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Gallery Announcement: World War I Centennial

... World War, primarily that of the doctors and nurses from Detroit’s Harper Hospital working out of Base Hospital #17 in Dijon, ...

Blog entry - eclemens - 09/05/2014 - 16:49 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(28316) Ethnic Communities, Hungarian, Social Clubs and Organizations, 1940

Margaret Williams, Joe Martin, Marjorie Yaku and Frank Baldizar pose for a photo in tradtional costume during the Vero Hay Society picnic on Belle Isle. Date:  1940-07-04 Physdesc:  Photograph Photograph ...

Image - eclemens - 06/15/2012 - 12:44 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Reading Room: New Hours of Operation

For the first time in over a generation, the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs will change the normal business hours in its reading room. Long-time reference archivist William LeFevre confirmed the decision at a rec ...

Blog entry - pneirink - 05/07/2012 - 09:09 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(8787) 1941 Ford Strike, NAACP, sound car, Dearborn, Michigan

Men walking the picket line outside of the Ford Rouge plant and police officers on horseback pause to listen to the broadcast from the NAACP Detroit Youth Council sound car during the 1941 Ford Strike, Dearborn, Michigan. Horace Sheffield may be driving ...

Image - eclemens - 08/17/2011 - 10:54 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25370) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1963

Governor George Romney leads the demonstration against housing discrimination through the “Village” in Grosse Pointe. Second from right is NAACP Detroit president Edward Turner. Date:  1963-06-29 Physdesc:  Photo ...

Image - eclemens - 06/13/2011 - 12:10 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26065) Riots, Rebellions, US Army, Snipers, 1967

Photographer's caption: “Army paratroopers move into Detroit from nearby Selfridge A.F.B. as the shooting, arson and looting in the two days of riots continued to a new peak. Snipers attacked 4 police stations and pinned down several fire battalions t ...

Image - eclemens - 05/06/2017 - 10:03 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28042) Demonstrations, NAACP, Funeral, "N-Word," 2007

Thousands of people march towards Hart Plaza for the symbolic funeral of “the N-word.” The celebration included a pine casket with the word inside that was carriage pulled through the streets of Detroit in a horse-drawn carriage. Speakers included ...

Image - eclemens - 02/14/2012 - 14:02 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Subject Focus: Women in Labor Unions

“We didn’t come here to swap recipes!” Those words, uttered by Myra Wolfgang during the first Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) convention in 1974 set the tone for an agenda aimed at increasing women’s involvement and infl ...

Blog entry - drice - 02/21/2017 - 17:56 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(25986) Riots, Rebellions, Displaced Persons, Children, 1967

National Guardsmen at the Hernan Kiefer Command Post care for lost children caught in the sniper fire line. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-23 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:&nbs ...

Image - eclemens - 05/06/2017 - 10:08 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26470) Riots, Rebellions, Aerial Views, 12th Street, 1967

A bird's-eye view of 12th Street during the first day of the civil unrest of 1967. "Black Power" is painted in the center of the street. The Chit Chat Lounge is in view at upper, right corner. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  ...

Image - eclemens - 05/06/2017 - 09:41 - 0 comments - 3 attachments