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#CurrentlyWatching: #A2Democracy with @A2ELNEL and former #AnnArbor mayor #LouBelcher. In this episode, the Mayor helps to save the #MichiganTheatre. Local politics matters, y'all. #AnnArbor #Michigan #Politics #USPol #Histodons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ6kvVU7_4M

#CurrentlyWatching: #A2Democracy with @A2ELNEL and former #AnnArbor mayor #LouBelcher. I'm only a few minutes in and we've already got far-left Democrats running in Republican primaries -- and winning! Crazy times, eh? Local politics matters, y'all. #AnnArbor #Michigan #Politics #USPol #Histodons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=389sPv4G_14

"I've been doing a lot of work in #Ypsilanti. Ypsi is the new #AnnArbor. That's where communities are still organizing themselves." -- Colleen McGee, community activist and former #A2CityCouncil rep. Comment at 23:15. #A2Democracy #Michigan cc: @A2ELNEL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bygO2JqGbnE

“Back in the ’60s and ’70s the white community was with us, got arrested with us, lost their job with us, sacrificed with us. I don't see that sacrificing now from the white liberals.” -- Shirley Beckley, #AnnArbor community activist and historian, at 11:53. #A2Democracy #Michigan #Politics #USPol #BlackMastodon #Histodons cc: @A2ELNEL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUkRx083jx0&t=704s

#A2Democracy: Shirley Beckley (Part 3 of 3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUkRx083jx0

#A2Democracy: @A2ELNEL interviews community activist and historian Shirley Beckley. A three-part series documenting a history of racism and gentrification in a supposedly "liberal" and "progressive" college town. Local politics matters, y'all. #AnnArbor #Michigan #Politics #USPol #BlackMastodon #Histodons Part 1 of 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RudeFskEZxA

#A2Democracy: @A2ELNEL interviews community activist Shirley Beckley. Fascinating, well-researched series documenting a history of racism and gentrification in a supposedly "liberal" and "progressive" college town. Local politics matters, y'all. #AnnArbor #Michigan #Politics #USPol #Histodons #UrbanRenewal #ModelCities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RudeFskEZxA