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Residents within the University City zone received letters from attorneys like this one, urging them to sell their houses to the city or immediately go into foreclosure. January 1972. Source: Ruth M. Tenney Papers, Box 13, folder 17.

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…

“Guidelines for a Community or Statewide Police Recruiting Campaign to Recruit Minority Officers” booklet. c. 1960s. Source: Coleman A. Young Papers, Box 13, folder 10.

“Elect Coleman Young Mayor” campaign poster. 1973. Source: Coleman A. Young Papers, Part II, Box 107, folder 2.

Letter delivered to members of the Wayne State University community advocating Coleman Young for mayor, sent by faculty and staff at the school. September 7, 1973. Coleman A. Young Papers. Box 107, folder 2.

Coleman Young’s campaign positions on housing and homeownership, Economic Club speech notes. October 29, 1973. Source: Coleman Young Papers. Box 2, folder 4.

Anti-S.T.R.E.S.S. pamphlet. Undated. Source: Kenneth V. and Sheila M. Cockrel Papers. Box 4, folder 35.

Northwest Community Organization pamphlet. 1970. Source: Mel Ravitz Papers, Box 25, folder 144.

Letter from a local citizen to Common Council President Mel Ravitz regarding the Detroit Renaissance, Inc. and the role of development in the city's recovery. Source: Mel Ravitz Papers, Box 29, folder 4.

Letter from Common Council President Mel Ravitz to a local citizen regarding the Detroit Renaissance, Inc. and the role of development in the city's recovery. Source: Mel Ravitz Papers, Box 29, folder 4.

“Detroit 1971: A Panorama of Progress” promotional pamphlet. 1971. Source: Mel Ravitz Papers, Box 72, folder 2.

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