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Subject Focus: Detroit Adventure and the first Noel Night

On December 7, 2013, the forty-first annual Noel Night will take place in Midtown Detroit. The first Noel Night, on December 19, 1973, was a production of Detroit Adventure, a coalition of organizations that formed in 1959 to promote cultura ...

Blog entry - cwesterman - 11/02/2018 - 09:42 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

[Podcast] Rise Up Detroit: Stories from the African American Struggle for Power

Dr. Peter Blackmer discusses the launch of Rise Up Detroit ( www.riseupdetroit.org ), a website documenting the stories of activists in the Civil Rights and Black Power movements in Detroit. The website uses extensive oral history interview ...

Podcasts - teller - 08/23/2019 - 09:18 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The 1943 Detroit Race Riot

... Riots . With America’s entry into World War II , Detroit’s auto factories were converted to manufacturing material for the war ... created by the War’s demand. Between 1940 and 1943, Detroit’s population increased by about 500,000—roughly a third of its ...

Blog entry - jruss - 10/01/2013 - 11:31 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Detroit's Black Bottom and Paradise Valley Neighborhoods

... National Museum’s Library and Resource Center. Detroit’s Black Bottom and Paradise Valley neighborhoods provided both ... of the area’s inhabitants had migrated north to work in Detroit’s factories where they could make considerably more money than they ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 02/28/2017 - 10:43 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

NAACP Detroit Branch Records - An addition to a long history of fighting for civil rights and community improvement

The Walter P. Reuther Library is happy to announce an addition to the NAACP Detroit Branch Records collection. The Detroit Branch of the NAACP was established in 1912, making it one of the oldest branches in the country. Over the past century ...

Blog entry - srafferty - 03/30/2018 - 13:36 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

New Detroit, Inc. Records

‹ previous 889 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UR000660 Extent:  232 linear feet (232 SB) Date:  1967-1975 On August 1, 1967, immediately following the Detroit ri ...

Abstracts - drice - 11/20/2019 - 12:53 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Exhibits

Walter P. Reuther Legacy Project Walter P. Reuther Legacy Project The Walter P. Reuther Digital Archive (also know as the Walter P. Reuther Legacy Project) is a web-based resource celebrating the life, leadership, and legac ...

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Education NOW: The role of New Detroit Inc. and public engagement in reshaping Detroit's public schools

How might the relationship and flow of information between parents and the Detroit Board of Education affect the quality and locality of a child’s education? How were the parents of children involved in the inter-district busing debate of t ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 02/08/2022 - 10:07 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Reading Room

Reading Room — Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday 9:30am–noon, 1pm-3:30pm CLOSED Saturday, Sunday, and all University Holidays To schedule a research appointment, contact Kristen Chinery Please contact Kristen Ch ...

Blog entry - kchinery - 05/09/2022 - 11:01 - 0 comments - 5 attachments

Subject Focus: The Windsor-Detroit Funnel: Prohibition in Detroit

... at the Windsor-Detroit Funnel. By 1929 rumrunning was Detroit’s second largest industry, netting $215 million per year. Even more ... ignored the law. The Michigan State Police famously raided Detroit’s Deutches Haus -- operating as a speakeasy at the time -- and found ...

Blog entry - teller - 12/07/2017 - 14:40 - 0 comments - 0 attachments