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(27975) Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD), Chuck Holt, Undated

Chuck Holt is escorted through an unidentified location by a police officer. Date:  Undated Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Collection (African Americans, Black Panther ...

Image - eclemens - 02/05/2013 - 16:07 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25326) UAW Organizing, Battle of the Overpass, Dearborn, 1937

A Ford Service Department employee attempts to restrain a member of the UAW Local 174 Women’s Auxiliary during the “Battle of the Overpass.” Date:  1937-05-26 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:&n ...

Image - eclemens - 05/23/2011 - 08:55 - 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

(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

(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

(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

(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 ...

Image - teller - 11/25/2008 - 16:56 - 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

(11650) Purple Gang, Collingwood Massacre Trial, 1931

Collingwood Massacre Trial, L to R: Purple Gangsters Irving Millberg, Raymond Burnstein, Harry Keywell, and Attorney Edward Kennedy. September 28, 1931. Detroit, MI. Date:  1931-09-28 Physdesc:  Photograph ...

Image - mbanes - 04/07/2020 - 12:19 - 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: ...

Image - ljones - 04/10/2017 - 16:28 - 0 comments - 2 attachments