https://reuther.wayne.edu/taxonomy/term/1209 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7858 <p>This <a href="/taxonomy/term/391">Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.</a> Day, we recall Detroit's Walk to Freedom, described by Dr. King as “one of the most wonderful 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 the Detroit Council on Human Rights (DCHR), the Walk to Freedom was the largest civil rights demonstration in the nation’s history. Its purpose was to speak out against segregation and the brutality that met civil rights activists in the South while at the same time addressing concerns of African Americans in the urban North: inequality in hiring practices, wages, education, and housing. The date of the march, June 23, 1963, was chosen to commemorate the 20th anniversary of <a href="/node/8738">the 1943 Detroit Riots</a> in which 34 people, the majority of them African American, were killed. <span class='read-more'><a href="https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7858" target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</strong></a></span></p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7858#comments African Americans Cavanagh, Jerome P. Civil rights Demonstrations -- Michigan -- Detroit Desegregation Detroit--race relations Detroit--social conditions Diggs, Charles C. Discrimination in housing--Michigan Edwards, George King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 NAACP Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Swainson, John B. (John Burley), 1925-1994 Urban Affairs Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:48:12 -0400 eclemens 7858 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7712 <p>Walter Reuther, members of the UAW Political Action Committee, clergymen and civil rights activists tour the shanty town set up on the National Mall to house people who traveled to Washington, DC to participate in the Poor People's Campaign.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7712#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:51:48 -0400 eclemens 7712 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7713 <p>Walter Reuther, members of the UAW Political Action committee and civil rights activists tour Resurrection City, a shanty town set up on the National Mall to house people who traveled to Washington DC for the Poor People’s Campaign. </p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7713#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:51:48 -0400 eclemens 7713 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7714 <p>Walter Reuther, members of the UAW Political Action committee, clergymen and civil rights activists tour Resurrection City, a shanty town set up on the National Mall to house people who traveled to Washington DC for the Poor People’s Campaign. The exterior of the shanty in view is painted with the slogan “Bread Free Forever - Give us the Day,” however it is unclear if the structure is someone’s shelter or a feeding station.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7714#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:51:48 -0400 eclemens 7714 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7715 <p>Reverend Jesse Douglas of Montgomery, Alabama sings to the delighted masses on the National Mall in Washington, DC during the Poor People’s Campaign. </p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7715#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:51:48 -0400 eclemens 7715 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7716 <p>Civil rights demonstrators from across the country converge on the National Mall in Washington, DC during the Poor People’s Campaign.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7716#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:51:48 -0400 eclemens 7716 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7711 <p>Civil rights demonstrators from across the country converge on the National Mall in Washington, DC during the Poor People’s Campaign.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7711#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:52:54 -0400 eclemens 7711 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7701 <p>Civil rights demonstrators from across the country converge on the National Mall in Washington, DC during the Poor People’s Campaign. At rear the Washington Memorial is in view.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7701#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:52:44 -0400 eclemens 7701 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7697 <p>A Native American man wearing traditional headdress and breastplate joins other participants in the Poor People's Campaign for a meal in a food tent.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7697#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:53:19 -0400 eclemens 7697 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7698 <p>Two women talk outside of a shanty in Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. Two small children are present, including a baby in a crib. The exterior of the shanty is painted with the slogan "Detroit Souls - Solar Power."</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7698#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:53:19 -0400 eclemens 7698 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7699 <p>A mother winds up a toy to entertain her three small children inside of their shanty in Resurrection City. The walls of the shanty are decorated with clippings, drawings and photographs. </p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7699#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:53:19 -0400 eclemens 7699 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7700 <p>A pair of mud-caked shoes dry in the sun on the side of a shanty in Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7700#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:53:19 -0400 eclemens 7700 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7835 <p>Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), addresses thousands of activists and supporters as the “Meredith March Against Fear” draws to a conclusion on the lawn of the State Capitol.