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[Podcast] Bargaining for the Common Good: Milton Tambor Reflects on 50 Years in Labor and Social Activism

Labor leader and social activist Milton Tambor discusses his life’s work in Detroit since the 1950s as a social worker; AFSCME local union president, staff representative and assistant education director; and teaching faculty in both labor ...

Podcasts - teller - 02/01/2022 - 19:46 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Subject Focus: The Purple Gang

In the Winter 2012 semester, the Reuther Library worked with students in the Graduate Certificate in Archival Administration program at the Wayne State School of Library and Information Science to produce a series of student-writte ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 04/03/2013 - 09:53 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(35800) Riots, Rebellions, National Guard, Patrols, 1967

National Guardsmen patrol an unidentified street in Detroit during the Civil Unrest, Image courtesy of the Tony Spina Photographs. Date:  1967-07 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Tony S ...

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(26108) Riots, Rebellions, Arrests, 1967

Police officers with a curfew violator on Jefferson near Belle Isle Bridge. A knife was found on one of the two men arrested. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-27 Physdesc:  Photograph ...

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(35801) Riots, Rebellions, Police Patrols, Armoured Vehicles, 1967

Detroit Police Officers patrol the streets in an armoured vehicle, rifles drawn, during the Civil Unrest. Image courtesy of the Tony Spina Photographs Date:  1967-07 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photogr ...

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(26111) Riots, Rebellions, Arrests, 1967

Police officers search a car on Charlevoix at Gladwin on Detroit's East Side and find three men with a gun. In the background Arc Tobacco and Grocery Distributers is in view. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-28 ...

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(35798) Riots, Rebellions, U.S. Army, 1967

... School, located on Fairview Street near Mack Avenue on Detroit’s East Side. The troops were stationed at the school throughout the ...

Image - eclemens - 05/10/2017 - 17:00 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25990) Riots, Rebellions, Arson, 1967

Fires from burning buildings on Detroit's West Side light up the early morning sky on July 24, 1967. Spectators watch from a distance despite the late hour. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-24 Physdesc: ...

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(26007) Riots, Rebellions, Looting, West Side, 1967

People rush past a drug store that is being looted on Detroit's West Side during the civil unrest of 1967. "Black Power" has been written on one of the windows. Date:  1967-07-24 Physdesc:  Photograph Ph ...

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(35821) Riots, Rebellions, Fires, 12th Street, 1967

Firefighters put out small piles of burning trash on 12th street during the first day of the Civil Unrest. Courtesy of the Tony Spina Photographs. Date:  1967-07-23 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photogra ...

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