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(24847) NAACP, Demonstrations, F.W. Woolworth, Detroit, 1960

Members and supporters of the NAACP picket the F.W. Woolworth store at 6565 Woodward Ave. and West Grand Boulevard in an effort to force the store to allow integrated lunch counters, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1960-03 Physd ...

Image - eclemens - 01/03/2012 - 10:13 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Detroit Coalition to End the War Now! Records

‹ previous 375 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UR000627 Use restriction:  Boxes 4-8 are closed. Separate guide exists on the server. Extent:  4.5 linear feet (9 MB) ...

Abstracts - drice - 10/12/2012 - 16:23 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Viola Liuzzo Sculpture Dedicated In Detroit

Civil rights activist Viola Gregg Liuzzo was remembered and honored on July 23, 2019, when a new sculpture, by local artist Austen Brantley, was dedicated at the Detroit park named after her. Liuzzo, born in 1925 and a mother of five li ...

Blog entry - aergas - 08/06/2019 - 09:51 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(2418) Buildings, Churches, Old Mariners', Detroit, 1955

Old Mariners’ Church gingerly makes her way from her original location at the foot of Woodward Avenue to her new home at East Jefferson Avenue and Randolph Street. The Bob-Lo boat building, the Vernors plant and the Detroit River are visible in the ba ...

Image - eclemens - 07/16/2010 - 11:50 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

College of the City of Detroit Office of the Dean Wilford L. Coffey Records

‹ previous 1595 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  WSR000329 Extent:  3.5 linear feet (7 MB) Date:  1928-1933 Frank Cody invited Wilford Coffey to become the Dean of ...

Abstracts - cwesterman - 05/13/2015 - 10:10 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(1690) Poverty Scenes, Michigan Ave., Detroit, 1950s

... Detroit, Michigan. NOTE: Part of an expose series on Detroit’s “Skid Row” along Michigan Ave. between Washington Blvd. and ...

Image - eclemens - 06/30/2010 - 11:16 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(30657) Urban Renewal, Black Bottom, Paradise Valley, Detroit, 1950s

A street view of retail stores along Hastings Street at the intersection of Mack Ave. In view is Morris Loan Office, a restaurant that featured "chicken and shrimps," Chase’s Supermarket and an unidentified Hardware Store. Photograph taken as part ...

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AFT Local 4168: Detroit Association of Educational Office Employees Records

‹ previous 69 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LR001239 Extent:  4 linear feet (8 MB) Date:  1942-1984 The collection consist of correspondence and other materials ...

Abstracts - dgolodner - 08/10/2016 - 14:45 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(2654) Riots, Rebellions, Civil Unrest, Detroit, July 1967

A police officer holds his rifle aloft as he stands watch over the blockade on 12th Street, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  July 1967 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (African Ameri ...

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(32179) Women, War Workers, Munitions, Detroit, 1918

Women munitions workers at the torch in an unidentified Detroit Factory. Date:  1918-05 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit News, The Home F ...

Image - eclemens - 07/28/2014 - 14:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments