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http://projects.lib.wayne.edu/dropbox/12thstreetdetroit/UP000628_013_020.01.pdf
Description of the University City, No. 2 project, colloquially named “University City II,” 1970. University City II eventually fizzled out after the 1971 agreement between the City of Detroit and the Model Cities Governing Board. The agreement…

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Infantrymen of the 82nd Airborne Division and members of the Detroit Police Department stand guard at E. Grand Boulevard.

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Detroit Edison workers attempt to restore power to an area destroyed by fire around Linwood Street on Detroit's West Side.

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View from a house in Detroit’s Midtown district, designated as “blight” and suitable for redevelopment as part of the original University City project. 1964.

http://projects.lib.wayne.edu/dropbox/12thstreetdetroit/UP001379_006_024.01.pdf
DRUM flyer for wildcat strike and rally. 1969. The wildcat strike, a strike undertaken by union workers without union authorization, became DRUM’s tool for addressing the grievances Black workers faced in Detroit’s factories. Source: Kenneth V. and…

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Mayor Young and R&B musician Stevie Wonder speaking together. September 26, 1974.

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Image of Coleman Young being sworn in. January 2, 1974.
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