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(25372) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1963

600 Civil rights activists and supporters march through the “Village” in Grosse Pointe, en-route to a rally at Grosse Pointe (South) High School during an demonstration against housing discrimination. Date:  1963-06-29 ...

Image - eclemens - 06/13/2011 - 12:06 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(181931) Ethnic Communities, Polish, War Relief, Hamtramck, 1939

People gather in an unidentified grocery store to give donations to the Polish War Relief effort during the Second World War, Hamtramck, Michigan. Date:  1939-09-14 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:&nb ...

Image - eclemens - 11/11/2015 - 12:15 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(4587) Purple Gang, Arrests, Isadore "Izzy" Burnstein

Mug shots of Purple Gang leader Isadore "Izzy" Burnstein. December 17, 1943. Detroit, MI. Date:  1943-12-17 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit Police Department staff (JCA, Pro ...

Image - mbanes - 04/07/2022 - 08:19 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28834) Presidents, Lyndon Johnson, Walter Reuther, Labor Day, 1964

President Lyndon Johnson celebrates Labor Day in downtown Detroit with local political and labor leaders. Left to right: U.S. Senator, Pat McNamara; U.S. Senator, Phil Hart; UAW president, Walter Reuther; U.S. President Lyndon Johnson. ...

Image - eclemens - 08/29/2012 - 08:40 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(11648) Purple Gang, Collingwood Massacre Trial, 1931

Collingwood Massacre Trial, Purple Gang member (L to R): Keywell, Milberg, Bernstein and their attorney's. October 2, 1931. Detroit, MI. Date:  1931-10-02 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  ...

Image - mbanes - 04/07/2020 - 12:20 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(4576) Purple Gang, Arrests, Joe "Little Joey" Burnstein

Mug shots of Purple Gang member Joe Burnstein. August 12, 1940. Detroit, MI. Date:  1940-08-12 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit Police Department staff (JCA, Prohibition in ...

Image - mbanes - 04/07/2022 - 08:18 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2677) Participants, 1953 Board Meeting

(l to r) Society of Women Engineers Detroit Section Chairman Ann Lawrence, Pat Brown, Geneva Van Horn, and Margaret Frank relax during a 1953 SWE board meeting in Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1953 Physdesc:  Photograph ...

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(28204) Olga Madar, UAW Farah boycott, Hudson’s

Olga Madar, UAW Executive Board Member, supporting Farah boycott pickets around Hudson’s in Detroit. Date:  1973 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Fred Berk (J.L. Hudson Company, Labor ...

Image - drice - 03/19/2012 - 16:08 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(35300) Jobs Now! Conference

... held at Hutchins Junior High School, near the place where Detroit’s Civil Unrest will erupt exactly two months later. The jobs fair organizers described the neighborhood as being one of Detroit’s “areas of most critical unemployment.” May 23, 1967. Source: ...

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(29750) Urban Renewal, Wayne State University, University City, 1964

A view of the neighborhood at the corner of W. Warren Avenue and Lincoln. The area was targeted for demolition to make way for Wayne State's "University City," an area of mixed residential and educational development west of the main campus. ...

Image - eclemens - 04/18/2013 - 10:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments