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Letty M. Wickliffe
Letty Wickliffe was born in 1902 and passed away recently at the age of 99. Her father was a former slave who escaped to fight in the Civil War. He then went North and met Letty's mother, Mary Jewitt. Letty tells many stories about growing up as an African American in the first part of the 20th century. | |||
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List of Clips for Letty M. Wickliffe |
| Quicktime Movie | Description of Video Clip |
| Family Life in Ann Arbor (02:51) | Letty Wickliffe speaks about family life in early Ann Arbor. She remembers the tight community that the African Americans created. |
| Education in Ann Arbor (01:45) | Letty Wickliffe speaks about the education she received in early Ann Arbor. She also speaks of the atmosphere in the schools she attended such as the First Tappan Middle School. |
| Employment Opportunities in Ann Arbor for Minority Professionals (00:30) | After graduating from the University of Michigan, Letty experienced employment discrimination in Ann Arbor. She also speaks about her teaching career and her move to Texas for employment. |
| WWI: Discrimination in Ann Arbor (00:46) | The discrimination present in Ann Arbor during World War I affected Letty as a young girl. She speaks about discrimination in the Red Cross and their refusal to serve African American soldiers at that time. |
| Discrimination in Neighborhoods (01:20) | Letty talks about the increase in the African American population in Ann Arbor during WWII. Real estate companies reacted to the increase by "deciding" where the African Americans should live and only renting or selling them homes in those areas. |