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Discover UncoverA Conversation with Adam Avery – Anishinabek ArtistSloan Curator of Collections and Jerome Threlkeld interview Adam Avery, a Michigan-based Anishinabek artist who created and donated his Native American regalia art. to Sloan's History Gallery. Their conversation in this episode delves into the process to get the details accurate in the Anishinabek section of the History Gallery through Sloan's partnership with the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Avery gives details about how he learned his craft in beadwork, and the importance of the artifacts he donated to the Sloan History Gallery. We also learn why the Native American tribes originally came to...
2024-01-2223 min
Discover UncoverAn Equal Opportunity Lie: Housing Discrimination in the City of FlintAs the birthplace of General Motors, the City of Flint's population exploded in the early 20th century, going from about 30,000 to 90,000 people between 1910 and 1920 as workers from the Southern US and abroad poured into the region for jobs. Flint's infrastructure wasn't keeping up as tent cities and shanty towns cropped up. As a housing solution for their workers, GM created the Modern Housing Corporation to build affordable housing and entire neighborhoods for their workers. Behind the scenes, there was something else happening. Restricted housing "covenants" were built into the contracts, formalizing segregated housing and inequality. As the community grew...
2023-12-2616 min
Discover UncoverBeecher Tornado: Commemorating 70 Years Since the Record Breaking EF5 TornadoListen in as Geoff Woodcox, Sloan Museum curator of Collections, and Jerome Threlkeld, Community Engagement Coordinator, discuss the catastrophic EF5 tornado that destroyed entire neighborhoods in the Beecher community. Letters from high school students' accounts of the storm are read aloud, as well as how the community came together to heal and re-build.If you have a personal connection to this topic, an artifact relating to the history of Flint & Genesee County, or have a burning question, please call (810) 237-3417 and leave a voicemail (we may use your question on air), or email us at Podcast@SloanLongway...
2023-11-3021 min