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(11440) Lunch, Dodge Main, Chrysler Strike, Hamtramck, Michigan, 1937

Workers at the Dodge Main Plant line up for lunch during their 1937 Sit-Down Strike against Chrysler, Hamtramck, Michigan. Date:  March 9, 1937 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Sta ...

Image - eclemens - 10/02/2009 - 08:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27984) Republic of New Afrika (RNA), Imari Abubakari Obadele (Richard B. Henry), 1969

Imari Abubakari Obadele (Richard B. Henry), co-founder of the Republic of New Afrika (RNA), speaks with reporters from Detroit news stations. Date:  1969-09-11 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:&nbs ...

Image - eclemens - 02/06/2013 - 12:16 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11484) Leafleting, Ford Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan

George Addes, UAW secretary-treasurer, and Richard Leonard, leader of the Ford organizing drive for the UAW, defy local ordinances and pass out handbills at Gate No. 4 of the Ford Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan. Date:  1940-05-xx ...

Image - eclemens - 10/22/2010 - 10:34 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(4018) AFSCME Council 25 members at summer event

AFSCME Michigan Council 25 members enjoy a day at Belle Isle, Detroit. Date:  ca 1970s Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  unknown (AFSCME, AFSCME, Conventions, Conferences and Events (AFSC ...

Image - scaloia - 05/23/2018 - 15:47 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25226) UAW Organizing, Violence, Battle of the Overpass, Dearborn, 1937

UAW Organizers, members of the UAW Local 174 Women's Auxiliary and their supporters are violently pushed back into the Detroit Street Railway (DSR) waiting area by Ford Service Department employees during the Ford Rouge Plant during the Battle of the Ov ...

Image - eclemens - 05/23/2011 - 10:28 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27853) Prohibition, Canada, 1929

Young entrepreneurs, armed with wagons, wait outside of the Brewers Warehouse in Windsor, Ontario to assist with large deliveries. The distilleries of Ontario were popular with Americans who were willing to travel across the Detroit River to legally buy ...

Image - eclemens - 01/17/2012 - 09:22 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25225) UAW Organizing, Violence, Battle of the Overpass, Dearborn, 1937

UAW organizers, members of the UAW Local 174 Women's Auxiliary and their supporters are forced back from the Ford Rouge Plant and into the Detroit Street Railway waiting area by Ford Service Department employees during the Battle of the Overpass. Th ...

Image - eclemens - 05/20/2011 - 15:43 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30455) Health Care, Children's Hospital of Michigan, 1972

Exterior view of Children's Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1972-03-29 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit New Staff (Children's Hospital, Hospitals--Michigan--Detroit, Soci ...

Image - eclemens - 04/24/2013 - 10:16 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27980) Republic of New Afrika (RNA), Williams, Henry (Obadele), Moore, 1969

Members of the Republic of New Afrika (RNA) hold a press conference. In view are Robert Williams, Sr. (at mic), Mabel Robinson Williams, Audley "Queen Mother" Moore, Milton Henry (Gaidi Abiodun Obadele) and Richard B. Henry (Imari Abubakari Obadele). ...

Image - eclemens - 02/15/2022 - 13:35 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(8748) UAW Organizing, Violence, Battle of the Overpass, Dearborn, 1937

Ford Service Department employees assault a UAW organizer as photographers and reporters record the incident during the Battle of the Overpass. In the background, mounted policemen watch the violence but make no move to stop it. The two men wearing ...

Image - eclemens - 06/04/2013 - 11:10 - 0 comments - 3 attachments