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Katrina Bryant, 2, holds her mother’s finger and drinks a carton of milk outside of Grace Episcopal Church. She and her mother received assistance from the church’s “food station” which was established to feed families made homeless or displaced…

The final report of a discrimination complaint filed on July 9, 1956 by L. Miller, a Black employee of Detroit manufacturing company Ex-Cell-O, explains that, "Management tries to help the average white worker to get a better job, but in order for a…

A discrimination complaint filed by L. Miller, a Black employee of Detroit manufacturing company Ex-Cell-O, explains the circumstances that prevented his job advancement. July 9, 1956. UAW Fair Practices and Anti-Discrimination Department Records,…

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.

Mayor Coleman Young in front of the under-construction Renaissance Center. June 20, 1975.

Image from the groundbreaking ceremony of the Detroit Renaissance Center. May 22, 1973.

Timeline created by Detroit Commission on Community Relations during the first few days of civil unrest. Commissioners and their connections would call into DCCR offices and report the mood in the neighborhood, events they had witnessed, and rumors…

The NAACP Detroit Branch provides recommendations to reduce racial tensions between the Detroit Police Department and Black residents. September 8, 1964. Detroit Commission on Community Relations/Human Rights Department Collection, Part 3, Box 65,…

Demonstration in Detroit protesting the S.T.R.E.S.S. (Stop the Robberies and Enjoy Safe Streets) program. A police unit established in 1971 to address street crime, S.T.R.E.S.S. was highly controversial. Citizens accused S.T.R.E.S.S. of promoting…

A flood of prisoners are released from the County Jail and loaded onto a waiting bus as National Guardsmen and Police look on.

Rep. John Conyers tries, in vain, to get the attention of the crowds around him as he implores for a peaceful resolution during the first day of the Unrest.

U.S. Congressman John Conyers addresses the crowd on 12th Street in an attempt to stop destruction in the city. Conyers, who represented Virginia Park’s district, was one of dozens of local and statewide political, civic, religious, and civil rights…