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Ernest Smith Papers

‹ previous 1105 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP000906 Extent:  1.5 linear feet (3 MB) Date:  1962-1977, bulk 1964-1971 Ernest Smith was a teacher in the Detroi ...

Abstracts - drice - 09/24/2018 - 13:48 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(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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(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 ...

Image - eclemens - 05/11/2011 - 10:14 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Edward Connor Papers

‹ previous 322 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UP000242 Extent:  36.25 linear feet (60 MB, 3 SB, 1 OS, 1 folder, 1 envelope) Date:  1935-1967 Mr. Connor served w ...

Abstracts - drice - 01/19/2018 - 12:28 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(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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(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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(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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(38426) Dr. Cornelius Golightly

Portrait of Dr. Cornelius Golightly, Wayne State faculty member Date:  c 1970s Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  unknown (Detroit Public Schools, Detroit--politics and government, Educati ...

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Olga Dworkin Papers

‹ previous 449 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  WSP002733 Extent:  2 Linear Feet (1 SB, 1 OB) Date:  Circa 1944-1986 Olga Frances (Gorup) Dworkin (1925-2015) was a ...

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