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(11885) Parades, Labor Day, Detroit, 1964

Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, Governor George Romney, and Governor G. Mennen Williams at the Labor Day Parade, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1964 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina ...

Image - eclemens - 08/25/2010 - 09:58 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2947) Demonstration, Civil Rights, Poor People's Campaign, Detroit, 1968

African-American men march down Woodward Ave. during a Poor People’s Campaign deomnstration, Detroit, Michigan. Two of the men hold a sign that reads “I Have a Dream” that has a dead rat hanging from it. Date:  May 13, 1968 ...

Image - eclemens - 09/09/2014 - 11:30 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27866) Prohibition, U.S. Customs Patrol, Detroit River, 1932

A fleet of U.S. Customs patrol boats heads out into the Detroit River in search of rum-runners and smugglers. Date:  1932-04-16 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (D ...

Image - eclemens - 01/17/2012 - 11:12 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(33817) Street Scenes, Detroit

A man naps on the stoop of a convenience store, identity unknown. Date:  1930s-1940s Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:  Edward Stanton (Edward Stanton Photographs, African Americans--M ...

Image - eclemens - 08/19/2021 - 10:55 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(1688) 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 - 15:49 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(3982) Governor Frank Murphy, strike negotiations, Detroit, Michigan

Frank Murphy reads a statement to the press during the signing of agreement between the UAW and General Motors, Detroit, MI, . Date:  February 11, 1937 Photographer:  Unknown (Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949, UAW, UA ...

Image - eclemens - 12/17/2010 - 15:09 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(28597) Race Riots, Detroit, Aftermath, 1943

Ten ruined automobiles sit in the impound lot of the Detroit Police Department. The vehicles were destroyed by mobs during the race riots of 1943. Date:  1943-06-22 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographe ...

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(25756) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "March to Freedom," Detroit, 1963

“Freedom Marchers” pass through Campus Martius in downtown Detroit as they make their way towards Cobo Hall for the conclusion of the “March to Freedom” civil rights demonstration. Demonstrators, escorted by Detroit Police, carry signs th ...

Image - eclemens - 03/05/2012 - 10:14 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(27953) Angela Davis, Speeches, Detroit, 1972

Activist Angela Davis addresses the crowd at an unidentified Detroit rally from behind a screen of bulletproof glass. Date:  1972-06-18 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff ...

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(79642) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, Schools, Detroit, 1952

Kim Lee (7), Lim Shaw "Tom" Lee (10) stand at the front door of the Chinese School of Detroit. Date:  1952-10-20 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Staff (Metro Detroit Ethnic ...

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