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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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"Last Pictures of Jimmy Hoffa," proof sheet, 1975

Negatives taken by Free Press photographer Tony Spina of Jimmy Hoffa on the morning of Hoffa's disappearance. Date:  1975-07-30 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Tony Spina (Detroit ...

Image - eclemens - 07/30/2025 - 14:53 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

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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Detroit Metro Times Publisher Ron Williams Donates to Walter P. Reuther Library

... has given voice to important perspectives of metropolitan Detroit’s life and culture that were not adequately represented within the pages of Detroit’s mainstream dailies. As Williams noted, "With progressive values ...

Blog entry - srafferty - 08/10/2023 - 08:50 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(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