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National Guardsmen watch for snipers as members of the Detroit Fire Department battle a fire during the civil unrest of 1967.

Violence erupts during demonstration by Nazi group in Kennedy Square. August 22, 1981.

A crowd protests the fatal shooting of a Black woman by Detroit Police.

Picketers on Wayne State University’s campus protesting, among other things, open housing in Detroit, October 12, 1967.

An NAACP Detroit Branch news release objects to discriminatory home loan and employment policies by a Detroit bank. October 29, 1963. NAACP Detroit Branch Records, Part I, Box 24.

Issue of a newsletter announcing the establishment of neighborhood employment conferences to promote equal opportunity in Michigan. August 1956. UAW Women's Department: Lillian Hatcher Records, Box 1, Folder 7.

“What It Really Means!” Detroit News story on the Renaissance Center. April 15, 1977.Source: Detroit Renaissance Records, Box 3, folder 19.

An undated newspaper clipping notes the inadequate housing for Black war workers. c. 1940s. Civil Rights Congress of Michigan Records, Box 66.

The Michigan Chronicle reports on the “Packard Hate Strike,” during which white workers walked off the job in protest of Black worker advancement. June 5, 1943. James Lindahl Papers, Box 1, Folder 6.

A page from the The Michigan Chronicle, Detroit's major Black newspaper, describes the mood on Kercheval Street following an uprising there. August 20, 1966. Walter P. Reuther Vertical Files Collection, Box 52.

Headline from the United Automobile Worker: Local 190 Packard Edition. February 15, 1942. James Lindahl Papers, Box 3, Folder 9.

Northwest Community Organization pamphlet. An example of a community organization created post-1967 by residents to combat the root causes of the Unrest through positive action. Source: Mel Ravitz Papers, Box 25, folder 144.