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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 ...

Image - eclemens - 12/11/2017 - 17:40 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

George C. Edwards, Jr. Papers, Parts 1-4

‹ previous 459 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UP000010 Extent:  63 linear feet (106 MB, 9 SB), 6 OS Date:  1921-2001, bulk 1938-1996 George Edwards, Jr., son of ...

Abstracts - drice - 05/29/2013 - 11:30 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(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 ...

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(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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Jerome P. Cavanagh Papers

‹ previous 260 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UP000379 Use restriction:  Boxes 552-554 are closed. Extent:  334.5 linear feet (660 MB, 3 OS, 1 book) Date:  ...

Abstracts - drice - 09/08/2017 - 16:26 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Subject Focus: Black Revolutionaries

The Reuther Library celebrates African American History Month with a brief look at resources in our collections that deal with the topic of Black revolutionaries. We define Black revolutionaries as persons or groups whose goal was to create a ...

Blog entry - eclemens - 03/14/2017 - 14:01 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Nancy E. Dunn Papers

‹ previous 447 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP002192 Extent:  7 linear feet (6 SB, 1 OS) Date:  1988-2004, bulk 1995-1999 Nancy E. Dunn, a Detroit Free Press c ...

Abstracts - drice - 11/27/2017 - 13:00 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(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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Reuther Library receives Michigan Humanities Council Grant

... will support an exhibit of selected materials related to Detroit’s 1967 Civil Unrest, taken from the Reuther's over 40 archival ... are few topics in Michigan’s history as divisive as Detroit’s 1967 Civil Unrest. The five-day period of chaos and violence caused ...

Blog entry - mcourtney - 01/09/2017 - 11:24 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Subject Focus: Wayne State University's Seals, Logos, and Graphics

Apart from Old Main, which has stood at the corner of Warren and Cass since 1896, the University Seal is the oldest surviving visual symbol of Wayne State University. Like Old Main, the seal predates Wayne by some years. David M ...

Blog entry - cwesterman - 10/01/2013 - 11:29 - 0 comments - 0 attachments