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Riot: Detroit: Sojourner Truth Housing Project; Street scenes.
Three children look on as movers from Russell’s Moving and Storage unload furniture belonging to one of the first Black families to move into the Sojourner Truth Housing Project.
Unemployed; Detroit; Registration. Office at 2nd and Amsterdam.
People wait to register for unemployment benefits at a Detroit, Michigan office located at 2nd and Amsterdam.
View from Midtwon house
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.
Mayor Young posing with unidentified Detroit residents.
Mayor Young posing with unidentified Detroit residents. c. 1977.
Letter from Milton Kemnitz to Jack Raskin, February 17, 1942
A letter from Milton Kemnitz, Executive Secretary of the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties to Jack Raskin, Executive Secretary of the Civil Rights Federation, regarding the national significance of developments at the Sojourner Truth…
Letter from Board of Directors to Association member, December 3, 1948
The Palmyra Home Owners’ Protective Association Board of Directors announces a meeting to discuss ways to prevent minorities from purchasing homes in their neighborhood. Civil Rights Congress of Michigan Records, Box 66.
Letter from Detroit Resident, second page, May 26, 1945
The second page of a letter from a Detroit resident expressing disgust with the changing racial composition of Detroit neighborhoods. Civil Rights Congress of Michigan Records, Box 66.