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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

(2436) Dinner, 1963 National Convention

Members enjoy a meal at the 1963 Society of Women Engineers National Convention (Conference) in Denver, Colorado. (clockwise, from lower left): Ann Fletcher (Detroit), Dorothy Rashleigh (Detroit), Grace Wilson (Chicago), Marjorie Easterbrook (De ...

Image - teller - 11/13/2008 - 18:10 - 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

(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

(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 ...

Image - eclemens - 02/05/2013 - 12:14 - 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 ...

Image - eclemens - 02/08/2018 - 12:07 - 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 ...

Image - eclemens - 02/07/2018 - 15:22 - 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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(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

(79793) Ethnic Communities, Sebian, Dance, 1945

A group of young people demonstrate traditional Sebian Dance during "International Night." Left to right: Naida Pavlovich, Alex Pavlovich, Plga Stankov, Milly Cventanovich, Alex Cventanovich and Kathryn Pavlovich. Date:  1945 ...

Image - eclemens - 06/06/2023 - 07:43 - 0 comments - 3 attachments