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Demonstration in Detroit protesting the S.T.R.E.S.S. (Stop the Robberies and Enjoy Safe Streets) program.
Demonstration in Detroit protesting the S.T.R.E.S.S. (Stop the Robberies and Enjoy Safe Streets) program. A police unit established in 1971 to address street crime, S.T.R.E.S.S. was highly controversial. Citizens accused S.T.R.E.S.S. of promoting…
Young, Coleman A.; Mayor of Detroit; Inauguration Day.
Image of Coleman Young being sworn in. January 2, 1974.
Nazis; Demonstration by Nazi Group; Protests by Others; Kennedy Square
Violence erupts during demonstration by Nazi group in Kennedy Square. August 22, 1981.
Detroit Renaissance. Construction.
Mayor Coleman Young in front of the under-construction Renaissance Center. June 20, 1975.
Algiers Motel, Trial, 1970
The defendants in the Algiers Motel Incident trial. Three police officers and a private security guard (second from left), after their acquittal by an all-white jury on federal conspiracy charges. February 25, 1970.
Carter, James Earl; United States President. –In Detroit to Attend a Two-Day Conference on the Needs of the Nation’s Poor (Sponsored by the Committee Services Administration). –At the Veterans Memorial Building
Protesters outside the Veterans Memorial Building where a conference addressing the needs of the nation’s poor, attended by President Jimmy Carter, was taking place. 1977.
New Detroit Committee. Detroit Area Leaders Form Committee to Combat Conditions that Led to Race Riot of July 1967. Picketers.
Picketers on Wayne State University’s campus protesting, among other things, open housing in Detroit, October 12, 1967.
Wonder, Stevie; Entertainer. & Coleman A. Young
Mayor Young and R&B musician Stevie Wonder speaking together. September 26, 1974.
Detroit Renaissance Center; Construction; Groundbreaking Ceremonies
Image from the groundbreaking ceremony of the Detroit Renaissance Center. May 22, 1973.
Fire Department, Michigan and Trumbull, 1967
Members of the Detroit Fire Department brace themselves as they fight fires at two buildings on Michigan Avenue at Trumbull.
Mock-up of the proposed riverfront domed football stadium.
Mock-up of the proposed riverfront domed football stadium. c. 1969.
Focus: HOPE's senior food program
Images from Focus: HOPE’s senior program. Circa 1975. Source: Focus: HOPE Records.