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Image of Coleman Young being sworn in. January 2, 1974.

Mayor Young and R&B musician Stevie Wonder speaking together. September 26, 1974.

DRUM flyer for wildcat strike and rally. 1969. The wildcat strike, a strike undertaken by union workers without union authorization, became DRUM’s tool for addressing the grievances Black workers faced in Detroit’s factories. Source: Kenneth V. and…

View from a house in Detroit’s Midtown district, designated as “blight” and suitable for redevelopment as part of the original University City project. 1964.

Detroit Edison workers attempt to restore power to an area destroyed by fire around Linwood Street on Detroit's West Side.

Infantrymen of the 82nd Airborne Division and members of the Detroit Police Department stand guard at E. Grand Boulevard.

Description of the University City, No. 2 project, colloquially named “University City II,” 1970. University City II eventually fizzled out after the 1971 agreement between the City of Detroit and the Model Cities Governing Board. The agreement…

University City Rehabilitation Project Number 2 proposed treatment of project area map, c. 1969. Source: Ruth Tenney Papers, Box 13, folder 34.

In 1971, the local Model Cities Citizen Governing Board and the City reached a settlement over the future of the University City II project. The settlement recognized the legal authority of the board, ensured their participation in Wayne State’s…

Protesters, including Detroit residents, gather in Lansing, Michigan for an unemployment march.

People wait to register for unemployment benefits at a Detroit, Michigan office located at 2nd and Amsterdam.

Union election materials for UAW local race. Flyer lists candidates approved by DRUM, stating “VOTE THE DRUM SLATE – DAMN the others.” Marxist and revolutionary roots meant DRUM did not hold back in their desire to transform the UAW to its core.…