945,Detroit, MI [Side 1]

Interviewed by John Behee in Detroit. Witherspoon discusses his motivations to go to the University of Michigan, his family's encouragement, and his experiences at the University including…

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Mike Willie, football 1963-1964, 1966, (did not earn varsity letter), New York City [Side 1]

Interviewed in Ann Arbor, Mike Willie, a high school all-American halfback from New York City whose playing career was cut short by injuries, became an assistant trainer under Jim Hunt. He discusses…

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Jesse Rawls, wrestling, 1969-1970, Guyton GA/Harrisburg, PA [Side 1; no Side 2]

Interviewed in Ann Arbor by John Behee. Rawls discusses growing up in Guyton Georgia and moving to Harrisburg, PA at age seventeen. his high school athletic experiences and the motivation and…

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Godfrey Murray, track, 1970-1971, Kingston, Jamaica [Side 1; no Side 2]

Interviewed by John Behee in Ann Arbor. A sophomore at U-M, Murray discusses academic and athletic background, relations with coach Ken Burnley, his academic program at U-M, participation in BAM…

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Ken Maxey, Basketball, 1966-1969, Chicago, IL [Side 1; no Side 2]

Interviewed in Ann Arbor by John Behee. Ken Maxey was 1969 basketball team captain. He discusses adjustment from all-black high school to mostly white university, relations with coaches and…

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Tom Johnson, football, 1949-1951; track, 1949, 1950, 1952, Muskegon Heights MI [Side 1; no Side 2]

Interviewed at Ann Arbor by John Behee. Tom Johnson discusses his experiences attending the University of Michigan and his motivations and experiences at the University of Michigan, relationship with…

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Ronald A. Johnson, football, 1966-1968, Detroit, MI [Side 1]

Interviewed in Ann Arbor by John Behee. Ron Johnson discusses his early life and family life in Detroit, his motivations in coming to U-M, athletic experience, being elected first black football…

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Joseph Hayden, track, 1948, Normal, AL

John Behee interviews Joseph Hayden Jr. in Detroit. Discusses decision to attend U-M, high school career at Alabama A&M Lab School, Normal AL, time in the military, decision not to play football…

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Rodney Ford basketball, 1968-1971, Hammond, IN [Side 1; no Side 2]

Interviewed by John Behee in Detroit. Ford discusses his family and experiences which motivated him to attend college, decision to attend U-M and study engineering, black fraternities/sororities and…

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College of LSA: Afro-American: A Survey History; Berry and Cruse ([R126A]) [Part 2]

Tape 11; Recording of the pilot course of the Afro-American Studies Program, #21 and #22.Post-World War I, Marcus Garvey, The Great Migration, A. Philip Randolph, Black Radicalism of the 1920s and…

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College of LSA: Afro-American: A Survey History; Berry and Cruse ([R126A]) [Part 1]

Tape 11; Recording of the pilot course of the Afro-American Studies Program, #21 and #22. Problems and events that lead to the founding of the NAACP. Part of WUOM's recordings on University…

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College of LSA: Afro-American: A Survey History; Toll and Waters ([R123A]) [Part 2]

Tape 8; Recording of the pilot course of the Afro-American Studies Program, #15 and #16. Backlash to Reconstruction and the beginnings of the Great Migration. Part of WUOM's recordings on…

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College of LSA: Afro-American: A Survey History; Toll and Waters ([R123A]) [Part 1]

Tape 8; Recording of the pilot course of the Afro-American Studies Program, #15 and #16. Reconstruction era economic development in the South until 1900. Part of WUOM's recordings on University…

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College of LSA: Afro-American: A Survey History; Freehling and Toll ([R120A]) [Part 2]

Tape 5; Recording of the pilot course of the Afro-American Studies Program, #9 and #10. Changes in African-American culture and life after the Civil War until World War I. Part of WUOM's…

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College of LSA: Afro-American: A Survey History; Freehling and Toll ([R120A]) [Part 1]

Tape 5; Recording of the pilot course of the Afro-American Studies Program, #9 and #10. The effects of slave resistance and plantation slavery. Part of WUOM's recordings on University…

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