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(79745) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, Celebrations, 1955

The dragon is driven back by firecrackers during a celebration in Detroit's Chinatown. Date:  1955-10-10 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Metro Detroit Ethnic Communi ...

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(DN_21717) Ethnic Communities, Polish, Customs, Dygus Day, 1916

A woman taps a man on the leg with a willow switch as onlookers laugh in approval 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 ...

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Raymond Hood Papers

... Date:  1961-1982 Raymond Hood served Detroit’s 7th District in the Michigan House of Representatives. Mr. ...

Abstracts - abarker - 07/15/2011 - 14:47 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(12273) Ford Hunger March, Funeral Procession, 1932

Thousands line Woodward Avenue as the funeral procession for four of the men slain during the Ford Hunger March passes by, Detroit, Michigan. Within the crows, people hold banners and sign denouncing the violence and urging men to join the auto worker ...

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(26867) Girardin, Cavanagh, Church, 1966

Detroit Police Commissioner Ray Girardin and Mayor Cavanagh leave a church after an unidentified event, likely a St. Patrick's Day Mass. Date:  1966-03-17 Physdesc:  Photograph (Cavanagh, Jerome P., Detroit (M ...

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(26122) Riots, Rebellions, Arson, West Grand Boulevard, 1967

Heavy machinery removes the remains of a furniture store at the northwest corner of Dexter and West Grand Blvd that was destroyed by arsonists during the civil unrest of 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-27 ...

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(26027) Riots, Rebellions, National Guardsmen, 1967

National Guardsmen stand ready at a barbed wire barricade during the civil unrest of 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-26 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Ransom - Detr ...

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Graduate Comment

‹ previous 1254 of 1285 next › Graduate Comment was a journal published by the Graduate Division of Wayne State University. It consisted largely of essays on the subject of graduate education; it also published papers pre ...

Publications - cwesterman - 03/05/2013 - 15:40 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(28941) Ethnic Communities, Greek, Customs, 1948

Entertainers at the Greek Pan Messinian Federation Dance. Date:  1948-08-14 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff - Strylander (Metro Detroit Ethnic Communities, Ethnic ...

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(24849) NAACP, Demonstrations, State Capitol, Lansing

An unidentified speaker addresses demonstrators on the steps of the state capitol as they celebrate the landmark Supreme Court decision of “Brown v Board of Education,” Lansing, Michigan. The event took place during the Michigan State Conference of ...

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