Swainson, John B. (John Burley), 1925-1994

David Clements Papers

mwallace — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:29:35 -0500

David Clements was born in Indiana in 1948, grew up in Benton Harbor, Michigan and earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit. He began his professional life as an educator in Detroit, where he was one of the founders of the Detroit Children’s School, an alternative school to public education. At the same time, Clements was also interested in film and photographic arts and was very involved in the Cass City Cinema in Detroit. Clements’ Detroit urban photography is featured in two photographic books. He currently resides in Royal Oak, Michigan. The David Clements Papers consist mostly of posters and advertisements of events, especially musical ones, happening at small venues within the city of Detroit, Michigan spanning the 1970s through the 2000s. Gospel, jazz, R & B, and electronic music shows are represented in the posters. Political Buttons, nostalgic product packaging, and advertisements from local sporting events, and other happenings throughout Detroit are also within the collection.

Richard Miller Papers

drice — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:59:09 -0500

Richard Miller served in several administrative capacities in Michigan government, including the State Attorney General's Office, the House of Representatives, and the Governor's Office. His papers consists of correspondence, press releases, memoranda, bill summaries, campaign material, legislative newsletters and reports, and fact sheets concerning areas related to Mr. Miller's activities in the legislative and executive branches of state government.

Detroit's Walk to Freedom

eclemens — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:48:12 -0400

This Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 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 the 1943 Detroit Riots in which 34 people, the majority of them African American, were killed. read more »

(46798) Emancipation Celebration, Bilberry, Johnson, Jeffrey, Swainson, 1963

eclemens — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:27:26 -0400

Scenes from the Emancipation Celebration at Wayne State University.

Left to right: President Clarence Hilberry, Vice President Lyndon Banes Johnson, Mildred Jeffrey, Gov. John Swainson.

(24856) NAACP, Receptions, Art Johnson, Sammy Davis, Jr., 1960

eclemens — Tue, 10 May 2011 14:47:31 -0400

Art Johnson addresses guests at the home of Dr. Howard McNeill during a reception for Sammy Davis, Jr., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Left to right: Dr. DeWitt Burton, Arthur L. Johnson, Edward M. Turner, Lt. Governor John B. Swainson, Sammy Davis, Jr.

(25341) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "March to Freedom," Detroit, 1963

eclemens — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:41:31 -0400

John B. Swainson addresses participants in the “March to Freedom” civil rights demonstration in Cobo Hall.

(26883) Cavanagh, Swainson, Inaugural Ball, 1962

eclemens — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 12:20:07 -0500

Mayor Jerome Cavanagh speaks with Governor John Swainson at the 1962 Inaugural Ball.

(28839) Presidents, Lyndon Johnson, Detroit, 1964

eclemens — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:19:01 -0400

President Johnson meets with Michigan political leaders at Cobo Hall. Governor John Swainson, U.S. Senator Phil Hart, Soapy Williams and Neil Staebler are all in attendance.

(28559) Politics, George McGovern, Ted Kennedy, Detroit, 1972

eclemens — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:42:54 -0400

Ted Kennedy gives his endorsement to George McGovern during a campaign rally in Kennedy Square.

Sitting in the rear: Leonard Woodcock William Cahalan, Philip Van Antwerp, Gov. John B. Swainson, and John Conyers.

(38595) Stevie Wonder, John Swainson, Lillian Hatcher, 1962

eclemens — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 13:12:10 -0400

Governor Swainson shakes hands with “little” Stevie Wonder, likely in Lansing, Michigan. At left is Lillian Hatcher of the UAW Women’s Department.