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Detroit's Walk to Freedom

... things that has happened in America." Dr. King led the march and shed light on the status of African Americans in northern industrial cities. Organized by ...

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

(25389) Marches, Demonstrations, Poor People's Campaign, Washington DC, 1968

... rights demonstrators from across the country converge on the National Mall during the Poor People’s March. At right a sign can be seen that reads "I was a victim of Texas Ranger ...

Image - pneirink - 02/27/2018 - 14:02 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Horace Sheffield Jr. Papers Now Open

... himself to the larger civil rights movement. He sat on A. Philip Randolph’s March on Washington Committee, resulting in the establishment of the Fair ...

Blog entry - lminadeo - 12/18/2024 - 10:16 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(35999) Gay Rights Parade, AFSCME Banner, Washington, DC, 1993

March participants hold an AFSCME banner at the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Washington, DC, ...

Image - scaloia - 07/06/2017 - 09:53 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(36004) AFSCME, AIDS Memorial Quilt, Washington, DC, 1993

... of the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the National Mall during the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Washington, ...

Image - scaloia - 12/04/2019 - 17:00 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

African Americans and the UAW

... his 1990 visit to Detroit, Michigan. Information on Africans Americans in the UAW and in the automotive industry can be found in ... women stand in front of the White House during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Race relations within auto ...

Blog entry - mosmith - 10/01/2013 - 11:54 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Wayne Alumna Viola Gregg Liuzzo Honored for Her Work as a Civil Rights Activist

... to humanity exemplifies the best in humanity. In March 1965 Viola Gregg Liuzzo traveled to Selma, Alabama in response to Martin ... of support for a voter registration drive in that state. On March 25, after the last of three marches that month, Liuzzo was shot and ...

Blog entry - ljones - 12/21/2020 - 18:06 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

December Historical Calendar

... Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Alabama. December 2, 2018: Hanukkah begins at sundown. View our ... December 16, 1977: United Farm Workers lead a boycott march in Chicago. December 17, 1956: Groundbreaking for the McGregor ...

Blog entry - scaloia - 12/02/2019 - 16:14 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Noel Night Historical Calendar 2019

... Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Alabama. December, circa 1960s: Wayne State Student life ... December 16, 1977: United Farm Workers lead a boycott march in Chicago. December 17, 1956: Groundbreaking for the McGregor ...

Blog entry - scaloia - 01/02/2020 - 09:40 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Clarence N. Sayen Papers

... studies, tape recordings, photos, books, and files on subjects including pension plans; insurance problems of pilots and ... (Air Line Pilots Association, Kennedy, John F., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)) ...

Abstracts - bbealmear - 09/26/2022 - 11:47 - 0 comments - 1 attachment