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(25998) Riots, Rebellions, Algiers Motel, Trial, 1970

Photographer's notation: “An all-white jury acquitted all four defendants charged with conspiring to violate the rights of the occupants of the Algiers Motel the night three Black teenagers were slain there during the 1967 Detroit Riot. The defendants ...

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(DN_36201_2) Ethnic Communities, Irish, Neighborhoods, Corktown, 1960

A view of businesses and residences at Sixth Street and Abbott in Detroit's Corktown Neighborhood. In the background the Book Cadillac Hotel, J.L. Hudson Department Store, and the Broderick Tower are all in view. Part of a series of photographs take ...

Image - eclemens - 05/13/2013 - 11:23 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26097) Riots, Rebellions, U.S. Army, Living Conditions, State Fairgrounds, 1967

Members of the 101st Airborne Division wait in line to use a pay phone while encamped at the State Fairgrounds during the civil unrest of 1967, Detroit, Michigan. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-25 Phy ...

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(DN_36201) Ethnic Communities, Irish, Neighborhoods, Corktown, 1960

An exterior view of a Victorian-Era duplex on Labrosse Street. At left is the shell of one of Corktown's fabled "shotgun Victorian" homes. A notice from the City of Detroit is posted to its eaves proclaiming its forthcoming demolition and denouncing il ...

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(32182) Women, War Workers, Automobiles, 1917-1918,

Portrait of a female auto worker during the First World War. Date:  1917-1918 Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Automobile industry workers, Detroit (Mich.), Detroit News, The Home Front: 1914-1919, Urban Aff ...

Image - eclemens - 07/28/2014 - 15:06 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26086) Riots, Rebellions, Arson, Hazelwood, West Side, 1967

Family members, with the assistance of neighbors and friends, attempt to save their possessions as their homes on Hazelwood on Detroit's West Side burn during the civil unrest of 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967 ...

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(26066) Riots, Rebellions, US Army, Curfew Violations, East Side, 1967

U.S. Army Airborne Infantry stop cars in violation of the curfew at French Road and Shoemaker on Detroit's East Side. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-27 Physdesc:  Photograph Photogr ...

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(26075) Riots, Rebellions, US Army, Selfridge Base, 1967

Upon their arrival at Selfridge Air Base during the civil unrest of 1967, troops of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions board Detroit Street Railway (DSR) buses bound for the staging area. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  ...

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(35813) Riots, Rebellions, Food Shortages, Relief, WCO, 1967

Residents line up outside of a food pantry set up by the West Central Organization (WCO), a local community organization. Photo courtesy of the Tony Spina Photographs. Date:  1967-07 Physdesc:  Photo negative ...

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(26006) Riots, Rebellions, Looting, East Side, 1967

The owner of a liquor store on the corner of Shoemaker and Harding on Detroit's East Side guards his property against looting during the civil unrest of 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-27 Physdes ...

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