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When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling's History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City

Dr. Felicia George explains how number lotteries in the city’s Black Bottom and Paradise Valley neighborhoods in the 20th century, although illegal and rife with exploitation, also raised some Black Detroiters out of poverty and created an ...

Podcasts - teller - 12/23/2024 - 10:35 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Detroit Revolutionary Movements Records now available online

The Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs is proud to announce that the Detroit Revolutionary Movements (DRM) Records are now freely available online . These materials offer firsthand information about the dema ...

Blog entry - mcourtney - 02/26/2025 - 13:12 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Detroit Adventure, Dance Theatre of Detroit flyer, 1968

A flyer for a 1968 Detroit Adventure-sponsored production of the Dance Theatre of Detroit. Date:  1968 Physdesc:  Poster (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit Adventure, University Archives, Wayne State University , Wayne ...

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Detroit Revolutionary Movements Records

‹ previous 390 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LR000874 Use restriction:  Box 2, Folder 10 and Box 4, Folder 6 of the physical records are closed from access. Due to conservation measures ...

Abstracts - drice - 10/02/2020 - 11:20 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Event Announcement: “This Is My Town: The Concert Poster Art of Detroit, 1970s-2000s”

On May 22nd, 2015, the Detroit Sound Conservancy , a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the musical sounds and stories of Detroit, will hold its second annual conference at the main branch of the Detroit Public Library. The Michigan Sound ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 05/26/2015 - 09:17 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Scholarships

The Sam Fishman Travel Grant The Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs provides awards up to $1,000 to support travel to the Reuther Library to access archival records related to the American labor movement. The award is named in ho ...

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(28392), Seal, Board of Education of the City of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, 1929.

The seal of the Detroit Board of Education, as seen on the College of the City of Detroit 1929 Commencement program. Date:  1929-06 Physdesc:  Photograph (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit Junior College, University Ar ...

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[Podcast] Detroit vs. Everybody: Exploring Race, Place, and Black Superheroes in DC Comics

Dr. Vincent Haddad explains that while Detroit has often served as the inspiration for crime-ridden settings in comics, DC Comics rose above those stereotypes with black superheroes Amazing-Man in the 1980s series All-Star Squadron and the Cy ...

Podcasts - teller - 07/13/2022 - 14:53 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Detroit Adventure, Detroit Discovery brochure, 1970

A brochure for the Detroit Adventure "Detroit Discovery: An Arts Festival" event, 1970. Date:  1970 (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit Adventure, University Archives, Wayne State University , Wayne State University — Graphics) ...

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(2383) Buildings, National Bank of Detroit, Downtown, Detroit, 1959

A street level view of the site where the National Bank of Detroit Building is under construction, Detroit, Michigan. In the background Old City Hall, The Majestic Building, the Dime Bank Building, the David Stott Building, Kern’s, and the JL Hudson D ...

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