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Local community, law enforcement, and political representatives meet at Detroit’s 10th precinct to develop a plan of action. At left, Police Commissioner Ray Girardin listens as Councilman Rev. Nicholas Hood speaks.

Local community, law enforcement, and political representatives meet at Detroit’s 10th precinct to develop a plan of action. At right, Representative John Conyers takes the podium. At far left is State Civil Rights Commissioner Damon Keith.

In 1968, John Watson was selected as editor of Wayne State University’s Daily Collegian, which he changed to the, “South End,” in recognition of Wayne State’s location south of General Motors. He turned the newspaper into a resource for radical…

Booklet of articles from the publication Leviathan, it chronicles the historical origins and political philosophies of DRUM and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, an umbrella organization formed out of DRUM that networked all the recently…

“Grocery Store Facts,” some of the main conclusions from HOPE 68, 1969. What role does access to grocery stores and product selection play in the livability of an area?
Source: Focus: HOPE Records, Box 4, folder 15.

The Housing Act of 1949, part of President Truman’s domestic program known as the Fair Deal, greatly expanded the federal government’s role in public housing. A section of the slum clearance provisions outlined in the legislation addressed the…

The Housing Act of 1949, part of President Truman’s domestic program known as the Fair Deal, greatly expanded the federal government’s role in public housing. A section of the slum clearance provisions outlined in the legislation addressed the…