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(24860) NAACP, Members, Fight for Freedom Dinner, 1960

Members of the NAACP pose for a picture during the Fight for Freedom Dinner at the Latin Quarters, Detroit, Michigan. Left to right, Front: Dr. Wendall Cox; Harry Golden; Mrs. Marguerite Belefonte; Dr. DeWitt Burton Left to right, Back: Damon J. ...

Image - eclemens - 01/31/2013 - 16:30 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(35796) Tony Spina Photographs; Civil Disturbance; 1967

A pair of nuns distribute food to the needy at a food pantry during the Civil Unrest. Detroit, Michigan. July 1967. Date:  1967-07 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Tony Spina (Detro ...

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(35793) Tony Spina Photographs; Civil Disturbance; 1967

Michigan Rep. John Conyers stands on the roof of a car as he tries to convince community members to go home during the first day of the civil unrest. Detroit, Michigan. 1967-07. Date:  1967-07 Physdesc:  Photo negati ...

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(35786) Tony Spina Photographs; Civil Disturbance; 1967

Residents gather to watch while police block off access as buildings burn in the distance on 12th Street. Detroit, Michigan. 1967-07. Date:  1967-07 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Tony S ...

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(28633) Sojourner Truth Housing Project, Rally, Cadillac Square, 1942

Two women place a wreath of flowers during a mass meeting in Cadillac Square in support of housing for African American war workers. Date:  1942-04-12 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detro ...

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(79811) Ethnic Communities, Arab, Dearborn, 1977

Khayoon Hannawa and Bashar Samouna pose for Detroit News Photographers in front of local Arab American owned businesses. Date:  1977 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff ( ...

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(49542) Portrait, Dr. Henry O. Walker, Harper Hospital

Portrait of Dr. Henry O. Walker with a child. Verso reads: "Dr. Walker. Chief of Staff, Harper Hospital. Friend of Fred's--Helped Tom in Detroit while attending medical school." Date:  circa 1904 Physdesc:  Photo ...

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(28314) Ethnic Communities, Russian, Dancers, 1939

Russian dancers pose, in costume, for a Detroit News photographer. Noted on verso is the phrase "Rho Alpha Chi." Standing: Jean Kondratsky, Nick Kurtz, Vera Tarashoff, Victor Tarashoff, George Werem Seated: Harry Kuzmich, Luba Pukolenko, Zena Om ...

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(28635) Riots, Housing, Sojourner Truth, State Police, 1942

Michigan State Police march in formation throughout the Sojourner Truth Housing Project on "moving day." Over 1,400 State and Detroit police and 1,000 Michigan State Troops were brought in to protect the 200 African American families set to move into th ...

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(38426) Dr. Cornelius Golightly

Portrait of Dr. Cornelius Golightly, Wayne State faculty member Date:  c 1970s Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  unknown (Detroit Public Schools, Detroit--politics and government, Educati ...

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