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(25369) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1963

Leonard Woodcock addresses civil rights activists and supporters on the grounds of Grosse Pointe (South) High School during an demonstration against housing discrimination. The demonstration started as a march of 600 NAACP activists and supporters at th ...

Image - eclemens - 06/13/2011 - 12:15 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

The Michigan Black History Bibliography Now Available Online

By Alexandra Penn, Taylor Gibson, and Louis Jones Wayne State University’s Walter P. Reuther Library, in partnership with the Wayne State University student chapter of the Society of American Archivists, is pleased to pres ...

Blog entry - ljones - 07/17/2020 - 08:49 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Lodge 176

‹ previous 148 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LR002525 Extent:  .5 linear feet (1 MB) Date:  1935-1957, bulk 1943-1946 The American Federation of Government Empl ...

Abstracts - aorchard - 10/30/2014 - 16:33 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Samuel Kellman Papers

‹ previous 675 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UP000890 Extent:  4 linear feet (6 MB, 3 OS) Date:  1918-1954 Samuel Kellman collaborated with Thomas Harris and Ga ...

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(25239) 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. ...

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(25426) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "Meredith March Against Fear," Mississippi, 1966

Members of the Detroit NAACP carry a banner as the “Meredith March Against Fear” makes its way into Jackson, Mississippi. Walter Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers, stands at left. The Meredith March Against Fear takes its name ...

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(11322) 1956 AFSCME Convention

AFSCME President Arnold Zander (right) shakes hands with International Vice President Alvin Ruthenberg at the 1956 Convention in Detroit. Date:  1956 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  King' ...

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William Kessler and Associates Records

‹ previous 1528 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LR001214 Extent:  1.5 linear feet (3 MB) Date:  1980-1981 Subjects include: Poletown section of Detroit ...

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Francis J. Dillon Papers

‹ previous 407 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP000437 Extent:  5 linear feet, (2 MB, 6 scrapbooks) Date:  1934-1943 This collection consists of correspondence a ...

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Oscar Paskal Collection

‹ previous 930 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP000066 Extent:  2.5 linear feet (3MB, 1 SB) Date:  1932-1980 Mr. Paskal served on the editorial board of the UAW ...

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