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(DN_77646) Ford Hunger March, Violence, 1932

Demonstrators on Miller Road outside of the Rouge Plant flee as tear gas and bullets are released on them by Dearborn Police and Ford Servicemen during the 1932 Ford Hunger March. Date:  1932-03-07 Photographer:  D ...

Image - eclemens - 03/18/2011 - 15:33 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28320) Ethnic Communities, Hungarian, Businesses, Delray, 1977

An interior view of an unidentified Hungarian Bakery in the Delray neighborhood of Detroit. Photo was taken as part of a series on Delray for the Detroit News. Alex Kocsisko stands at the counter. Date:  1977-05-25 Physdes ...

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(26904) Cavanagh, Last Day in Office, 1970

Jerome Cavanagh gives a press conference on his last day as Detroit's mayor. Date:  1970-01-05 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Cavanagh, Jerome P., Detroit (Mich.), Detroit--po ...

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(46777) The Great March To Freedom, LP cover

Front album cover from "The Great March to Freedom: Rev. Martin Luther King Speaks," Motown Record's first spoken-word pressing. The recording captured the first iteration of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered at Detroit's Cobo Hall at the c ...

Image - eclemens - 06/26/2023 - 08:48 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25370) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1963

Governor George Romney leads the demonstration against housing discrimination through the “Village” in Grosse Pointe. Second from right is NAACP Detroit president Edward Turner. Date:  1963-06-29 Physdesc:  Photo ...

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(DN_2005) Ethinic Communites, Slovak, Organizations, Slovak Sokols, 1940

Gymnasts Martin Ulicny, Mike Cenkner, and George Martin, members of Sokol Detroit, show their skills on the parallel bars during a demonstration at the Bohemian National Hall on the corner of Tillman and Butternut Streets, Detroit, Michigan. ...

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(DN_76441) Ford Hunger March, Marchers en route, 1932

Demonstrators fill the streets en route to the Ford Motor Company River Rouge Plant during the Ford Hunger March. Date:  1932-03-07 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff ...

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(28637) Riots, Housing, Sojourner Truth, State Troops, 1942

Michigan State Troops guard one of the many checkpoints set up on the streets that lead into 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 Afri ...

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(26929) Demonstrations, Police Brutality, Cavanagh, 1968

Mayor Jerome Cavanagh meets with pickets protesting police brutality. Date:  1968-03 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Cavanagh, Jerome P., Detroit (Mich.), Detroit (Mich.) Polic ...

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Metro Times cover, Motor City Music Awards, April 12, 1992.

Date:  1992-04-12 (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit (Mich.)—Cultural affairs, Public Relations and Social Media, Publications, Urban Affairs) ...

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