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Audiovisual Collections

The Audiovisual Collections at the Walter P. Reuther Library consist of still and moving photographic images, sound recordings, art work and artifacts. The collections focus on three major historical subject areas: American Labor, Metropolitan Detroit, ...

Blog entry - mwallace - 08/14/2025 - 12:26 - 0 comments - 27 attachments

(28392), Seal, Board of Education of the City of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, 1929.

The seal of the Detroit Board of Education, as seen on the College of the City of Detroit 1929 Commencement program. Date:  1929-06 Physdesc:  Photograph (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit Junior College, University Ar ...

Image - cwesterman - 04/06/2012 - 16:11 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

[Podcast] Detroit vs. Everybody: Exploring Race, Place, and Black Superheroes in DC Comics

Dr. Vincent Haddad explains that while Detroit has often served as the inspiration for crime-ridden settings in comics, DC Comics rose above those stereotypes with black superheroes Amazing-Man in the 1980s series All-Star Squadron and the Cy ...

Podcasts - teller - 07/13/2022 - 14:53 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Detroit Adventure, Detroit Discovery brochure, 1970

A brochure for the Detroit Adventure "Detroit Discovery: An Arts Festival" event, 1970. Date:  1970 (Detroit (Mich.), Detroit Adventure, University Archives, Wayne State University , Wayne State University — Graphics) ...

Image - cwesterman - 11/26/2012 - 12:40 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

African Americans and the UAW

The Reuther Library celebrates African American History Month with a brief review of the important role that African Americans have played in the formation and growth of the United Automobile Workers of America (UAW), one of the most powerful ...

Blog entry - mosmith - 03/03/2026 - 12:14 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Detroit Latino Records

... organization focuses on challenges and opportunities for Detroit’s Latino community and it creates conferences in order to foster ...

Abstracts - aorchard - 12/07/2017 - 14:25 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(2383) Buildings, National Bank of Detroit, Downtown, Detroit, 1959

A street level view of the site where the National Bank of Detroit Building is under construction, Detroit, Michigan. In the background Old City Hall, The Majestic Building, the Dime Bank Building, the David Stott Building, Kern’s, and the JL Hudson D ...

Image - eclemens - 07/15/2010 - 16:34 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Detroit Renaissance Records

‹ previous 389 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UR001581 Extent:  6 linear feet (6 SB) Date:  1969-2002, bulk 1971-2000 The City of Detroit had difficulty rebuildi ...

Abstracts - drice - 11/27/2017 - 13:00 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Detroit's Walk to Freedom

This Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we recall Detroit's Walk to Freedom, described by Dr. King as “one of the most wonderful things that has happened in America." Dr. King led the march and shed light on the status of African Americans in northe ...

Blog entry - eclemens - 02/11/2016 - 16:58 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Subject Focus: History of Labor Day in Detroit

... at the 1948 Labor Day festivities (pictured below), Detroit’s celebration became the launching point for Democratic presidential ...

Blog entry - kchinery - 08/30/2016 - 14:16 - 0 comments - 0 attachments