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A map constructed using data from the Jerome P. Cavanagh Papers and the Detroit Commission on Community Relations Office Records at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

Pamphlet explaining the new Fair Housing Ordinance that had been passed by Detroit’s Common Council in late 1967. Before this law, nothing in Detroit legally prevented sellers, landlords, and real estate agents from denying housing to someone due to…

Art from HOPE 68. Source: Focus: HOPE Records, Box 4, folder 15.

Graphs from HOPE 68 on grocery store conditions in “very poor and low income black” versus “white over $8,000” areas. How has access to groceries improved or worsened in Detroit since the ‘HOPE 68’ report? Along what lines (geographic, racial, class,…

Campaign material for General Gordon Baker’s run for Michigan state representative. An ardent Black revolutionary and strong leader for DRUM during its inception, Baker led the group’s initial wildcat strike at the Dodge Main plant in 1968. Source:…

Masthead from the Eldon Wildcat, a publication from the Eldon Revolutionary Union Movement, a DRUM counterpart at Chrysler's Eldon Avenue plant. 1971. Source: Eldon Wildcat. Publication. Box 1, folder 2.

Mayor Cavanagh's office recieved these reports, recommendations, and memoranda regarding the need for housing created by the Civil Unrest. Senders include the Community Renewal Program and the Detroit Housing Commission. Jerome P. Cavanagh Papers,…

City officials reported the emergency response activities in various departments to the office of the Mayor, including emergency shelter, food, sanitation, water service, and others. Jerome P. Cavanagh Papers, Box 398 folder 19.

Police Commissioner Ray Girardin compiled a list of items that he felt should be purchased to enable the Detroit Police Department to better respond to Civil Unrest. This report was dated October 24, 1967 and delivered to the Detroit Common Council.…

The Detroit Commission on Community Relations expresses optimism that the relationship between the African American Community and the police are improving. August 6, 1962. Detroit Commission on Community Relations/Human Rights Department Collection,…

HOPE Food Prescription Programs poster. Undated. The HOPE 68 report demonstrated Focus: HOPE’s work to highlight issues of race and poverty. In 1971, the State of Michigan named them the host agency for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program in…

Masthead from the Eldon Wildcat, a publication from the Eldon Revolutionary Union Movement, a DRUM counterpart at Chrysler's Eldon Avenue plant. 1971. Source: Eldon Wildcat. Publication. Box 1, folder 2.