</p> <p>The Meredith March Against Fear takes its name from James Meredith, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi and a student at Columbia Law School, who organized a 220 mile long walk from Memphis, TN to Jackson MS to encourage African Americans to register to vote. On June 6, the second day of the walk, he reached Hernado, MS and was shot in the back by a sniper. Upon hearing of the assault, civil rights campaigners from across the country rushed to Mississippi to finish the march in his name.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7835#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Voter registration Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:26:58 -0400 eclemens 7835 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7833 <p>Stokely Carmichael (later Kwame Ture), chairman of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), addresses participants in the “Meredith March Against Fear” at its conclusion on the grounds of the Mississippi State Capitol, Jackson, Mississippi.</p> <p>The Meredith March Against Fear takes its name from James Meredith, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi and a student at Columbia Law School, who organized a 220 mile long walk from Memphis, TN to Jackson MS to encourage African Americans to register to vote. On June 6, the second day of the walk, he reached Hernado, MS and was shot in the back by a sniper. Upon hearing of the assault, civil rights campaigners from across the country rushed to Mississippi to finish the march in his name.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7833#comments African Americans Carmichael, Stokely Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) Urban Affairs Voter registration Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:23:32 -0400 eclemens 7833 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7832 <p>Stokely Carmichael (later Kwame Ture), chairman of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), directs participants in the Meredith March Against Fear towards the Mississippi State Capitol.</p> <p>The Meredith March Against Fear takes its name from James Meredith, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi and a student at Columbia Law School, who organized a 220 mile long walk from Memphis, TN to Jackson MS to encourage African Americans to register to vote. On June 6, the second day of the walk, he reached Hernado, MS and was shot in the back by a sniper. Upon hearing of the assault, civil rights campaigners from across the country rushed to Mississippi to finish the march in his name.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7832#comments African Americans Carmichael, Stokely Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Voter registration Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:19:55 -0400 eclemens 7832 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7830 <p>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.</p> <p>The Meredith March Against Fear takes its name from James Meredith, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi and a student at Columbia Law School, who organized a 220 mile long walk from Memphis, TN to Jackson MS to encourage African Americans to register to vote. On June 6, the second day of the walk, he reached Hernado, MS and was shot in the back by a sniper. Upon hearing of the assault, civil rights campaigners from across the country rushed to Mississippi to finish the march in his name.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7830#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Voter registration Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:12:03 -0400 eclemens 7830 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7829 <p>Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads the "Meredith March Against Fear” into Jackson, Mississippi. Mrs. Coretta Scott King holds his hand. UAW president Walter Reuther stands at her right.</p> <p>The Meredith March Against Fear takes its name from James Meredith, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi and a student at Columbia Law School, who organized a 220 mile long walk from Memphis, TN to Jackson MS to encourage African Americans to register to vote. On June 6, the second day of the walk, he reached Hernado, MS and was shot in the back by a sniper. Upon hearing of the assault, civil rights campaigners from across the country rushed to Mississippi to finish the march in his name.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7829#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Voter registration Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:06:59 -0400 eclemens 7829 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7828 <p>Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads the “Meredith March Against Fear” into Jackson, Mississippi. On his arm is his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King. </p> <p>The Meredith March Against Fear takes its name from James Meredith, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi and a student at Columbia Law School, who organized a 220 mile long walk from Memphis, TN to Jackson MS to encourage African Americans to register to vote. On June 6, the second day of the walk, he reached Hernado, MS and was shot in the back by a sniper. Upon hearing of the assault, civil rights campaigners from across the country rushed to Mississippi to finish the march in his name.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7828#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Voter registration Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:04:26 -0400 eclemens 7828 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7840 <p>Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), delivers a speech at an unidentified open-air demonstration.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7840#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:36:39 -0400 eclemens 7840 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7841 <p> A candid portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), taken in Selma, Alabama during a drive for federal protection of voting rights.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7841#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:39:37 -0400 eclemens 7841 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7844 <p> Profile view of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., location unknown.