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

"Statistics on Detroit Riot 1967," Jerome P. Cavanagh Papers, Box 393, folder 7.

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,…

The Detroit Commission on Community Relations Subcommittee on Police-Community Relations provides an overview of recruitment reforms via meeting minutes. October 10, 1966. Detroit Commission on Community Relations/Human Rights Department Records,…

“Young Ideas” and “Young Train” music record. Songs in support of Coleman Young’s mayoral campaign performed by the Originals. Issued as a promotional single by Motown Records. 1973. Source: Coleman A. Young Papers, Part II, Audiovisual materials,…

“Young Ideas” and “Young Train” music record. Songs in support of Coleman Young’s mayoral campaign performed by the Originals. Issued as a promotional single by Motown Records. 1973. Source: Coleman A. Young Papers, Part II, Audiovisual materials,…

“Young Ideas” and “Young Train” music record. Songs in support of Coleman Young’s mayoral campaign performed by the Originals. Issued as a promotional single by Motown Records. 1973. Source: Coleman A. Young Papers, Part II, Audiovisual materials,…

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.

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…

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,…

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.…