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(1688) Poverty Scenes, Michigan Ave., Detroit, 1950s

... Detroit, Michigan. NOTE: Part of an expose series on Detroit’s “Skid Row” along Michigan Ave. between Washington Blvd. and ...

Image - eclemens - 06/30/2010 - 15:49 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28597) Race Riots, Detroit, Aftermath, 1943

Ten ruined automobiles sit in the impound lot of the Detroit Police Department. The vehicles were destroyed by mobs during the race riots of 1943. Date:  1943-06-22 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographe ...

Image - eclemens - 06/08/2012 - 14:43 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(24876) NAACP, Martin Luther King, Jr., Funeral, Detroit, 1968

A bank of Greyhound busses chartered to take Detroit NAACP members to the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. await their passengers outside of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company at the corner of Woodward Ave. and E. Philadelphia Street. ...

Image - eclemens - 05/11/2011 - 08:36 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(350) Demonstrations, Vietnam War, Kennedy Square, Detroit, 1969

Thousands of demonstrators gather at Kennedy Square to join the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam, a worldwide demonstration that demanded an end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  October 15, 1969 ...

Image - eclemens - 07/12/2010 - 10:54 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2789) Poverty Scenes, Michigan Ave, Detroit, 1950s

... Detroit, Michigan. NOTE: Part of an expose series on Detroit’s “Skid Row” along Michigan Ave. between Washington Blvd. and ...

Image - eclemens - 07/01/2010 - 16:01 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(24874) NAACP, Martin Luther King, Jr., Funeral, Detroit, 1968

Members of the Detroit NAACP wait at the corner of Woodward Avenue and E. Philadelphia Street to board chartered buses that will take them to the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Date:  1968-04 Physdesc:  Phot ...

Image - eclemens - 05/11/2011 - 14:45 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2946) Parades, Labor Day, Detroit, 1957

Women march down Woodward Ave. through Campus Martius during the annual Labor Day Parade, Detroit, Michigan. In the background Kern’s Department Store, J.L. Hudson Department Store, and Sam’s Cut Rate are in view. At right stands the Soldiers and Sa ...

Image - eclemens - 08/25/2010 - 10:14 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25328) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "Walk to Freedom," Detroit, 1963

A birds-eye view of demonstrators as they make their way down Woodward Ave. during the “Walk to Freedom” civil rights march in downtown Detroit. Date:  1963-06-23 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:& ...

Image - eclemens - 04/23/2013 - 09:20 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28593) Race Riots, Violence, Detroit, 1943

A group of young white men turn a car on its side, in front of a White Tower Hamburger restaurant in during race riots of 1943. Date:  1943-06-21 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit Ne ...

Image - eclemens - 06/08/2012 - 12:25 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27859) Prohibition, Blind Pigs, Detroit, 1930

Lines form outside of a blind pig located at 932 E. Columbia on the corner of Randolph in downtown Detroit. Date:  1930-06-05 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Pr ...

Image - eclemens - 01/17/2012 - 10:02 - 0 comments - 3 attachments