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Book Announcement: The Color of Law

Next month metropolitan Detroit authors and frequent Reuther Library researchers Steve Babson, Dave Riddle, and David Elsila are releasing their book The Color of Law: Ernie Goodman, Detroit, and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights , which uses i ...

Blog entry - teller - 10/01/2013 - 10:19 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(26891) Cavanagh, Johnson, District of Columbia, 1960s

Mayor Jerome Cavanagh shakes hands with President Lyndon Johnson during a visit to the White House. Cavanagh worked with Johnson in a number of different capacities, including on the Special Advisory Commission to President Johnson on Manpower Prob ...

Image - eclemens - 02/07/2018 - 15:37 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Roy Reuther Papers

‹ previous 978 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP001334 Extent:  5.25 linear feet (11 MB) Date:  1924-1971, bulk 1936-1971 Correspondence, newspaper clippings, ne ...

Abstracts - drice - 11/22/2019 - 16:52 - 0 comments - 2 attachments

(DN_79564) Ethnic Communities, Polish, Neighborhoods, 1928

Window shopping in a Polish neighborhood, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1928-1-16 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Metro Detroit Ethnic Communities, Detroit (Mich.), Poli ...

Image - eclemens - 03/01/2011 - 22:08 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26089) Riots, Rebellions, DPW, Clean-up, 1967

Clean-up crews from the Detroit Department of Public Works take down buildings on Detroit's West Side that were destroyed during the civil unrest of 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-31 Physdesc:&n ...

Image - eclemens - 05/06/2017 - 14:12 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(79692) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, Funerals, William Yee, 1957

The funeral procession of William S. Yee makes its way down Woodward Ave. from Central Methodist Church in downtown Detroit. Date:  1957-03-06 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staf ...

Image - eclemens - 01/14/2013 - 17:24 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2532) Buildings, City County Building, Coleman A Young Municipal Center, 1950s

Construction workers prepare a caisson to be lowered into the foundation of the new City County Building, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  Circa 1950s Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina ...

Image - eclemens - 07/20/2010 - 16:02 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Subject Focus: Armistice Day and Veterans Day

Although the First World War did not officially end until the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919, combat between the Allied nations and Germany ended on November 11, 1918, when an armistice was called for the eleventh hour o ...

Blog entry - teller - 12/03/2020 - 16:37 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(DN_21717_1) Ethnic Communities, Polish, Customs, Dygus Day, 1916

A woman taps a man on the leg with a willow switch during "Switching Day" festivities. Known as Smigus Dygus, or in America as Dygus (Switching) Day, the custom dictates that on Easter Monday young unmarried girls may be doused with water and switch ...

Image - eclemens - 03/02/2011 - 15:24 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(DN_79562) Ethnic Communities, Polish, Celebrations, Customs, Weddings, 1941

Mother and father bless the bride and groom during a demonstration of a Polish wedding ceremony, Detroit, Michigan. Standing, Left to Right: Mary Grabonska, Jacob Kmiecić Kneeling, Left to Right: Joe Skrgyński, Florence Zientarski D ...

Image - eclemens - 03/01/2011 - 17:29 - 0 comments - 3 attachments