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(35629) Black-Owned Businesses, Black Nationalism, 1967

Exterior view of a mixed use building. One the ground floor, the Shabazz Restaurant and Sharieff’s are in view. At left is an advertisement for Elijah Muhammad’s book “Message to the Black Man.” Image courtesy of the Rudveth (Rudy) Simons Ph ...

Image - eclemens - 05/10/2017 - 15:57 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28323) Ethnic Communities, Hungarian, Businesses, Delray, 1977

An exterior view of Szabo's Meat market in the Delray neighborhood of Detroit. Photo was taken as part of a series on Delray for the Detroit News. Date:  1977-05-25 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:&n ...

Image - eclemens - 06/15/2012 - 13:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Guest Post: The John C. Leggett Papers

The John C. Leggett Papers , a collection illuminating the class and race struggles of 1960s Detroit, is now available for research. Leggett, a sociologist and academic, focused his studies on the impacts of labor and race on society. The ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 04/21/2020 - 09:58 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(33655) Air Raid Drills, Schools, Northville, 1942

Children and staff at a school in Northville complete schoolwork in an air raid shelter. Date:  1942-04-27 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Detroit (Mich.), Detro ...

Image - eclemens - 11/10/2015 - 14:40 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Joan Israel Papers

‹ previous 640 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UP000797 Extent:  4.5 linear feet (10 MB) Date:  1966-1977 One of the first members of the Detroit chapter of the ...

Abstracts - abarker - 11/22/2010 - 16:13 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(28637) Riots, Housing, Sojourner Truth, State Troops, 1942

Michigan State Troops guard one of the many checkpoints set up on the streets that lead into the Sojourner Truth Housing Project on "moving day." Over 1,400 State and Detroit police and 1,000 Michigan State Troops were brought in to protect the 200 Afri ...

Image - eclemens - 06/15/2012 - 04:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26907) Cavanagh, Williams, McNamara, 1960s.

Mayor Jerome Cavanagh with Patrick McNamara and G. Mennen Williams. Date:  1960s Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Cavanagh, Jerome P., Detroit (Mich.), Detroit--politics and gov ...

Image - eclemens - 02/12/2018 - 12:02 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27963) Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD), Police, Confrontation, 1970

An exterior view of 3376 16th Street, the National Committee to Combat Fascism in America's Community Center, after the confrontation between Detroit Police and members of Detroit's Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD). Note: Police enterin ...

Image - eclemens - 02/05/2013 - 10:08 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Central High School 1900 Yearbook

Extent:  21 MB Date:  1900 Accession Number:  WSP000367 "June 1900," the 1900 yearbook of the Detroit Central High School. Part of the Harriette and Helen Bishop Papers. Attachment ...

Documents - cwesterman - 09/01/2016 - 11:00 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(27809) Charlie Cogen and Sandra Feldman

Charlie Cogen and Sandra Feldman at the 1980 AFT Convention in Detroit, MI. Date:  1980 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Paul S. Conklin (American Federation of Teachers, American Federa ...

Image - jhelpap - 04/23/2013 - 17:28 - 0 comments - 3 attachments