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(28276) Ethnic Communities, Latin American, Community Centers, 1991

Howard Freeman works with children in an after-school boxing program at the Latino Family Services youth center at 3815 Fort Street in Southwestern Detroit. Date:  1991-03-21 Physdesc:  Photograph Photog ...

Image - eclemens - 05/18/2012 - 15:15 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(24713) CBTU Committee Members

Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) Brotherhood Ball Committee Members from left: James Glass, AFSCME Michigan Council 25; Dorothy Hughes, of the Ecorse Federation of Teachers and founding member of the Detroit chapter of CBTU; and Leon English, U ...

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Cesar Chavez, Walter Reuther, and the United Farm Workers of America Collection

Social movements that disrupt the status quo and go on to change the lives of participants most often coalesce around a powerful leader. In 1962, Cesar Chavez, a former migrant worker and community activist, began the long struggle for farm w ...

Blog entry - kschmeling - 10/08/2015 - 10:36 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(DN_79597) Ethnic Communities, Ukrainian, Dancers, Costumes, 1937

Folk dancers Irene Shustakevich ad Elsie Kozachenko pose for a photograph before their performance at the 3rd Annual Ukrainian Ball, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1937-02-24 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographe ...

Image - eclemens - 03/23/2011 - 11:25 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28278) Ethnic Communities, Latin American, Voter Registration, 1992

Gloria Ross, a volunteer deputy registrar, registers Victoria Belemares to vote inside of Xochi’s Gift Shop in Southwest Detroit. Date:  1992-01-23 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit Ne ...

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(79804) Ethnic Communities, Arab, Businesses, 1990

Portrait of Sid Shaheen, owner of Sid Office Supply in Westland, Michigan. Photographer's note: "Shaheen recalled working up to 20-hour shifts when he ran a party store on Detroit's west side." The photograph ran to illustrate an article on how ...

Image - eclemens - 06/07/2013 - 16:00 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

United Way for Southeastern Michigan Scrapbook Collection

‹ previous 1443 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UR002668 Extent:  8 linear feet (8 OS) Date:  1929-1950 Walter Laidlaw established the United Foundation in 1948 t ...

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(24869) NAACP, Fundraising, 1960s

Crowds gather to donate money during an unidentified NAACP fundraising drive, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  Circa 1960s (African Americans, Civil rights, Detroit (Mich.), NAACP, NAACP ― Gallery, National Association for the Advanc ...

Image - eclemens - 05/11/2011 - 13:44 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Jack R. Hendrickson Sr. Papers

‹ previous 584 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UP001284 Extent:  2.5 linear feet (5 MB) Date:  1970-1985 Jack Reynold Hendrickson, Sr. was a doctoral student at W ...

Abstracts - drice - 12/09/2010 - 15:19 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(33757) Purple Gang, Harry Millman, Assassination Attempt, 1937

A crowd gathers behind Harry Millman’s LaSalle Coupe, destroyed during an assassination attempt at 234 W. Lafayette Boulevard in downtown Detroit. Date:  33757 Physdesc:  Photograph (Detroit (Mich.), Organi ...

Image - eclemens - 10/26/2015 - 10:15 - 0 comments - 3 attachments