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[Podcast] Detroit Industry and 'The Mural'

Dr. Jay Cephas considers two Depression-era murals in Detroit and their contrasting messaging about workers, labor, and power. Diego Rivera’s famed Detroit Industry murals, commissioned by Edsel Ford for the Detroit Institute of Arts i ...

Podcasts - teller - 09/03/2024 - 06:55 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

[Podcast] Detroit Remains: Using Historical Archeology to Connect Detroit’s Past to Its Present

Dr. Krysta Ryzewski explains how historical archaeology digs at famous Detroit locales – including the Little Harry speakeasy, the Blue Bird Inn, and the Grande Ballroom – have clarified how underrepresented communities of Detroit experie ...

Podcasts - teller - 07/30/2024 - 07:18 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

NAACP Detroit Branch Records

‹ previous 858 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UR000244 Use restriction:  To use complaint files in Part 3, Series XVI (Boxes 89, 90), researchers must sign a Restricted Use Statement. ...

Abstracts - drice - 01/06/2020 - 11:07 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Reuther Staff Directory

Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs 5401 Cass Ave Detroit MI 48202 313-577-4024 Direct reference questions to: reutherreference@wayne.edu Please reference Wayne State's University Library Staff ...

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Collections Spotlight: “Out of the House: Detroit Women’s Organizations in the 20th Century”

... Detroit in 1991 to preserve the documents of Detroit’s organized Jewish community, including large and small agencies of ...

Blog entry - teller - 05/08/2015 - 12:05 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Detroit Board of Education Detroit Public Schools Records

‹ previous 1624 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  WSR000681 Extent:  61.5 linear feet (123 MB) Date:  1860-1980, bulk 1920-1965 The Detroit Board of Education/Detro ...

Abstracts - cwesterman - 04/27/2012 - 15:41 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Detroit Commission on Community Relations (DCCR) / Human Rights Department Records

‹ previous 377 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UR000267 Extent:  158 linear feet (123 SB, 66 MB), 3 OS, 1 Scrapbook Date:  1940-1984 The Commission on Community R ...

Abstracts - drice - 07/26/2019 - 11:36 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

HistoryPin Tour: Detroit's Chinese Community

... stories, and so cannot possibly tell the complete story of Detroit’s Chinese community. For more information on this topic, consider ...

Blog entry - eclemens - 07/10/2017 - 11:11 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

[Podcast] Detroit Under Fire: Police Violence and Racial Justice in the Civil Rights Era

Dr. Matthew Lassiter shares stories uncovered in Detroit Under Fire: Police Violence, Crime Politics, and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Civil Rights Era , a collaborative digital exhibit created by undergraduate history studen ...

Podcasts - teller - 03/04/2024 - 11:03 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

[Podcast] Organizing Your Own: The White Fight for Black Power in Detroit

Dr. Say Burgin explains that contrary to the common belief that white activists were purged from the Black freedom movement in the mid-1960 and 1970s, Black-led organizations in Detroit – including the Northern Student Movement, the City-Wi ...

Podcasts - teller - 07/25/2024 - 07:51 - 0 comments - 0 attachments