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(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

(8744) UAW Organizing, Reuther, Frankensteen, Battle of the Overpass, 1937

UAW organizers pose for the press on the Miller Road Overpass. Moments after this shot is taken they are attacked by employees of the Ford Service Department during the Battle of the Overpass. Left to right: Robert Kanter, Walter P. Reuther, Richard ...

Image - eclemens - 08/01/2013 - 09:01 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27986) Republic of New Afrika (RNA), Chokwe Lumumba, 1974

Portrait of Chokwe Lumumba and his wife, Anasa. Date:  1974-02-05 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (African Americans, Black nationalism--United States, Black pow ...

Image - eclemens - 02/04/2019 - 10:24 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11857) Maryanne Mahaffey

Maryanne Mahaffey, president of the Detroit City Council, is holding an AFT sign while she gets ready to march in support of the Detroit Newspaper workers June 1997 Date:  06-1997 Photographer:  unknown (AFT ...

Image - jhelpap - 04/27/2010 - 11:27 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27839) Prohibition, Stills, Raids, 1920s

A bootlegger's still is discovered in a cellar during a raid by Prohibition agents. Date:  Circa 1920s Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Prohibition in Southeaster ...

Image - eclemens - 01/13/2012 - 11:24 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11512) Ford Strike, Union Support, Windsor, Ontario, 1945

Led by a trio of bagpipers, UAW members march from Detroit to Windsor to show support for Ford of Canada auto workers on strike, Windsor, Ontario. Marchers carry signs that read “National for Council Supports Ford Strikers” and “Local 35 Supports ...

Image - eclemens - 10/22/2009 - 11:13 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11855) AFT Metropolitan Institute

AFT Metropolitan Institute, Oct. 28, 1954 Speaker: Jack Conway Commentator: Gov. G. Mennan Willam, Governor of Michigan, Antonia Kalor, President of the Detroit Federation of Teachers, Carl J. Megal, President of AFT, Frank Martel, President of the ...

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(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

(6676) Libraries, Interiors, Old Main, 1940s

A view of the conference room for the services of the Friends of the Kresge-Hooker Scientific Library in Wayne University's Old Main, Detroit, Michigan. Left to right: Dr. Wendell H. Powers, assistant to the director; Miss Virginia Wallace, assist ...

Image - eclemens - 05/02/2020 - 17:17 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(8787) NAACP, UAW, Ford Strike, Dearborn, 1941

Men in the picket line outside of the Ford Rouge plant and police officers on horseback pause to listen to the broadcast from the NAACP Detroit Youth Council sound car during the 1941 Ford Strike, Dearborn, Michigan. It is assumed that Horace Sheffield ...

Image - eclemens - 08/17/2011 - 10:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments