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Photo Caption Contest: December 7-14, 2011
Posted December 7th, 2011 by eclemens
It's time for another round of our photo caption contest! To enter the contest follow these simple steps:
1. Look at the photo below.
2. Come up with a caption for it.
3. Post your caption and the URL for this blog post on our facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/reutherlib), either directly on our wall, or in the comments beneath the contest announcement, within one week.
We’ll pick the one we like best, and that person will get a free print of the image. After a week, we’ll reveal the true context of the photo. We hope you enjoy! read more »
Photo Caption Contest: November 16-23, 2011
Posted November 15th, 2011 by eclemens
Welcome to a new feature on the Reuther Library Blog: a photo caption contest. It’s easy to play. Here’s how:
1. Look at the photo below.
2. Come up with a caption for it.
3. Post your caption and the URL for this blog post on our facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/reutherlib), either directly on our wall, or in the comments beneath the contest announcement, within one week.
We’ll pick the one we like best, and that person will get a free print of the image. After a week, we’ll reveal the true context of the photo. We hope you enjoy! read more »
Employee Spotlight: Alberta Asmar
Posted October 13th, 2011 by eclemens
The staff of the Reuther Library would like to honor and extend grateful appreciation to an outstanding Wayne State University (WSU) employee, Ms. Alberta Asmar, who has retired after 46 years of dedicated service to various Departments and Colleges within WSU.
Alberta started her career at WSU on November 8, 1965 as an Office Clerk I in the Audio Visual Department Utilization Center. In 1978 she transferred to the Weekend College to work with Assistant Dean Carlton Maley in the Criminal Justice Building on the North Campus. read more »
The Civil Unrest of 1967
Posted July 20th, 2011 by eclemens
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- African Americans
- Detroit (Mich.) -- Riot, 1967
- Detroit (Mich.) Police Dept.
- Detroit (Mich.). Fire Dept.
- Detroit--economic conditions
- Detroit--politics and government
- Detroit--race relations
- Detroit--social conditions
- Michigan. National Guard
- United States. Army. 101st Airborne Division
- United States. Army. 82nd Airborne Division
- Urban Affairs
Despite a century of progressive innovation in Detroit, it is a sad reality that the events of July 23-27, 1967 are among the city’s defining moments. The five-day period of civil unrest and extreme chaos caused physical damage to the city and emotional trauma to its people. Decades later, the aftereffects of the damage and trauma linger on.
The violence was not totally unexpected. Rumors of an uprising had been swirling throughout the city for the better part of the summer. Radicalism was on the rise, and talk of self-determination and separatism read more »
