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(24867) NAACP, Fight for Freedom Dinner, Sponsorship, 1961

Members of the NAACP hold a check that was donated to the group during the 1961 “Fight for Freedom Dinner, ” held at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan. Left to right: Dr. Ted Hughes; Arthur L. Johnson; Dr. James J. Mc Clenden; Forrest F. Green ...

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Guest Post: Looking at Poletown

... are an invaluable resource for scholars of not only Detroit’s history but also those looking to learn from past mistakes in urban ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 09/14/2015 - 12:44 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Michigan Dance Archives: Leslie O'Day Benyo Papers

‹ previous 195 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UP002453 Extent:  .75 (1 OS) Date:  1966-2013 Leslie O'Day Benyo was the owner and artistic director of the O’Day ...

Abstracts - aergas - 07/20/2020 - 09:03 - 0 comments - 2 attachments

(DN_77644_4) Ford Hunger March, Violence, 1932

Tear gas fills the air as Dearborn Police and Ford Motor Company Servicemen attack demonstrators outside of the Rouge Plant during the 1932 Ford Hunger March. Date:  1932-03-07 Photographer:  Detroit News Staff ...

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(35794) Tony Spina Photographs; Civil Disturbance; 1967

Members of the National Guard scan the area with rifles drawn as an unidentified photographer adjusts his camera. Detroit, Michigan. 1967-07. Date:  1967-07 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  ...

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Metro Times cover, Motor City Music Awards, April 12, 1992.

Date:  1992-04-12 (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit (Mich.)—Cultural affairs, Public Relations and Social Media, Publications, Urban Affairs) ...

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(2408) Stella Berbynuk, SWE Drive, 1961 National Convention

Stella Berbynuk of the SWE Detroit section checks Detroit's standings SWE Drive fundraising campaign at the 1961 Society of Women Engineers National Convention (Conference) in Boston, Massachusetts. Date:  1961 Physdesc:&n ...

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(26929) Demonstrations, Police Brutality, Cavanagh, 1968

Mayor Jerome Cavanagh meets with pickets protesting police brutality. Date:  1968-03 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Cavanagh, Jerome P., Detroit (Mich.), Detroit (Mich.) Polic ...

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Jewish Community Archives Moving November 2022

As of November 2022, the Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archives (JCA) is moving to a brand-new collections space at Temple Beth El as partner in the newly formed Center for Michigan Jewish Heritage . The JCA collections at Reuther are cl ...

Blog entry - ageraci - 02/22/2023 - 11:26 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(11363) War Workers, UAW, Fort Knox, Tennessee, 1944

Four members of UAW Local 174 inspect a machine gun at the Camby Hill infiltration course. The women were responsible for the production of the machine gun back home on the assembly line in Detroit, Michigan. The women were part of a delegation of t ...

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