Detroit Commission on Community Relations (DCCR) / Human Rights Department Photographs and Other Material

Posted January 19th, 2017 by drice
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Accession Number: 
UAV000267
Use restriction: 
Patrons must make an appointment with the AV Department prior to visiting.
Extent: 
1.25 linear feet (1 MB, 1 OS), 4 sleeves. B&W photographic prints, B&W 120 and 4x5 film negatives, ephemera.

The Commission on Community Relations evolved from the City of Detroit Mayor's Interracial Committee in 1953 and was renamed in 1974 as the Human Rights Department. All three iterations served a common purpose: to make recommendations to improve governmental services affecting racial relations, and to promote understanding between the races.

Collection consists of photographs documenting its efforts to overcome racial discrimination and improve race relations in the Detroit metropolitan area and ephemera related to the “March to Freedom” civil rights demonstration held in Detroit on June 23, 1963.

Date: 
1948-1979
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