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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 ...

Image - eclemens - 06/29/2022 - 08:34 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(79741) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, War Relief, 1938

A lion makes his way down Washington Ave. during a parade sponsored by Detroit's Chinatown merchants. The parade was a fundraiser to solicit aide for Chinese war refugees. Photographer's note: "The colorful Lion Dance, to show the lion of China does ...

Image - eclemens - 01/23/2013 - 15:43 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(DN_77644_3) Ford Hunger March, Violence, 1932

Tear gas fills the air as Dearborn Police and Ford Motor Company Servicemen attack demonstrators outside of the Rouge Plant during the 1932 Ford Hunger March. Date:  1932-03-07 Photographer:  Detroit News Staff ...

Image - eclemens - 03/18/2011 - 15:34 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33935) Portraits, Edward Stanton, 1930s

Undated portrait of the photographer and fine artist Edward "Bucky" Stanton. Date:  1930s Photographer:  Edward Stanton (Edward Stanton Photographs, African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century, ...

Image - eclemens - 03/30/2017 - 15:03 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(24843) NAACP, Demonstrations, Arthur Johnson, State Capitol, Lansing, 1960

Arthur Johnson addresses the crowd during a mass demonstration on the steps of the State Capitol, Lansing, Michigan. Second from left is Rev. James E. Wadsworth, Jr., pastor of St. Mark's Community Church. Third from left is Rev. Nicholas Hood, past ...

Image - eclemens - 06/17/2011 - 09:59 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27968) Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD), Police, Confrontation, 1970

The remains of four police cars, burned by molotov cocktails and stripped by an angry crowd during a confrontation between members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD) and the Detroit Police. The confrontation began when two police o ...

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(27971) Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD), Police, Confrontation, 1970

Members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD) are loaded into a police wagon after their 9-hour stand-off with Detroit Police officers comes to an end. The confrontation began when two police officers attempted to issue ordinance viola ...

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(DN_77644_2) Ford Hunger March, Violence, 1932

Demonstrators are met with violence by Dearborn Police and Ford Motor Company Servicemen outside of the Rouge Plant during the 1932 Ford Hunger March, Dearborn, Michigan. Date:  1932-03-07 Photographer:  Detroit News ...

Image - pneirink - 03/18/2011 - 15:34 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11519) Organizing, Curtiss Wright Corporation, Buffalo, New York, 1941

UAW members, in town to attend the 1941 Convention, take time to help organize the Curtiss Wright Corporation, Airplane Division, Buffalo, New York. Represented are members of General Motors Local 235 (Hamtramck, MI), Budd Local 306 (Detroit), and an un ...

Image - eclemens - 01/20/2011 - 13:23 - 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