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

A view of the Chrysler Freeway construction project in Detroit, Michigan, looking east from the roof of the City-County Building.

This document represents a summary of a Detroit Police Department incident report relating to the raid at a "blind pig," or unlicensed bar. This event is often cited as the beginning of Detroit's 1967 Civil Unrest.

Material located in box 398,…

Telegram message sent to Councilman Mel Ravitz from various business, political, and cultural leaders supporting the Fair Housing Ordinance. November 20, 1967. Source: Mel Ravitz Papers. Box 15, folder 1.

The New Detroit Committee’s first official group portrait, taken at Wayne State University in October 1967.

Caption on the back of the photograph reads: “Three year old Thomas Allen stands in the ruins of his home on Detroit’s east side after it was burned to the ground in the riots that hit this City 7/23. Little Thomas’ bewildered appearance is a symbol…

Paratrooper Mack C. Seyburn, of Florida, stands on guard to prevent looting in the businesses on Detroit’s East Side.

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.…

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

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

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…

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