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(27970) Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD), Police, Confrontation, 1970

Police officers and local media crowd the scene as members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD) are led to a police wagon after a 9-hour stand-off. At center, left is newspaper columnist Nadine Brown, who served as an intermediary between ...

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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_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 ...

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(24839) NAACP, Demonstrations, State Capitol, Lansing, 1960

Members of the Detroit Branch of the NAACP demonstrate on the steps of the State Capitol, Lansing, Michigan. Date:  1960-03-09 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Sonny Edwards (African Ame ...

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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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(24850) NAACP, Demonstrations, State Captiol, Lansing

Bishop Stephen Gill Spotswood addresses demonstrators on the steps of the State Capitol and as they celebrate the landmark Supreme Court decision of “Brown v Board of Education” during the Michigan State Conference of NAACP Branches. Dat ...

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(WSAV002727_011) Poletown, Residents, Relocation, 1981

A family on Kanter Street loads a rented truck as they prepare to leave their home during the Poletown clearances. Date:  1981-02 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Bruce Harkness (Archite ...

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(WSAV002727_057) Poletown, Neighborhood Views, Adele Street, 1981

An African-American family poses for a photo on the porch of home located on Adele Street near Chene. Date:  1981-03-19 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Bruce Harkness (African Americans ...

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(26897) Cavanagh, Kennedy, District of Columbia, 1963

Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh and U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy share a conversation during an unidentified meeting. Date:  1963-04-16 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Ca ...

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(79761) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, Celebrations, Belle Isle, 1945

A young woman lights incense on an alter during the Chinese Festival on Belle Isle. Date:  1945-05-31 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Metro Detroit Ethnic Communitie ...

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