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(26042) Algiers Motel Incident, Trial, 1970

Caption from photographer: “Flint, Mich., Feb. 25 – Algiers Defendants – David Senak, 25, Ronald August, 31, Robert Pailler, 34, all former Detroit policemen and private guard Melvin Dismukes, 26 (left to right) talk to newsmen Wednesday night dur ...

Image - eclemens - 05/06/2017 - 14:22 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25998) Riots, Rebellions, Algiers Motel, Trial, 1970

Photographer's notation: “An all-white jury acquitted all four defendants charged with conspiring to violate the rights of the occupants of the Algiers Motel the night three Black teenagers were slain there during the 1967 Detroit Riot. The defendants ...

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(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 ...

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(31958) Ethnic Communities, Latvian, 1959

Baiba Tidemanis, Augustus Vangas, Jeannie Aldonis and Hon. Mary Beck pose with a Latvian flag during an unidentified event. Date:  1959-11-16 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff ...

Image - eclemens - 06/03/2014 - 14:32 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(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 ...

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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

(DN_50802) Ethnic Communities, Polish, Ceremonies, Pilsudski, 1935

An interior view of Sweetest Heart of Mary Catholic Church during the memorial mass for Polish General Joseph Pilsudski, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1935-05-18 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  De ...

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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

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_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