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Michigan Black History Bibliography Michigan Black History Bibliography (MBHB) Sometime in 1974, Roberta McBride, an archivist at Wayne State University’s Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs (later called the Walter P. ...

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(9813) Detroit Librarian

Helga Herz, librarian and member of Local 1259 in Detroit, shows a book on the Knights of Labor to Alvin Ruthenberg, staff representative for Detroit Area Council 77. This image appeared in the November 1959 issue of AFSCME's Public Employee magazine. ...

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(30696) Urban Renewal, Lafayette Park, Detroit, 1965

Detroit’s skyline, as seen from 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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(32194) First World War, Civilian Support, Red Cross, Liberty Loan, Detroit, 1918

Members of the Detroit Branch of the American Red Cross march down Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit during a Liberty Loan fundraising event. Date:  1918-05 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  ...

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(30701) Urban Renewal, Lafayette Park, Detroit, 1963

Detroit’s skyline, as seen from 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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Exhibit Announcement - Armistice 1918: Detroit and the End of the Great War

... such as fundraising and material conservation, scenes from Detroit’s booming wartime industry, and local celebrations. For a ...

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(2822) Demonstrations, Vietnam War, Police, Detroit, 1972

Police officers armed with batons attempt to push back anti-war demonstrators in front of the Federal Building on W. Lafayette Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. The demonstrators remain unmoved. Date:  April 22, 1972 Physdesc:&n ...

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(27858) Prohibition, Blind Pigs, Detroit, 1931

An interior view of a blind pig located at 932 E. Columbia, near the corner Randolph in downtown Detroit. Date:  1931-09-11 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Prohi ...

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(47214) Sen. Humphrey, Reuther Library Dedication, 1975

Senator Hubert Humphrey is all smiles as he dodges demonstrators on his way to speak at the dedication ceremony for the Walter P. Reuther Library. Date:  1975-05-23 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographe ...

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(30687) Streetscapes, Businesses, Downtown, Detroit, 1966

A view of the business district along Grand RIver between Woodward and Griswold in downtown Detroit. Date:  1966-07 Physdesc:  Slide (Streetscapes and Storefronts: City Life in 1960s Detroit, Architecture, De ...

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