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United Community Services Communications Department Records

‹ previous 1372 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UR002493 Extent:  6 linear feet (6 SB) Date:  1928-1992, bulk 1947-1984 The United Community Services of Metropoli ...

Abstracts - drice - 10/05/2018 - 17:00 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(33935) Portraits, Edward Stanton, 1930s

Undated portrait of the photographer and fine artist Edward "Bucky" Stanton. Date:  1930s Photographer:  Edward Stanton (Edward Stanton Photographs, African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century, ...

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(1188) Flyer, Sojourner Truth Housing Project, 1942

A flyer, created by local whites, asks for assistance from people outside their neighborhood at Nevada and Fenkell in keeping African Americans from moving into the Sojourner Truth Housing Project. Courtesy of the Charles A. Hill Collection ...

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[Podcast] Brewing a Boycott: Collective Activism and the Decades-Long Coors Beer Boycott

Dr. Allyson Brantley explains how large and diverse groups joined together for a decades-long consumer boycott of the Coors Brewing Company to fight against its union busting, discriminatory hiring practices, and politics. Brantley is an assi ...

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(33657) U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve, Enlistment, 1943

Prior to leaving for training camp, four Detroit women take the oath to join the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve. Date:  1943-11-29 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News ...

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(28043) Demonstrations, NAACP, Funerals, "N-Word," 2007

Pallbearers carry a pine casket out of Cobo Center, where the national convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's took place, towards Hart Plaza during a symbolic funeral for the "N-Word." Speakers included Governor ...

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(33656) Propoganda, Community Events, J.L. Hudson Department Store, 1945

Crowds gather to look at items on display at a "Souvinier Show" held at J.L. Hudson Department Store in downtown Detroit. Date:  1945-02-08 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Sta ...

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Hutzel Hospital Records

‹ previous 622 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UR001572 Extent:  27 linear feet (13 SB, 16 MB, 4 OS, 2 ledgers) Date:  1868-1994 In November, 1868, seven members ...

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(33626) War Industry, Women Workers, Morley Knight Company, 1943

Portrait of Carla Kwik, munitions worker at Morley Knight Company in Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1943-03-11 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff - Burgert (Detroit (Mich ...

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(32251) First World War, Casualties, Funerals, 1917-1918

Uniformed servicemen carry the coffin of a soldier killed in the First World War out of a church during a funeral in Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1917-1918 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Det ...

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