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(28645) Riots, Housing, Sojourner Truth, Violence, 1942

Police, some armed, some mounted on horses, attempt to control the massive crowds that came out to protest African American families moving into the Sojourner Truth Housing Project. Date:  1942-02-28 Physdesc:  Phot ...

Image - eclemens - 06/15/2012 - 07:13 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Grace Hospital Records

‹ previous 549 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UR001352 Use restriction:  Restrictions on oral history included in the collection. Extent:  18 linear feet (18 SB), 1 led ...

Abstracts - drice - 05/31/2016 - 15:59 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(6694) Classrooms, Interiors, Old Main, 1935

Two men and two women sit in a classroom in Wayne University's Old Main, Detroit, Michigan. In the center, a woman in a lab coat operates a machine, possibly a kymograph (respiration/ blood pressure monitor) or polygraph. A man nearby is hooked up to ...

Image - eclemens - 02/18/2011 - 09:01 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

2013: The Digital Year in Review

At the start of 2014, the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs would like to take a moment to remember the year that's just ended and revisit the content that was added to our website in 2013. It was a banner year for the Reut ...

Blog entry - cwesterman - 02/11/2020 - 18:13 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

In Memoriam: Flora Hommel, 1928-2015

The Reuther Library notes with sorrow the passing on May 15 of Flora Suhd Hommel. Hommel was one of the pioneers who brought the Lamaze psychoprophylactic method of painless childbirth to the United States, establishing an important teach ...

Blog entry - aergas - 06/04/2015 - 11:08 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(79725) Rthnic Communities, Danish, Dancers, 1945

Danish Dancers perform at "International Night," sponsored by Detroit's International Institute. Date:  1945-12-11 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Metro Detroit Ethn ...

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(79764) Ethnic Communities, Chaldean, Iraq War, 1991

George Yasso, owner of the George Party Store located at 218 W. 7 Mile Road, speaks to a Detroit News reporter about the US-Iraqi talks that are to be held in Geneva. Mr. Yasso was part of a group of Chaldeans who fasted on behalf of the war. ...

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(24857) NAACP, Awards Night, Sam Cook, 1960

Entertainer Sam Cook sings for guests at the Latin Quarter during the NAACP’s Awards Night Program, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1960-06-03 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  J. Edward Bailey III ...

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(6717) Campus Scenes, Cass Avenue, Second Avenue, 1935

“Area north of Wayne University between Cass and Second, Warren and Merrick.” Looking west from the roof of the Detroit Public Library, large homes line the west side of Cass Avenue and snow blankets the lawn areas. Old Main and Webster Hall are v ...

Image - eclemens - 09/23/2013 - 15:42 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(32664) Samuel Turner, AFSCME Local 542, teaches welding in Bahrain

This photograph originally appeared in AFSCME's Magazine, the Public Employee, with the caption, "Detroit AFSCME member is Peace Corpsman: Samuel Turner, a Welder for the City of Detroit, has taken a two-year leave of absence to help others learn his sk ...

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