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(360) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "Walk to Freedom," Detroit, 1963

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads an estimated crowd of 125,000 civil rights activists down Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit during the historic "Walk to Freedom." Rev. C.L. Franklin, Walter Reuther, Rev. Albert Cleage and Mayor Jerome Cavanagh are a ...

Image - eclemens - 04/23/2013 - 09:19 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25939) Demonstrations, "Walk to Freedom," McFall, King, Detroit, 1963

Martin Luther King, Jr. is greeted by Benjamin McFall, prominent mortician and Detroit Council on Human Rights co-chairman, as he arrives at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on the day of the “Walk to Freedom civil rights demonstration. Date:& ...

Image - eclemens - 06/15/2011 - 10:52 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27955) Angela Davis, Demonstrations, Detroit, 1971

Members of the activist group Detroit Youth Against War and Fascism hold banner that reads "The people will free Angela Davis and Ruchell Mage" during U.S. president Richard Nixon's appearance at Cobo Hall. Date:  1971-09-21 ...

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(5906) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "March to Freedom," Detroit, 1963

Thousands rally against racial discrimination in downtown Detroit during the “Walk to Freedom” civil rights demonstration. Demonstrators carry signs that read " Fight for Freedom -- Join the NAACP,' "Evers Died for You -- Join the NAACP for Him ...

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(24949) Detroit Federation of Teachers, Local 231, AFT

Detroit Federation of Teachers, Local 231, AFT, (L to R) Governor G. Mennen Williams (Mich), Mrs. Betty Baxter, President, Detroit Board of Education, Mrs. Jessie Baxter, President of the Michigan Federation of Teachers, Dr. Cylvia A. Sorkin, John Sch ...

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(33820) Portraits, Children, Black Bottom, Detroit

... Part of a series of photographs taken of children in Detroit’s Near East Side. The area includes the Brush Park, Paradise Valley, ...

Image - eclemens - 08/19/2021 - 10:56 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25696) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "March to Freedom," Detroit, 1963

... Luther King, Jr. makes his way towards the front of Detroit’s Cobo Hall at the conclusion of the “Walk to Freedom” civil ...

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(1748) Boats, "The Montrose", Accidents, Detroit River, Michigan, 1962

Capt. Ralph Eyre-Walker stands on the side of his wrecked British freighter, "The Montrose". The freighter collided with a cement barge and sank in the Detroit River just downstream of the Ambassador Bridge, Detroit, Michigan. Photographer's note: ...

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(1343) Buildings, Tiger Stadium, Navin Field, Baseball, Detroit, 1948

An aerial view of the first Detroit Tigers night game at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan Date:  1948 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (Architecture, Detroit (Mich.), Tony Sp ...

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(28641) Riots, Housing, Sojourner Truth, Detroit Police, 1942

Detroit Police attempt to disperse a crowd of white men, some of whom are armed with bats, from the area surrounding the Sojourner Truth Housing Projects. The men wanted to keep their neighborhood segregated from the African American families who were p ...

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