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(24845) NAACP, Demonstrations, F.W. Woolworth, Detroit, 1960

Members and supporters of the NAACP picket the downtown F.W. Woolworth store in an effort to force the store to allow integrated lunch counters, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1960-03 Physdesc:  Photograph Ph ...

Image - eclemens - 01/03/2012 - 11:10 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Heard It On the News: Preserving 20th Century Detroit History Through Local Newscasts

Reuther Library audiovisual archivist Mary Wallace discusses the Library’s WWJ / WDIV Film, Video, and Teleprompter Scripts collection, which captures seven decades of news, current events, politics, and community life as reported by the De ...

Podcasts - teller - 07/30/2024 - 07:16 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Detroit Federation of Community Councils Records

‹ previous 382 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UR001037 Extent:  1.5 linear feet (3 MB) Date:  1938-1964 Subjects include: Detroit neighborhood councils; ethnic a ...

Abstracts - drice - 12/10/2010 - 10:54 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(DN_1127_1) NAACP, Pickets, Housing Discrimination, Detroit, 1963

Members and supporters of the NAACP picket outside of the Open Occupancy Hearing at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1963-08-18 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff ...

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Press Clippings

‹ previous 438 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UR002868 Extent:  17.5 linear feet (10 SB, 15 MB) Date:  1950-2013 This collection of files generated by the DSO Pu ...

Abstracts - aergas - 04/05/2023 - 12:20 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(30691) Urban Renewal, Lafayette Park, Detroit, 1969

... Lafayette Tower and the Lafayette Tower Shopping Center in Detroit’s Lafayette Park. Designed by Mies Van Der Rohe, Lafayette Park, located in Detroit’s lower east side just north of downtown, was the first urban renewal ...

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(2343) Buildings, Water Board Building, Louis, Kemper, Detroit

... and by Louis Kemper, the same architect who designed Detroit’s Book Tower and Book-Cadillac Hotel. Date:  ...

Image - eclemens - 07/15/2010 - 14:34 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Detroit Physics and Chemistry Teachers Association Records

‹ previous 1628 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  WSR000015 Extent:  1 folder Date:  1912-1916 Originally known as the Detroit Chemistry Teachers Association, this ...

Abstracts - cwesterman - 04/27/2012 - 15:42 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(79680) Ethnic Communities, Cuban, Detroit, 1958

Members of Detroit's Cuban community gather at the home of Robelio Guillot and listen to a radio for word on advances against Fulgenico Batista's regime made by Fidel Castro during the Cuban Revolution. Date:  1958-01-01 P ...

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(1687) Poverty Scenes, Michigan Ave., Detroit, 1950s

... Detroit, Michigan. NOTE: Part of an expose series on Detroit’s “Skid Row” along Michigan Ave. between Washington Blvd. and ...

Image - eclemens - 06/30/2010 - 16:39 - 0 comments - 3 attachments