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(27984) Republic of New Afrika (RNA), Imari Abubakari Obadele (Richard B. Henry), 1969

Imari Abubakari Obadele (Richard B. Henry), co-founder of the Republic of New Afrika (RNA), speaks with reporters from Detroit news stations. Date:  1969-09-11 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:&nbs ...

Image - eclemens - 02/06/2013 - 12:16 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25249) UAW Organizing, Battle of the Overpass, Dearborn, 1937

UAW organizers, members of the UAW Local 174 Women's Auxiliary and their supporters are forced back from the Ford Rouge Plant and into the Detroit Street Railway waiting area by Ford Service Department employees during the Battle of the Overpass. ...

Image - eclemens - 05/20/2011 - 14:52 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27978) Republic of New Afrika (RNA), Robert Williams, Sr., 1969

Robert Williams, Sr., president of the Republic of New Afrika (RNA), poses for a photograph at an unidentified location. Date:  1969-09-12 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staf ...

Image - eclemens - 02/15/2022 - 13:35 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

2010: The Reuther Year in Review

2010 was a big year for the Walter P. Reuther Library. The Reuther's major collection, the Archive of Labor and Urban Affairs (ALUA), turned 50, and the Reuther Library’s building, which houses ALUA and the Wayne State University Archives, was complet ...

Blog entry - jruss - 10/01/2013 - 10:41 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(27847) Prohibition, Temperence Movement, William (Billy) Sunday, 1932

Billy Sunday, Evangelist and Temperance advocate, gives up a characteristic pose for the photographer. Date:  1932-10-11 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Prohibit ...

Image - eclemens - 01/17/2012 - 08:42 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(38591) Women's Committee, United Community Services

Two volunteers for the United Community Services’ Women’s Committee prepare invitations for mailing. Date:  1950 - 1960 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Charity organization ...

Image - eclemens - 04/11/2019 - 13:47 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27958) Cleage (Agyeman), Shrine of the Black Madonna, 1973

The Rev. Albert Cleage (later Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman), political organizer and founder of the Shrine of the Black Madonna, speaks before a crowd at an unidentified event. Date:  1973-1-17 Physdesc:  Photograph ...

Image - eclemens - 02/05/2013 - 05:52 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28539) Martin Luther King, Civil Rights, Cobo Hall, 1962

A meeting of leaders from the civil rights movement, politics and organized labor at Detroit's Cobo Hall. Left to Right: US Senator Phil Hart, Martin Luther King Jr. Walter Reuther UAW. Arthur Goldberg (Sec of Labor) Emil Mazey UAW and Mayor Louis ...

Image - eclemens - 07/27/2012 - 11:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27974) Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD), Brown (Al-Amin), Undated

Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown), at far left, walks with two other men in what appears to be a bus station. Date:  Undated Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (African ...

Image - eclemens - 02/05/2013 - 15:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25231) UAW Organizing, Women's Auxiliary, Battle of the Overpass, 1937

Members of the UAW Local 174 Women's Auxiliary stand in the back of a parked streetcar and talk to the men standing outside of the Ford Rouge Plant during the Battle of the Overpass. Date:  1937-05-26 Physdesc:  Phot ...

Image - eclemens - 05/21/2016 - 18:36 - 0 comments - 3 attachments