Ypsi Stories

By Ypsilanti District Library

Ypsi Stories is a podcast about the history of Ypsilanti, told in story form by historians, academics, community members, and local experts.... more

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The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.

Ypsi Stories episodes:

January 06, 2021 Episode 3: Ypsi March for Love, Resilience, & Action
In January 2017, amid nationwide response to the inauguration of President Donald Trump, many major cities and even smaller towns saw resistance gatherings in the form of Women’s Marches, focusing on issues of sexism at a national level. While most chose to align themselves with the national Women’s March organization, Ypsilanti, as it often does, did things a little differently.
On Friday and Saturday, January 20th and 21st 2017, an organization known as LRAY, or Love Resilience Action Ypsilanti, held a two day event which focused on issues of community building and resistance, as well as issues of sexism, racism, classism, and homophobia. They also held a march in January 2018, with a chief focus on issues of gentrification in the local community.
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37min
December 02, 2020 Episode 2: Urban Renewal on Ypsilanti's Southside
In February of 2016, the Ypsilanti District Library hosted a talk by Lee Azus on the history of Ypsilanti's urban renewal program.
He followed up with a presentation in April of 2018 on how racism in twentieth-century American housing policy shaped Ypsilanti.
In today's episode, we're going to be hearing from Lee Azus on the effects of Urban Renewal on Ypsilanti's Southside neighborhood.
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32min
November 04, 2020 Episode 1: Lucius Lyon and the Land Speculators
In the first episode of Ypsi Stories, circulation clerk Jerome Drummond educates us about early land speculation in the Ypsilanti area, focusing chiefly on the prominent land speculator, Lucius Lyon.
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28min

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