New Pages! "Detroit Tribune" collection of weekly columns on Ypsilanti social life from the 1930s and 1940s.
New Page! "Roll of Honor" naming all those who died or were wounded in service with the 102nd USCT.
July, 2018
New page! 102nd United States Colored Troops Regimental and Company Records "
An extensive interview on"Ypsilanti's Role in the Story of the Underground Railroad" and "Part Two".
Under the Maps menu tab, an interactive map looking at the homes, businesses and work of black Ypsilanti in 1873. Zoom in to explore; click on any icon for names.
Thousands of original, scanned newspaper articles from 1865 until 1920 have been added to the site. The rich Social Life, Clubs and Music of black Ypsilanti is explored, articles on decades of Political Activity, an archive with historically important articles on Racism and Segregation in Ypsilanti, an archive of Articles on Crime, Arrests and Court that should be read with caution and the City, Census, Building and Business archive contains articles on black busniesses and city improvements.Sections including Fires and Accidents, First Ward School, Detroit Plaindealer, and Brown AME the Second Baptist Church.
Under the Maps menu tab, an interactive map looking at the homes, businesses and work of black Ypsilanti in 1910. Zoom in to explore; click on any icon for names.
A new page, Passing On, presents dozens of obituaries, death notices and articles on Ypsilanti African Americans from the Civil War until around 1920. It can be found under the Contexts tab and in the Newspaper section.
A list of Ypsilanti's Civil War soldiers; information over seventy black men with Ypsilanti connections who fought in the Civil War. Presented under the Soldiers in the War tab in the Contexts menu.