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(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

(1188) Flyer, Sojourner Truth Housing Project, 1942

A flyer, created by local whites, asks for assistance from people outside their neighborhood at Nevada and Fenkell in keeping African Americans from moving into the Sojourner Truth Housing Project. Courtesy of the Charles A. Hill Collection ...

Image - eclemens - 07/15/2022 - 11:44 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(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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(28936) Ethnic Communities, Greek, Businesses, Customs, 1941

A group of men lay out a battle plan for future warfare with matchsticks and sugar cubes in a local cafe. Part of a series on Detroit's Greek Community. Caption reads: " Sugar cubes and matches serve as battle lines and tactics are the object of arg ...

Image - eclemens - 07/06/2012 - 13:41 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27862) Prohibition, Demonstrations, "Beer Parade," 1932

Thousands of demonstrators demand an end to Prohibition as they march through the streets of downtown Detroit during the city's "Beer Parade." An estimated crowd of 40,000 attended the festive, day-long event, including Mayor Frank Murphy. D ...

Image - eclemens - 01/17/2012 - 10:21 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26899) Cavanagh, King, 1960s

Mayor Jerome Cavanagh speaks with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and another man during an unidentified event. Date:  1960s Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Cavanagh, Jerome P., De ...

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(35868) Hamtramck Likes UF, 1952.

Audrey Hepburn hands a little UF girl (standing on table with support from unidentified man) a trophy as the girl holds a Hamtramck United Fund torch sign. Date:  1952 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer: ...

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(31870) Poster & Graphics, "Huelga," 1970s

“Huelga!” A man with a UFW flag carries a UFW Flag as he runs forward. “Huelga!” is printed above him. Poster art by Andy Zermano. Date:  1970s Physdesc:  Poster (Ad Hoc Coalition on Fair Banking ...

Image - eclemens - 11/16/2023 - 15:23 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26886) Cavanagh, Johnson, Labor Day, 1964

Mayor Jerome Cavanagh presents a miniature copy of the “Spirit of Deroit” to President Lyndon Johnson during the Labor Day rally. Also shown are the sculptor, Marshall Fredericks, and Al Barbour. Date:  1964-09-07 Phy ...

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(28640) Riots, Housing, Sojourner Truth, State Troops, 1942

State Troops patrol the streets surrounding 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 the war ho ...

Image - eclemens - 06/15/2012 - 04:52 - 0 comments - 3 attachments