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7844#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:26:32 -0400 eclemens 7844 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7845 <p>Portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., location unknown.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7845#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:28:06 -0400 eclemens 7845 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7846 <p>Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. shares a laugh with Charles Evers, director of the Mississippi NAACP, location unknown.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7846#comments Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:30:24 -0400 eclemens 7846 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7847 <p>Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. chats with Emil Mazey and G. Mennen Williams in the hallway of Grosse Pointe (South) High School in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. Later that evening King delivered his speech entitled “The Other America” to an audience of 2700 people in the school gymnasium. </p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7847#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Mazey, Emil, 1913-1983 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:34:18 -0400 eclemens 7847 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7851 <p>The Memorial March for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. makes its way down Main Street. Mourners include a mixture of civil rights activists, members of the clergy and union officials.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7851#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:43:27 -0400 eclemens 7851 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7848 <p>President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Oval Office to discuss the current state of civil rights in the United States.. Not seen, but in attendance at this meeting are Whitney Young and James farmer.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7848#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:36:42 -0400 eclemens 7848 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7837 <p>Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) president Rev. Ralph Abernathy and United Auto Workers (UAW) president Leonard Woodcock carry coffins as the March Against Oppression “Liberation Train” makes its way through the streets of Atlanta. The two coffins symbolize the recent deaths of eight African Americans in Augusta and Jackson. On the right side of right coffin, wearing denim jacket, is Walter Fauntroy, the SCLC legislative counsel in Washington.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7837#comments Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Woodcock, Leonard Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:47:35 -0400 eclemens 7837 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7838 <p>Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) president Rev. Ralph Abernathy and United Auto Workers (UAW) president Leonard Woodcock carry coffins as the March Against Oppression “Liberation Train” makes its way through the streets of Atlanta. The two coffins symbolize the recent deaths of eight African Americans in Augusta and Jackson. On the right side of right coffin, wearing denim jacket, is Walter Fauntroy, the SCLC legislative counsel in Washington.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7838#comments Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Woodcock, Leonard Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:49:48 -0400 eclemens 7838 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7827 <p>A color snapshot of the “Meredith March Against Fear” as it makes its way towards Jackson, Mississippi. </p> <p>The Meredith March Against Fear takes its name from James Meredith, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi and a student at Columbia Law School who organized a 220 mile long walk from Memphis, TN to Jackson MS in an effort to encourage African Americans to register to vote. On June 6, the second day of the walk, Meredith reached Hernado, Mississippi and was shot in the back by a sniper. Upon hearing of the assault, civil rights campaigners from across the country rushed to Mississippi to finish the march in his name.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7827#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Voter registration Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:59:07 -0400 eclemens 7827 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7826 <p>A color snapshot of the “Meredith March Against Fear” as it makes its way towards Jackson, Mississippi. </p> <p>The Meredith March Against Fear takes its name from James Meredith, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi and a student at Columbia Law School who organized a 220 mile long walk from Memphis, TN to Jackson MS in an effort to encourage African Americans to register to vote. On June 6, the second day of the walk, Meredith reached Hernado, Mississippi and was shot in the back by a sniper. Upon hearing of the assault, civil rights campaigners from across the country rushed to Mississippi to finish the march in his name.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7826#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Voter registration Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:57:16 -0400 eclemens 7826 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7849 <p>A memorial erected at the spot where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7849#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:39:32 -0400 eclemens 7849 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7850 <p>The Memorial March for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. makes its way down Main Street. Mourners include a mixture of civil rights activists, members of the clergy and union officials.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7850#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:41:29 -0400 eclemens 7850 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7852 <p>A mule-drawn carriage that carried the casket of Dr. Martin King, Jr. leads the funeral procession down Auburn Street in Atlanta, Georgia.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7852#comments African Americans Civil rights Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:46:47 -0400 eclemens 7852 at https://reuther.wayne.edu