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(33916) Holiday Scenes, Thanksgiving, Sara Fisher Home for Orphans, 1930s

Little pilgrims and other children from the Sara Fisher Home for Orphans say grace before settling in for Thanksgiving dinner. Date:  1930s Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Sta ...

Image - eclemens - 11/23/2015 - 10:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27987) Republic of New Afrika (RNA), Chokwe Lumumba, 1974

Chokwe Lumumba, Detroit Consul for the Republic of New Afrika (RNA), speaks to a reporter. Behind him is a bulletin board filled with clippings that feature the RNA. Date:  1971-03-30 Physdesc:  Photo negative ...

Image - eclemens - 02/06/2013 - 14:06 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32226) First World War, Civilian Support, Parade, 1918

A view of Woodward Avenue during a parade sponsored by the American Red Cross. and the Detroit Department of Recreation. Date:  1918-06 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff ...

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(24850) NAACP, Demonstrations, State Captiol, Lansing

Bishop Stephen Gill Spotswood addresses demonstrators on the steps of the State Capitol and as they celebrate the landmark Supreme Court decision of “Brown v Board of Education” during the Michigan State Conference of NAACP Branches. Dat ...

Image - eclemens - 05/11/2011 - 11:26 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26050) Riots, Rebellions, Clean-up, Salvage, 1967

Caption by photographer: “As conditions improved in this riot-torn city, workers started cleaning up and salvaging what they could. These workers are collecting copper wire from this burned out area while two members of the 82nd Airborne Division guar ...

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(27981) Republic of New Afrika (RNA), Milton Henry (Gaidi Abiodun Obadele), 1963

Portrait of Pontiac lawyer Milton R. Henry (later Gaidi Abiodun Obadele). Date:  1963-08-05 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (African Americans, Black nationalism- ...

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(26002) Riots, Rebellions, Looting, 1967

An unidentified man pushes a shopping cart filled with items taken from looted businesses during the civil unrest of 1967. Courtesy Detroit News Collection. Date:  1967-07-24 Physdesc:  Photograph Ph ...

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(WSAV002727_054) Poletown, Neighborhood Views, Relocation, 1981

Three Yemani men move mattresses from a home near Grandy and Piquette. Date:  1981-03-29 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Bruce Harkness (Architecture, Bruce Harkness Poletown Photograph ...

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(26865) Girardin, Cavanagh, Swearing-in Ceremony, 1963

Ray Girardin, former Detroit Times reporter and executive assistant to Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, is sworn-in as Detroit's Police Commissioner. Date:  1963-12-19 Physdesc:  Photograph (Cavanagh, Jerome P., Detroit ...

Image - eclemens - 02/07/2018 - 13:46 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(31977) Ethnic Communities, Romanian, World War Two, Relief Efforts, 1940

Young women perform during the Allied Festival for Polish War Relief. Date:  1940-12-10 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Dance, Detroit (Mich.), Detroit News, The Hom ...

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