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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

(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

(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

(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

(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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(28644) Riots, Housing, Sojourner Truth, Violence, 1942

Mounted Detroit Police set upon demonstrators during the clashes at the Sojourner Truth Housing Project. Date:  1942-02-28 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Africa ...

Image - eclemens - 06/15/2012 - 05:12 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(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 ...

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(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 ...

Image - eclemens - 02/08/2018 - 12:07 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(DN_47596) Ethinic Communites, Slovak, Organizations, Slovak Sokols, 1940

Young members of Sokol Detroit, a Slovakian organization, gather in the gymnasium of an unidentified building, possibly the Bohemian National Hall on the corner of Butternut and Tillman, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1940-07-07 ...

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(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 ...

Image - eclemens - 02/07/2018 - 15:22 - 0 comments - 3 attachments