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(28654) Catholic Church, Mother Teresa, 1979

Portrait of Mother Teresa, taken as she meditates during her 1979 visit to Detroit. She came to Michigan because her order, the Missionaries of Charity, opened a convent in Detroit. Later that year she was awarded the Noble Peace Prize. Date ...

Image - eclemens - 11/15/2018 - 17:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27978) Republic of New Afrika (RNA), Robert Williams, Sr., 1969

Robert Williams, Sr., president of the Republic of New Afrika (RNA), poses for a photograph at an unidentified location. Date:  1969-09-12 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staf ...

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

(27847) Prohibition, Temperence Movement, William (Billy) Sunday, 1932

Billy Sunday, Evangelist and Temperance advocate, gives up a characteristic pose for the photographer. Date:  1932-10-11 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Prohibit ...

Image - eclemens - 01/17/2012 - 08:42 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2476) Isabelle French, Walter Cisler, 1965 National Convention

(l to r) Mary Sohler watches as SWE President Isabelle French presents a certificate of appreciation to Engineers Joint Council President Walter Cisler at the 1965 Society of Women Engineers National Convention (Conference) in Detroit, Michigan. ...

Image - teller - 11/14/2008 - 10:17 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27958) Cleage (Agyeman), Shrine of the Black Madonna, 1973

The Rev. Albert Cleage (later Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman), political organizer and founder of the Shrine of the Black Madonna, speaks before a crowd at an unidentified event. Date:  1973-1-17 Physdesc:  Photograph ...

Image - eclemens - 02/05/2013 - 05:52 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28539) Martin Luther King, Civil Rights, Cobo Hall, 1962

A meeting of leaders from the civil rights movement, politics and organized labor at Detroit's Cobo Hall. Left to Right: US Senator Phil Hart, Martin Luther King Jr. Walter Reuther UAW. Arthur Goldberg (Sec of Labor) Emil Mazey UAW and Mayor Louis ...

Image - eclemens - 07/27/2012 - 11:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27974) Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD), Brown (Al-Amin), Undated

Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown), at far left, walks with two other men in what appears to be a bus station. Date:  Undated Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (African ...

Image - eclemens - 02/05/2013 - 15:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(4322) Purple Gang, Arrests, Burnstein, 1940

Purple Gang leader Abe Burnstein at the Detroit Police Department. August 14, 1940. Detroit, MI. Date:  1940-08-14 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit Police Department staff (J ...

Image - mbanes - 04/07/2020 - 16:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25231) UAW Organizing, Women's Auxiliary, Battle of the Overpass, 1937

Members of the UAW Local 174 Women's Auxiliary stand in the back of a parked streetcar and talk to the men standing outside of the Ford Rouge Plant during the Battle of the Overpass. Date:  1937-05-26 Physdesc:  Phot ...

Image - eclemens - 05/21/2016 - 18:36 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(9603) 2nd Annual NALC Convention

Delegates at the 2nd Annual National Convention in Detroit, Michigan, August 5-7, 1891. Inscription on photograph reads "Photograph presented to President William C. Doherty at the Ohio State Association Convention in Toledo, Ohio, September 7, 1953" ...

Image - kdowgiewicz - 03/09/2011 - 14:20 - 0 comments - 3 attachments