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Coleman Young’s campaign positions on housing and homeownership, Economic Club speech notes. October 29, 1973. Source: Coleman Young Papers. Box 2, folder 4.

Letter delivered to members of the Wayne State University community advocating Coleman Young for mayor, sent by faculty and staff at the school. September 7, 1973. Coleman A. Young Papers. Box 107, folder 2.

“Elect Coleman Young Mayor” campaign poster. 1973. Source: Coleman A. Young Papers, Part II, Box 107, folder 2.

“Guidelines for a Community or Statewide Police Recruiting Campaign to Recruit Minority Officers” booklet. c. 1960s. Source: Coleman A. Young Papers, Box 13, folder 10.

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…

Residents within the University City zone received letters from attorneys like this one, urging them to sell their houses to the city or immediately go into foreclosure. January 1972. Source: Ruth M. Tenney Papers, Box 13, folder 17.

Anti-University City II cartoon. The University City A Citizens District Council was an alternate form of government established by the Model Neighborhoods program (discussed earlier in the Fair Housing Ordinance panel) to represent residents living…

Community meeting announcement flyer to oppose the development of University City II. 1969. Source: Ruth M. Tenney Papers, Box 13, folder 18.

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

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…

Michigan Citizens Militia flyer. Handed out in Birmingham, MI, this flyer reflects the level of animosity felt throughout many of Detroit’s majority white suburban areas towards Detroit and its Black population in the wake of the Civil Unrest.…

Northwest Community Organization pamphlet. An example of a community organization created post-1967 by residents to combat the root causes of the Unrest through positive action. Source: Mel Ravitz Papers, Box 25, folder 144.