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Heard It On the News: Preserving 20th Century Detroit History Through Local Newscasts

Reuther Library audiovisual archivist Mary Wallace discusses the Library’s WWJ / WDIV Film, Video, and Teleprompter Scripts collection, which captures seven decades of news, current events, politics, and community life as reported by the De ...

Podcasts - teller - 07/30/2024 - 07:16 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

AFSCME Local 1259: Detroit Public Library Records

‹ previous 28 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LR002374 Extent:  4.25 linear feet (4 SB, 1 reel) Date:  1920-1981, bulk 1950-1972 Local 1259, representing Detroit ...

Abstracts - jruss - 06/10/2021 - 12:42 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Guest Post: History of Detroit's Virginia Park Neighborhood

Virginia Park, now officially a historic neighborhood in Detroit, was at the heart of the 1967 Rebellion. The district sits along Virginia Park Boulevard between Woodward and John R. and is now considered part of the New Center area. The neig ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 06/27/2019 - 11:24 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(353) Riots, Rebellions, Civil Unrest, Detroit, July 1967

National guardsman Gary Ciko of Hamtramck watches for snipers as buildings burn on Linwood Street, Detroit, Michigan. Photographer's Note: "Bottles and rocks were being thrown from rooftops and windows. As I edged along the buildings to avoid flying ...

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The Detroit Interracial Committee and Racial Pragmatism, 1944-1950

Sean Henry discusses the Detroit Interracial Committee’s (IRC) pragmatic attempt to ease racial tensions in the city following the 1943 Detroit riots. Assuming that it could not completely eliminate racial antagonism, the IRC instead used i ...

Podcasts - teller - 01/05/2021 - 10:43 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(179) Riots, Rebellions, Civil Unrest, Detroit, July 1967

Three National Guardsmen patrol the corner of Hazelwood and Linwood with weapons drawn as residents from the neighborhood look on with a mixture of amusement and anger, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  July 1967 Physdesc:  ...

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(26120) Riots, Rebellions, Fatalities, Detroit Fire Department, 1967

Police surround Carl E. Smith, a Detroit Firefighter who was shot on the corner of Mack and St. Jean on Detroit's East Side during the civil unrest of 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection Date:  1967-07-25 Physdesc: ...

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December Historical Calendar

Learn more about the information offered in our December Historical Calendar, featured in person during the 2018 Noel Night: December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Alabama. December 2, 20 ...

Blog entry - scaloia - 12/02/2019 - 16:14 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The Jewish Community Archives at the Reuther Library: Additions and Revisions

The Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archives document the rich and varied history of the Detroit Jewish community. In 1991, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit placed the bulk of its archival holdings in the Reuther Library. The ...

Blog entry - aergas - 11/16/2015 - 17:35 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Noel Night Historical Calendar 2019

Learn more about the information offered in our December Historical Calendar, featured in person during the 2019 Noel Night: December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Alabama. December, circ ...

Blog entry - scaloia - 01/02/2020 - 09:40 - 0 comments - 0 attachments