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(26073) Riots, Rebellions, US Army, East Side, 1967

Infantrymen of the 82nd Airborne Division stand guard at Mack and Goethe, near Southeastern High School, on Detroit's East Side during the civil unrest of 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-25 Physd ...

Image - eclemens - 05/06/2017 - 09:58 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25996) Riots, Rebellions, Looting, 12th Street, 1967

Looters help themselves to the contents of a liquor store located on the corner of Philadelphia and 12th Street on Detroit's West Side. Courtesy Detroit News Collection Date:  1967-07-24 Physdesc:  Photograph ...

Image - eclemens - 05/06/2017 - 09:37 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Stanley J. Winkelman Papers

‹ previous 1530 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UP001500 Extent:  49 linear feet (48 SB, 1 OS) Date:  1892-2002 Stanley Winkelman served as president and Chief Ex ...

Abstracts - abarker - 11/21/2017 - 16:31 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Juneteenth - A celebration of freedom since 1865

President Lincoln is popularly given credit for freeing enslaved people in the United States with the Emancipation Proclamation. Though he personally did not support the use of slavery, his reasons for creating this proclamation were seen as ...

Blog entry - srafferty - 06/22/2021 - 10:48 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Michigan Coalition for Human Rights Records

‹ previous 821 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UR001790 Extent:  5 linear feet (5 SB) Date:  1975-2005, bulk 1981-1995 The Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (MC ...

Abstracts - drice - 01/22/2018 - 09:51 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(DN_79607) Ethnic Communities, Syrian, Churches, Customs, 1967

Proud parents Mr. and Mrs. Norman Naimy hold their son, Norman Michael, as Fr. Thomas Ruffin offers him a plate of couscous during a gathering at St. George Orthodox Church to celebrate the emergence of the baby's first tooth. Date:  1 ...

Image - eclemens - 03/31/2011 - 08:57 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(DN_36201_1) Ethnic Communities, Irish, Neighborhoods, Corktown, 1960

An exterior view of a Victorian-Era block Labrosse Street. At left is the shell of one of Corktown's fabled "Shotgun Victorian" homes. A notice from the City of Detroit is posted to its eaves proclaiming its forthcoming demolition and denouncing illega ...

Image - eclemens - 05/13/2013 - 11:23 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33672) Industrial Training, Schools, Chrysler, 1942

P. Yaroch & Violet Maeulski go over the basics of fuselage construction during a session at the Chrysler DeSoto training school. Date:  1942-09-01 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detro ...

Image - eclemens - 11/11/2015 - 11:51 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(79700) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, War Industry, 1944

Gertude Wong works the Curtiss Helldiver bomber wing line in a Hudson Motor Car Company plant in Detroit. Caption by photographer reads: "Gertude Wong, a 90-pound girl who is only 4 feet 9 inches tall, is among 135 Chinese workers employed in the Cu ...

Image - eclemens - 01/23/2013 - 11:41 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(35817) Riots, Rebellions, Algiers Motel, 1967

An exterior view of the Algiers Motel and Manor (also known as the "Annex"), the location where three young Black men were killed and seven other people were badly beaten by law enforcement during a raid prompted by reports of armed gunmen near the loca ...

Image - eclemens - 05/05/2017 - 17:01 - 0 comments - 3 attachments