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(DN_79562) Ethnic Communities, Polish, Customs, 1941

Ronald Lupu divines his future, Detroit, Michigan. The custom dictates that objects representing money, religion, or vice should be placed in front of a baby. The object that the baby chooses will then predict his path in life. Date:  ...

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(28276) Ethnic Communities, Latin American, Community Centers, 1991

Howard Freeman works with children in an after-school boxing program at the Latino Family Services youth center at 3815 Fort Street in Southwestern Detroit. Date:  1991-03-21 Physdesc:  Photograph Photog ...

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(28277) Ethnic Communities, Latin American, Parades, 1966

A procession makes its way through Southwestern Detroit en-route to Holy Trinity Church on Easter Sunday. Date:  1966-04-11 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Metro Det ...

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

Nadine Brown, reporter and columnist for the Michigan Chronicle, addresses the press during a confrontation between Detroit Police and members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD). Ms. Brown served as an intermediary during the 9-hour sta ...

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(28638) Riots, Housing, Sojourner Truth, Families, 1942

Three children look on as movers from Russle's Moving and Storage unload the furniture of one of the first African American families to make it into the Sojourner Truth Housing Projects on "moving day." Date:  1942-04-29 P ...

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(24869) NAACP, Fundraising, 1960s

Crowds gather to donate money during an unidentified NAACP fundraising drive, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  Circa 1960s (African Americans, Civil rights, Detroit (Mich.), NAACP, NAACP ― Gallery, National Association for the Advanc ...

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(DN_76441_1) Ford Hunger March, Marchers en route, 1932

Demonstrators fill the streets en route to the Ford Motor Company River Rouge Plant during the Ford Hunger March. Date:  1932-03-07 Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Communist Party of America, Dearborn (Mich ...

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(28278) Ethnic Communities, Latin American, Voter Registration, 1992

Gloria Ross, a volunteer deputy registrar, registers Victoria Belemares to vote inside of Xochi’s Gift Shop in Southwest Detroit. Date:  1992-01-23 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit Ne ...

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(2533) Buildings, City County Building, Coleman A Young Municipal Center, 1976

A fish-eye view as the sun shines down on the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center and the Spirit Of Detroit Statue, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1976 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina ...

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(26923) 1968 Olympic Games, Bids, Rome, Italy, 1966

Mayor Cavanagh with Mayor Jean Drapeau of Montreal, Canada (Center Left), Mayor Jochen Vogel of Munic, W. Germany (Center Right), and Jesus Sueves representing the Mayor of Madrid (Right). These representatives are seeking to host the 1972 Olympic Game ...

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