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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 ...

Image - eclemens - 06/15/2012 - 04:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(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 ...

Image - eclemens - 02/12/2018 - 18:42 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(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 ( ...

Image - eclemens - 06/06/2023 - 07:41 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(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 ...

Image - eclemens - 06/05/2023 - 10:36 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(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 ...

Image - eclemens - 07/11/2019 - 14:18 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(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 ...

Image - eclemens - 02/08/2018 - 11:52 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(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 ...

Image - eclemens - 05/11/2011 - 11:26 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(DN_8976) Ethnic Communities, Polish, Hamtramck, Businesses, 1951

A view of local businesses, looking north on Joseph Campau Street, Hamtramck, Michigan. Visible businesses include: Dr. Wendall Cox, Dentist; New Palace Bakery; Peoples Market; Podezwas Shoes; Hotpoint Appliances; Credit Jew; Campau Furniture; Grand ...

Image - eclemens - 03/04/2011 - 13:20 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(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 ...

Image - eclemens - 01/25/2013 - 15:00 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27174) Max Fisher, Jerome Cavanagh, WTVS Auction, 1971

Jerome Cavanagh shares a laugh with with Max Fisher at the WTVS Auction. Date:  1971 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Cavanagh, Jerome P., Detroit (Mich.), Detroit--politics and ...

Image - eclemens - 04/26/2018 - 13:11 - 0 comments - 3 attachments