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(27970) Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD), Police, Confrontation, 1970

Police officers and local media crowd the scene as members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD) are led to a police wagon after a 9-hour stand-off. At center, left is newspaper columnist Nadine Brown, who served as an intermediary between ...

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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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(24899) NAACP, Demonstrations, State Capitol, Lansing, 1960

George Edwards addresses the crowd during a mass demonstration on the steps of the State Capitol, Lansing, Michigan. Date:  1960-03-09 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Sonny Edwards (Afr ...

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(8880) First AFSCME Convention

The AFSCME convention took place at the Book-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit, Michigan in 1936. AFSCME President Arnold Zander is seated with folded hands in the center front. Behind and to his left is Secretary-Treasurer Roy Kubista. Date:  ...

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Central High School 1992 Yearbook

Extent:  12 MB Date:  1992 "Centralite," the 1992 yearbook of Central High School of Detroit, Michigan. Attachment (click to download) CHS_Yearbook_1992.pdf 11.85 MB ...

Documents - cwesterman - 05/03/2013 - 16:02 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(28632) Sojourner Truth Housing Project, Rally, Cadillac Square, 1942

Thousands of citizens and delegates from community organizations attend a mass meeting in Cadillac Square in support of housing for African American war workers. Date:  1942-04-12 Physdesc:  Photo negative ...

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(27967) Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD), Police, Confrontation, 1970

Acting mayor, Mel Ravitz (at center), addresses the crowd gathered during the confrontation between Detroit Police and members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD). The confrontation began when two police officers attempted to issue o ...

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[Podcast] Labor’s End: Automation’s Failed Promise of Freedom

Dr. Jason Resnikoff explains that the rise of automation in the mid-20th century workplace was heralded as a way to free workers from manual labor, but resulted instead in the intensification of human labor and the degradation of workers’ p ...

Podcasts - teller - 07/28/2022 - 13:22 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(26038) Riots, Rebellions, Casualties, West Side, 1967

Wild's Cleaners, at the corner of Grand River and Edmonton, the location of a shooting during the civil unrest of 1967. Date:  1967-08-07 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Batten - Detroit New ...

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(79761) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, Celebrations, Belle Isle, 1945

A young woman lights incense on an alter during the Chinese Festival on Belle Isle. Date:  1945-05-31 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Metro Detroit Ethnic Communitie ...

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